Working Papers
Locusts fly, Babies die. Desert Locusts and Infant Mortality in Sub-Saharan African Countries. Revise & Resubmit, Journal of Development Economics. with Guojun He
Publications
In Economics:
"Tapping into excess capacity: Chinese machinery exports and African industrialization." Journal of International Economics,104329, 2026. with Yatang Lin, Fangyuan Peng, Jin Wang.
"Quantity-quality trade-off in Northeast China during the Qing dynasty." Journal of Population Economics 36, no. 3: 1657-1694, 2023. with Bai, Yu, Yanjun Li.
In Science and Policy:
Sustainable Aromatics for Aviation: Targeted Pathways for Complete Blend of Aviation Fuel. Accepted, Energy & Fuels. with Hei-Kit Ho, Raffel Dharma Patria, Xinrui Ren, Jianyu Guan, Wei Li, Song Cheng, Ho-Yin Tse, and Shao-Yuan Leu.
Social norms and technology engagement in later life: An experimental study. Educational Gerontology, 1-17, 2026. with Focacci, Chiara Natalie, Peter Mascini, and William Darity.
Displaced Discrimination? Media Coverage of China and Public Attitudes Toward Chinese Immigrants in the United States. Asia Pacific Viewpoint, 28, April, 2025. with Chen Zhang, Shouzhi Xia.
Let the facts speak, not the pictures: an experimental survey on rape narratives.
International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, 43(13/14), 295-306, 2023.
with Chiara Natalie Focacci.
Long-Term Exposure to Fine Particulate Matter and Academic Performance Among Children in North Carolina. JAMA Network Open, 6(10), 2023. with Emma Zang, Dieyi Chen, Riyang Liu, Kai Chen.
• Selected Media Coverage: World Economic Forum
Choosing the right COVID-19 indicator: crude mortality, case fatality, and infection fatality rates influence policy preferences, behaviour, and understanding. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 2022, 9(1), 1-8. with Chiara Natalie Focacci, Yu Bai.
Why do unemployed people avoid participation in training? An experiment for policy making. Social Policy & Administration, 2020, 54.7: 1231-1245. with Chiara Natalie Focacci.