Understanding the segregation in labor market is conducive to discussing a series of related topics. Built on the framework developed by Theil and Finizza (1971) and Blau and Jusenius (1976), a generalized mutual information index is constructed in this paper. By utilizing this kind of mutual...

This paper investigates the dynamic effects of high-skill individuals on peers by examining the superstar spillovers in the Chinese Super League. Exploiting timing variations in the arrivals of foreign superstars across clubs and the stars' accidental injuries during the 2013 to 2016 seasons, we...

Little evidence exists on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on criminal behavior, a gap in the literature that this paper seeks to address. Using a one period static model of criminal behavior, I argue we should anticipate a decrease in time devoted to criminal activities in response to the...

The Survey of Adult Skills, a product of the OECD Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC), used computers as the main assessment deliver platform. This enabled the Programme to collect data not only on whether respondents were able to solve specific tasks, but...

Exploiting the variations in household income and consumption structure, this paper corrects the measurement errors of consumption expenditure reported by households in different income classes. By using the Urban Household Survey (UHS) data, empirical results demonstrate that consumption...

This study documents how job seekers update perceived job-finding prospects by unemployment duration and by learning about aggregate unemployment. We find that job seekers perceive an 18% decline in their job-finding probability for each additional month of unemployment, but perceive a higher...