​Working Papers:
  • "Is the American soft power a casualty of the trade war? Evidence from US movie viewership in China," with Haichao Fan, Yichuan Hu, and Shang-Jin Wei. NBER working paper 29999, April 2022. 
  • "Moving online under de minimis? The trade war and cross-border e-commerce," with Te Du, Chao Fang, Shuzhong Ma, and Zhihong Yu. September 2024.
  • "International trade in a digital world: Evidence from US movie exports," with Haichao Fan, Yichuan Hu, and Shang-Jin Wei. May 2023.​
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Publications:
  1. "Robots as guardians: Industrial automation and workplace safety in China," with Wei Luo, Yaxin Yang, and Xianqiang Zou. Journal of Development Economics, 2025, Volume 172, 103381.
  2. "Labor costs and the adoption of robots in China," with Haichao Fan and Yichuan Hu. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2021, 186:608-631.
  3. "Entrepreneurial income inequality, aggregate saving and the gains from trade." Review of Economic  Dynamics, 2020, 38: 273-295.
  4. "The Alibaba effect: Spatial consumption inequality and the welfare gains from e-commerce," with Jingting Fan, Weiming Zhu, and Ben Zou. Journal of International Economics, 2018, 114: 203-220. 
  5. "Minimum wage and outward FDI from China," with Haichao Fan and Faqin Lin. Journal of Development Economics, 2018, 135: 1-19.
  6. "C​hildcare, eldercare, and labor force participation of married women in urban China, 1982-2000," with Margaret Maurer-Fazio, Rachel Connelly, and Lan Chen. Journal of Human Resources, 2011, 46-2: 261-294.