← All authors Junsen Zhang MRC University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research (per OpenAlex) · ORCID · OpenAlex
112 papers in scope · 111 published · 1 on the econ.EM arXiv · 7,668 citations · h-index 41 (over the papers listed here)
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Papers (1 of 112)
Looks and gaming: Who and why?
published 2025 · 1 citations · first circulated 2024
with Andy Chung, Daniel S. Hamermesh, Carl Singleton, Zheng-Xin Wang, Zhengxin Wang, Daniel Hamermesh
Academic and health outcomes of online education for primary and secondary students: Evidence from COVID-19
published 2025 · Journal of Comparative Economics
with Yueqin Wang, Chuanchuan Zhang
Air pollution, health, migration, and innovation: evidence from urban China
published 2025 · Journal of Population Economics · 4 citations
with Linhui Wang, Zhanglu Cao, Hui Wang, Jun Luo
Stepping Down from Lifelong Posts: Layoffs, Fertility, and Educational Attainment in Urban China
published 2025 · Journal of Labor Economics · 5 citations · first circulated 2022
with Jian Xie, Kang Zhou
Changes in labor share of China: A micro-level anatomy
published 2025 · China Economic Quarterly International · 1 citations
with Qi Yu, Kang Zhou
Rationed Fertility: Treatment Effect Heterogeneity in the Child Quantity-Quality Trade-Off
published 2025 · Journal of Political Economy · 6 citations
with Rufei Guo, Junjian Yi, Ning Zhang
The Effects of a Multifaceted Poverty Alleviation Program on Rural Income and Household Behavior in China
published 2025 · American Economic Journal Economic Policy · 24 citations
with Rui Li, Hong Song, Jun Zhang
The Short-and Long-Run Impacts of Free Education on Schooling: Direct Effects and Intra-Household Spillovers
published 2024 · The Economic Journal · 10 citations
with Naijia Guo, Shuangxin Wang
working paper 2024 · arXiv
The demography of the great migration in China
published 2023 · Journal of Development Economics · 22 citations
with Rufei Guo, Minghai Zhou
Politician’s childhood experience and government policies: Evidence from the Chinese Great Famine
published 2023 · Journal of Comparative Economics · 14 citations
with Cheng Li, Le Wang
Reexamining the effect of birth order on cognitive and non-cognitive abilities: New evidence from China
published 2023 · Economics of Education Review · 7 citations
with Shumeng Zhang, Naijia Guo
TUTORING EFFICACY, HOUSEHOLD SUBSTITUTION, AND STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT: EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE FROM AN AFTER‐SCHOOL TUTORING PROGRAM IN RURAL CHINA
published 2023 · International Economic Review · 11 citations · first circulated 2020
with Jere R. Behrman, C. Simon Fan, Naijia Guo, Xiangdong Wei, Hongliang Zhang, Jere Behrman
Marriage, gender, and premiums from cadre parents
published 2023 · China Economic Review · 5 citations
with Weiguang Deng, Xue Li
Quota removal, destination-specific export shocks, and skill acquisition in China
published 2023 · Journal of Development Economics · 15 citations · first circulated 2022
with Kang Zhou
How Does the Beauty of Wives Affect Post-marriage Family Outcomes? Helen's Face in Chinese Households
published 2023 · 7 citations
with Shulan Fei, Yanbing Wen, S. M. Fei
Childhood Send-Down Experience and Old-Age Support to Parents: The Twins Experiment in China
published 2023 · Journal of the European Economic Association · 11 citations
with Hongliang Zhang, Ning Zhang
Student Performance, Peer Effects, and Friend Networks: Evidence from a Randomized Peer Intervention
published 2023 · American Economic Journal Economic Policy · 19 citations
with Jia Wu, Chunchao Wang
Road expansion, allocative efficiency, and pro-competitive effect of transport infrastructure: Evidence from China
published 2023 · Journal of Development Economics · 62 citations
with Mingqin Wu, Linhui Yu
A Matching Model of Co-Residence with a Family Network: Empirical Evidence from China
published 2022 · The Economic Journal · 7 citations
with Naijia Guo, Xiaoyu Xia
An economic analysis of tiger parenting: Evidence from child developmental delay or learning disability
published 2022 · Labour Economics · 4 citations
with Andy Chung, Yanyan Xiong
Observability and peer effects: Theory and evidence from a field experiment
published 2022 · 3 citations · first circulated 2015
with C. Simon Fan, Xiangdong Wei, Jia Wu, Simon Fan Cheng Ze
Does the early bird catch the worm? The effect of school starting age on educational attainment and labor market outcomes: Evidence from Chinese urban twins data
published 2022 · Journal of Comparative Economics · 6 citations
with Xu Li, Xuyan Lou
Unobserved Endowments and Gender Differences in Marriage Matching
published 2022 · Journal of Labor Economics · 4 citations
with Wenchao Li, Xuyan Lou, Junjian Yi
How does birth endowment affect individual resilience to an adolescent adversity?
