This paper examines gender peer effects on students' academic and noncognitive outcomes. We use a nationally representative survey of middle school students in China and focus on schools that randomly assign students to classrooms. Our findings show that having a higher proportion of female...

While a growing line of research has assessed the effect of trade liberalization on human capital formation, most of these existing studies focus on short term effect on individual's schooling attendance, and much less is known about it's long run effect, as well as the impact on other aspects...

This paper investigates how exports respond to trade protection by studying the U.S.-China trade war in 2018. Using monthly customs data in China from January 2017 to May 2019, we find that the launch of the trade war against Chinese exports by the U.S., on average, reduces Chinese total exports...

In this study, we examine the effect of bank deregulation on corporate environmental performance. We use a unique dataset that contains rich information on firms' toxic emissions and exploit bank branching deregulation in China. We find that compared with firms with lower exposure, firms more...

In this paper, we examine the effect of computer-assisted learning on students’ long-term development. We explore the implementation of the “largest ed-tech intervention in the world to date,” which connected China’s best teachers to more than 100 million rural students through satellite...

In this paper, we examine the effect of computer-assisted learning on students' long-term development. We explore the implementation of the "largest ed-tech intervention in the world to date," which connected China's best teachers to more than 100 million rural students through satellite...

This paper examines the role of teacher gender in education production. We extend student outcomes from traditionally focused academic achievement to noncognitive outcomes. Drawing on a representative survey of middle-school students and teachers in China, we focus on schools in which...

In this paper, we study the income effects of a government-oriented agricultural policy, China's High-standard Farmland Construction Program (HSFCP), which focuses on improving infrastructure facilities and increasing the adoption of localized modern technologies. We exploit implementation of...