Publications

Can Superstition Create a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy? School Outcomes of Dragon Children of China (with Naci Mocan), NBER Working Paper No. 23709, accepted at the Journal of Human Cpital.

Am I the Big Fish? The Effect of Ordinal Rank on Student Academic Performance in Middle School, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2020, vol. 176, 18-41.

Income Comparison and Subjective Well-Being: Evidence from Self-Perceived Relative Income Data from China, ​ forthcoming at the Eastern Economic Journal.

The Impact of High School Curriculum on Confidence, Academic Success, and Mental and Physical Well-Being of University Students​ (with Naci Mocan), Journal of Labor Research, 2019, vol. 40, 428-462.

The Impact of Self-Perceived Relative Income on Life Satisfaction: Evidence from British Panel Data,​ Southern Economic Journal, 2019, vol. 86, 726-745.

Income Inequality and Financial Reform in Asia: The Role of Human Capital (with Jie Li), Applied Economics, 2014, vol. 46, 2920-2935.

Working Papers

The Effect of Public Health Insurance on Crime Recidivism (with Erkmen G. Aslim, Murat C. Mungan, and Carlos I. Navarro), George Mason Law & Economics Research Paper No. 19-19, revise and resubmit at the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management.

Local Labor Market Shocks and Employment and Earnings Differentials: Evidence from Shale Oil and Gas Booms​ ​(with Gregory B. Upton), USAEE/IAEE Working Paper, revise and resubmit at the Energy Economics.