published 2022 · 9 citations
with Rufei Guo, Ning Zhang
A Survey on Income Inequality in China
published 2021 · Journal of Economic Literature · 135 citations
Housing prices and son preference: Evidence from China’s housing reform
published 2021 · Economics of Transition and Institutional Change · 7 citations
with Rufei Guo, Qian Wang, Junjian Yi
Trade normalization, export quality, and in-migration of skilled workers: Evidence from China
published 2021 · 25 citations
with Kang Zhou
Rising Intergenerational Income Persistence in China
published 2021 · American Economic Journal Economic Policy · 105 citations · first circulated 2019
with Yi Fan, Junjian Yi
The causal effects of parents’ schooling on children's schooling in urban China
published 2020 · Journal of Comparative Economics · 13 citations
with Yuan Hu, Jere R. Behrman
The cross-spousal effect of education on health
published 2020 · Journal of Development Economics · 15 citations
with Rufei Guo, Lin Lin, Junjian Yi
The Effects of Children's Gender Composition on Filial Piety and Old-Age Support*
published 2020 · The Economic Journal · 35 citations
with Rufei Guo
Hard to get: The scarcity of women and the competition for high-income men in urban China
published 2019 · Journal of Development Economics · 34 citations
with David Ong, Yu Yang
Does foreign investment liberalisation enhance women's economic status? Micro‐evidence from urban China
published 2019 · World Economy · 13 citations
with Linhui Yu, Yanbing Wen
Do tournament incentives matter in academics? Evidence from personnel data in a top-tier university in China
published 2019 · 4 citations
with Haifeng Zhang, Yanfeng Zhang
Family migration in China: Do migrant children affect parental settlement intention?
