Numerous researchers acknowledge that the occupational pension protects employees.
However, in China, the total cost of occupational pensions is shared between employees …

Social media has brought new opportunities to bridge employment and has become an
essential channel for addressing the issue of an aging society. This study aims to explore …

This paper investigates the determinants of intergenerational patrilocal coresidence in
Taiwan. We hypothesize that the function of coresidence can be either upstream transfer …

This paper examines the impact of public pension programs on parental investment and the
gender gap among children in developing countries. Exploiting the phased rollout of China's …

This paper examines how sex ratios affect household commercial pension demand in
patrilocal society. Exploiting the cross-county variations in sex ratios, we estimate the sex …

Daughters may be less likely to migrate with parents because they tend to have more
siblings in societies with strong son preference. Exploiting exogenous variation in twinning …

This dissertation consists of three studies on political economy and economic history. The
first study provides quasi-experimental evidence of electoral rewards for politicians who …

The extent to which wealth and public policy can shape mental health outcomes has been
studied previously, but how noncontributory pensions can, either temporarily or …

Parents in many countries exhibit a strong preference for sons over daughters; a preference
that is often observed regarding transfers to children. Here, we ask whether son preference …

This dissertation consists of three chapters studying topics in the economics of education.
Chapter 1 (joint with Wei Sun and Xuejie Yi) investigates how changes in pension policies …