Housing affordability is often concerning in superstar cities. Like the Taipei metropolis, housing is too expensive in the fully built-up central city, but jobs are there. How can the government incentivize developers to create new housing in areas where households need not be stretch commuters?...

Does new road connectivity affect schooling and household spending on teenagers’ human capital development? We investigate this issue in the context of China’s expanding highway system. Using spatial-temporal national highway dataset and CFPS data, this paper employs variations in the timing...

Child trafficking is a long-lasting social issue in China. We argue that abducted children increase as an indirect and unintended consequence of improved urban infrastructure, such as the construction of expressways that facilitate the expedient transfer of victims between cities. To identify...