published 2019 · Journal of Comparative Economics · 85 citations
with Chunchao Wang, Chenglei Zhang, Jinlan Ni, Charlie H. Zhang
Beyond the Quantity–Quality tradeoff: Population control policy and human capital investment
published 2018 · Journal of Development Economics · 43 citations
with Xuebo Wang
CROSS‐BORDER MARRIAGE COSTS AND MARRIAGE BEHAVIOR: THEORY AND EVIDENCE
published 2018 · International Economic Review · 21 citations
with Yoram Weiss, Junjian Yi
The glorified mothers of sons: Evidence from child sex composition and parental time allocation in rural China
published 2017 · 17 citations
with Yi Fan, Junjian Yi, Ye Yuan
Fertility, household structure, and parental labor supply: Evidence from China
published 2017 · Journal of Comparative Economics · 58 citations · first circulated 2015
with Rufei Guo, Hongbin Li, Junjian Yi
Population policies, demographic structural changes, and the Chinese household saving puzzle
published 2017 · European Economic Review · 36 citations · first circulated 2012
with Suqin Ge, Dennis Tao Yang
Risk Aversion and Son Preference: Experimental Evidence from Chinese Twin Parents
published 2017 · Management Science · 32 citations
with Soo Hong Chew, Junjian Yi, Songfa Zhong
The Evolution of China’s One-Child Policy and Its Effects on Family Outcomes
published 2017 · The Journal of Economic Perspectives · 449 citations
Education and anomalies in decision making: Experimental evidence from Chinese adult twins
published 2016 · Journal of Risk and Uncertainty · 9 citations
with Soo Hong Chew, Junjian Yi, Songfa Zhong
Foreword for the symposium in honour of Gary Becker
published 2016 · Journal of Comparative Economics
with Mark R. Rosenzweig
Family size, birth order, and tests of the quantity–quality model
published 2016 · Journal of Comparative Economics · 32 citations
with Rufei Guo, Junjian Yi
Chinese Saving Rates from 1953 to 2012: Trends, Compositions and Prospects
published 2016 · Pacific Economic Review · 4 citations
with Shaojie Zhou
Early Health Shocks, Intra-Household Resource Allocation and Child Outcomes
published 2015 · The Economic Journal · 147 citations · first circulated 2014
with Junjian Yi, James J. Heckman, Gabriella Conti
The dynamic effect of rural-to-urban migration on inequality in source villages: System GMM estimates from rural China
published 2015 · China Economic Review · 34 citations
with Wei Ha, Junjian Yi, Ye Yuan
Does parental absence reduce cognitive achievements? Evidence from rural China
published 2014 · Journal of Development Economics · 217 citations
with Hongliang Zhang, Jere R. Behrman, C. Simon Fan, Xiangdong Wei
Demographic age structure and economic development: Evidence from Chinese provinces
published 2014 · Journal of Comparative Economics · 71 citations
with Haifeng Zhang, Hongliang Zhang
Sex Ratios and Crime: Evidence from China
published 2013 · The Review of Economics and Statistics · 306 citations
with Lena Edlund, Hongbin Li, Junjian Yi
Economic growth, comparative advantage, and gender differences in schooling outcomes: Evidence from the birthweight differences of Chinese twins
published 2013 · Journal of Development Economics · 84 citations · first circulated 2012
with Mark R. Rosenzweig
Entrepreneurship, private economy and growth: Evidence from China
published 2012 · China Economic Review · 100 citations · first circulated 2009
with Hongbin Li, Zheyu Yang, Xianguo Yao, Haifeng Zhang
Globalization and wage inequality: Evidence from urban China
published 2011 · Journal of International Economics · 196 citations
with Jun Han, Runjuan Liu
Estimating the Effect of the One-Child Policy on the Sex Ratio Imbalance in China: Identification Based on the Difference-in-Differences
published 2011 · Demography · 222 citations · first circulated 2010
with Hongbin Li, Junjian Yi
Estimating returns to education using twins in urban China
published 2011 · Journal of Development Economics · 142 citations · first circulated 2005
with Hongbin Li, Pak Wai Liu, Ning Ma
Gender earnings gaps in Hong Kong: Empirical evidence from across the earnings distribution in 2006
published 2010 · China Economic Review · 18 citations
with Yuhao Ge, Hongbin Li
THE EFFECT OF HOUSE PRICE ON FERTILITY: EVIDENCE FROM HONG KONG
published 2010 · Economic Inquiry · 76 citations
with Junjian Yi
Altruism, Favoritism, and Guilt in the Allocation of Family Resources: Sophie’s Choice in Mao’s Mass Send‐Down Movement
published 2010 · Journal of Political Economy · 141 citations · first circulated 2008
with Hongbin Li, Mark R. Rosenzweig
Björn A. Gustafsson, Li Shi, and Terry Sicular, eds. Inequality and Public Policy in China . New York: Cambridge University Press, 2008. Pp. xviii+364. $90.00 (cloth).
