Working Papers

Unilateral Divorce, Assortative Mating, and Household Income Inequality
[Updated July 29, 2021] [SSRN] R&R at Journal of Human Resources

The Geography of Jobs and the Gender Wage Gap (with Yichen Su) ​
[Updated October 26, 2021] [SSRN]

Mass Incarceration and Stopped Convergence in Black-White Educational Attainment
[Updated April 29, 2021]

Incarceration of African American Men and the Impacts on Women and Children 
[Updated July 19, 2021] [SSRN]

Mating Preferences and Housing Prices in China: Evidence from Online Mate Search (with Joy Chen) 
[Updated May 22, 2019]

Publication

The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Demand for Density: Evidence from the U.S. Housing Market (with Yichen Su)
Economics Letters, Volume 207, October 2021, 110010
​Media coverage: New York Times, Financial Post

Work in Progress

The Value of Ethnic Enclaves: Evidence from Domestic Migration of Immigrants ​(with Yichen Su)

Does Local Agglomeration Enable Rent Extraction by Local Governments? (with Yichen Su) 

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