Biography Research Papers Research Projects

Working experience

Assistant Professor of Economics, School of Economics and Gregory and Paula Chow Center for Economics Research, Xiamen University, 2020-present

Education

Ph.D. in Management, Renmin University of China, 2020

B.A. in Finance & B.S. in Mathematics, Southwest University, 2014

Research interests

Development Economics, Historical Development, Political Economy

“The Agricultural Roots of Chinese Innovation Performance” (with James Ang and Per Fredriksson), European Economic Review, 2019 (vol. 118): 126-147

“The Effect of Income on Land Transfers: Evidence from Rural China” (with Songqing Jin, Zhong Tang, and Awokuse Titus), Economic Development and Cultural Change,  2022 (vol. 71, no. 1)

China Merchants Charitable Foundation, China Population Welfare Foundation, & Shanghai Jiaotong University Research Fund

Peking University & Lincoln Institute Center for Urban Development and Land Policy Dissertation Fund

Renmin University of China Research Training Fund for Postgraduates

Central University Fundamental Fund for Postgraduates