published 2009 · Economic Development and Cultural Change
with C. Simon Fan
Why Does Spousal Education Matter for Earnings? Assortative Mating and Cross‐Productivity
published 2009 · Journal of Labor Economics · 62 citations · first circulated 2006
with Chong Huang, Hongbin Li, Pak Wai Liu
Do Population Control Policies Induce More Human Capital Investment? Twins, Birth Weight and China's “One-Child” Policy
published 2009 · The Review of Economic Studies · 11 citations
with Mark R. Rosenzweig
Testing the External Effect of Household Behavior: The Case of the Demand for Children
published 2009 · The Journal of Human Resources · 16 citations
with Hongbin Li
Testing the External Effect of Household Behavior
published 2009 · The Journal of Human Resources · 2 citations
with Hongbin Li
The quantity-Quality trade-Off of children In a developing country: Identification using chinese twins
published 2008 · Demography · 346 citations · first circulated 2007
with Hongbin Li, Yi Zhu
Gender preference, biased sex ratio, and parental investments in single-child households
published 2008 · Review of Economics of the Household · 18 citations
with Michael C. M. Leung
Trends in the Gender Earnings Differential in Urban China, 1988–2004
published 2008 · Industrial and Labor Relations Review · 149 citations
with Jun Han, Pak-Wai Liu, Yaohui Zhao
Economic Returns to Communist Party Membership: Evidence from Urban Chinese Twins
published 2007 · The Economic Journal · 176 citations · first circulated 2006
with Hongbin Li, Pak Wai Liu, Ning Ma, Pak-Wai Liu
Do High Birth Rates Hamper Economic Growth?
published 2007 · The Review of Economics and Statistics · 164 citations
with Hongbin Li
Testing the collective model of household labor supply: Evidence from China
published 2007 · China Economic Review · 22 citations
with Tak Wai Chau, Hongbin Li, Pak Wai Liu
Health investment, saving, and public policy
published 2006 · Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d économique · 49 citations
with Jie Zhang, Michael C. M. Leung
Why Do Entrepreneurs Enter Politics? Evidence from China
published 2006 · Economic Inquiry · 443 citations · first circulated 2005
with Hongbin Li, Lingsheng Meng
Relative earnings of husbands and wives in urban China
published 2006 · China Economic Review · 21 citations · first circulated 2005
with Hongbin Li, Lai Ting Sin, Yaohui Zhao
Parental childcare and children's educational attainment: evidence from China
published 2005 · Applied Economics · 14 citations
with Hongbin Li, Xianguo Yao, Li-An Zhou
Economic returns to schooling in urban China, 1988 to 2001
published 2005 · Journal of Comparative Economics · 460 citations
with Yaohui Zhao, Albert Park, Xiaoqing Song
WHY MANY ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS CHOOSE NOT TO GO ON WELFARE
published 2005 · Economic Inquiry · 3 citations
with Pak Wai Liu, Jie Zhang
The Effect of Life Expectancy on Fertility, Saving, Schooling and Economic Growth: Theory and Evidence*
published 2005 · Scandinavian Journal of Economics · 194 citations
with Jie Zhang
Occupational segregation and wage differentials between natives and immigrants: evidence from Hong Kong
published 2003 · Journal of Development Economics · 76 citations
with Pak-Wai Liu, Shu-Chuen Chong
Rising longevity, education, savings, and growth
published 2003 · Journal of Development Economics · 190 citations
with Jie Zhang, Ronald Lee
Marital transfer and intra-household allocation: a Nash-bargaining analysis
published 2002 · 30 citations
with Wing Suen, William Chan
International Inequality and Convergence in Educational Attainment, 1960–1990
published 2002 · Review of Development Economics · 7 citations
with Tianyou Li
Dress for success—does primping pay?
published 2002 · Labour Economics · 131 citations · first circulated 1999
with Daniel S. Hamermesh, Xin Meng
Gender Wage Differentials and Occupational Segregation in Hong Kong, 1981–1996
published 2001 · Pacific Economic Review · 17 citations
with Yun-Wing Sung, Chi-Shing Chan
The Two-Tier Labor Market in Urban China
published 2001 · Journal of Comparative Economics · 506 citations
with Xin Meng
Bequest Motives, Social Security, and Economic Growth
published 2001 · Economic Inquiry · 12 citations
with Junxi Zhang
Call for Papers
published 2001 · Journal of Labor Economics
Mortality decline and long-run economic growth
published 2001 · Journal of Public Economics · 197 citations
with Jie Zhang, Ronald Lee
Sex Preference, Marriage of Heirs and Bequest Behaviour
published 2001 · Japanese Economic Review
The Identification of Unobservable Independent and Spousal Leisure
published 2001 · Journal of Political Economy · 77 citations · first circulated 1998
with Yuk-fai Fong
Sectoral gender wage differentials and discrimination in the transitional Chinese economy
published 2000 · Journal of Population Economics · 198 citations
with Pak-Wai Liu, Xin Meng, Pak Wai Liu
Dowry and Wife's Welfare: A Theotrical and Empirical Analysis
published 1999 · Journal of Political Economy · 179 citations
with William Chan
Gender bias and economic development in an endogenous growth model
published 1999 · Journal of Development Economics · 19 citations
with Jie Zhang, Tianyou Li
Assortative mating versus the cross-productivity effect
published 1999 · Applied Economics Letters · 19 citations
with Pak-Wai Liu
Social Security, Intergenerational Transfers, and Endogenous Growth
published 1998 · Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d économique · 88 citations
with Junxi Zhang
Fertility and Wage Rates in an Overlapping-Generations Model
published 1997 · Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d économique · 12 citations
with Jie Zhang
THE EFFECT OF WELFARE PROGRAMS ON CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR: A THEORETICAL AND EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS
published 1997 · Economic Inquiry · 96 citations
The Effects of Social Security on Population and Output Growth
published 1995 · Southern Economic Journal · 28 citations
with Junxi Zhang
Do men with higher wages marry earlier or later?
published 1995 · Economics Letters · 26 citations
SUSTAINABLE PLANS OF SOCIAL SECURITY WITH ENDOGENOUS FERTILITY
published 1995 · Oxford Economic Papers · 55 citations
with Kazuo Nishimura
Socioeconomic Determinants of Fertility in Hebei Province, China: An Application of the Sequential Logit Model
published 1994 · Economic Development and Cultural Change · 15 citations
When do couples sign the one-child certificate in urban China?
published 1994 · Population Research and Policy Review · 8 citations
with Roland Sturm
Bequest as a Public Good within Marriage: A Note
published 1994 · Journal of Political Economy · 20 citations
Discrete-Choice Logit Models
published 1993 · Sociological Methods & Research · 21 citations
with Saul D. Hoffman
The old-age security hypothesis revisited
published 1993 · Journal of Development Economics · 62 citations
with Kazuo Nishimura
Breath testing in Canada: deterrence or detection?
published 1993 · Applied Economics · 4 citations
with Lawrence Rhee
Holding Excess Capacity to Deter Entry in a Labour-Managed Industry
published 1993 · Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d économique · 27 citations
Fecundibility and Social Development in China: Changes in the Distribution of the First Conception Interval
published 1993 · Biometrical Journal · 2 citations
with Roland Sturm
Who signs China's one-child certificate, and why?
published 1992 · Journal of Population Economics · 22 citations
with ByronG. Spencer
Pay-as-you-go public pensions with endogenous fertility
published 1992 · Journal of Public Economics · 123 citations
with Kazuo Nishimura
Mortality and fertility: How large is the direct child replacement effect in China?
published 1990 · Journal of Population Economics · 11 citations
Socioeconomic determinants of fertility in China
published 1990 · Journal of Population Economics · 57 citations
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