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CONTACT INFORMATION
202A, Zhixin Building
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen
2001 Longxiang Road
Shenzhen, Guangdong, China 518172
Phone: +86-0755-23518835
Email: [email protected]
Current Position
Assistant Professor, School of Management and Economics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Fall 2017 -- Present
Education
Ph.D., Economics, Texas A&M University, August 2017
B.S., Economics, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, June 2012
Research Interests
Health Economics, Public Economics, Labor Economics
Publication
"Can Technology Really Help to Reduce Underage Drinking? New Evidence on the Effects of False ID Laws with Scanner Provisions" (forthcoming at Journal of Health Economics)
Abstract: In Volume 36 of this journal, Yoruk (2014) uses data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 and finds that false ID laws with scanner provisions have large impacts on binge drinking participation, frequency of alcohol consumption and binge drinking frequency among minors. This paper reexamines how false ID laws with scanner provisions affect underage drinking. I first demonstrate that analyses based on NLSY97 data fail falsification exercises testing for significant pre-intervention effects, and that the estimated effects based on these data are highly sensitive to the inclusion of a lead term and to sample selection, which weakens confidence in the large estimated effects reported in Yoruk (2014). I then use data from the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System to show that false ID laws with scanner provisions have no effect on underage drinking behavior.
Working Papers
"New Evidence on the Local Fiscal Multiplier and Employment from Military Construction Spending"
Abstract: Taking advantage of the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure process, this paper considers the effects of government spending on local economic conditions. Exploiting variation in the timing and amount of construction funding across counties, my analyses yield an estimated cost per job of $65,000 per year and a local fiscal multiplier of 1.21. Industry-specific analyses reveal especially large effects on the construction industry. Analyses of neighboring counties show little evidence of spillover effects. To further explore the mechanisms, I investigate the effects of government spending on migration and provide evidence that the funding has positive effects on in-migration, but no effects on out-migration. However, the effects on migration are too small to explain the main results.
Work in Progress
"Better Economy, More Babies? New Evidence on the Effects of Economic Conditions on Childbearing" with Jason Lindo
"The Health Returns to Higher Education: Evidence from the Post-9/11 GI Bill" with Andrew Barr and Alexander Smith
Teaching Experiences
at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen
ECO4091 -- Guided Study in Current Economic Problems, Spring 2018
ECO4121 -- Intermediate Econometrics, Fall 217
at Texas A&M University
ECMT 463 -- Introduction to Econometrics, Summer 2014
Professional Activities
Presentations
STATA Texas Empirical Microeconomics Conference (2015), Dallas, TX.
Southern Economic Association Annual Meeting (2015), New Orleans, LA.
Southern Economic Association Annual Meeting (2016), Washington, D.C.
Texas A&M University Applied Micro Brownbag, Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Spring 2016
Professional Conferences
Advanced Causal Inference Workshop, Duke University School of Law, Durham, 2014
Professional Services
Referee: Journal of Health Economics, Economics Bulletin
Honors and Awards
SEA Graduate Student Award, Southern Economic Association, 2016
Summertime for Advancement in Research Award, College of Liberal Arts, TAMU, Summer 2016
S. Charles Maurice Graduate Fellowship, Department of Economics, TAMU, 2016
Best Fourth Year Presentation Award, Department of Economics, TAMU, 2016
Best Third Year Presentation Award, Department of Economics, TAMU, 2015
Graduate Assistantship, Department of Economics, TAMU, 2012{present
Professional Development Support Award, College of Liberal Arts, TAMU, Summer 2014
Outstanding Student, SUFE, 2011
Bao Steel Scholarship, Bao Steel Educational Foundation, 2011
Shenyinwanguo Scholarship, Shanghai Educational Development Foundation, 2010
People's Scholarship, SUFE, 2008-2012
CONTACT INFORMATION
202A, Zhixin Building
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen
2001 Longxiang Road
Shenzhen, Guangdong, China 518172
Phone: +86-0755-23518835
Email: [email protected]
Current Position
Assistant Professor, School of Management and Economics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Fall 2017 -- Present
Education
Ph.D., Economics, Texas A&M University, August 2017
B.S., Economics, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, June 2012
Research Interests
Health Economics, Public Economics, Labor Economics
Publication
"Can Technology Really Help to Reduce Underage Drinking? New Evidence on the Effects of False ID Laws with Scanner Provisions" (forthcoming at Journal of Health Economics)
Abstract: In Volume 36 of this journal, Yoruk (2014) uses data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 and finds that false ID laws with scanner provisions have large impacts on binge drinking participation, frequency of alcohol consumption and binge drinking frequency among minors. This paper reexamines how false ID laws with scanner provisions affect underage drinking. I first demonstrate that analyses based on NLSY97 data fail falsification exercises testing for significant pre-intervention effects, and that the estimated effects based on these data are highly sensitive to the inclusion of a lead term and to sample selection, which weakens confidence in the large estimated effects reported in Yoruk (2014). I then use data from the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System to show that false ID laws with scanner provisions have no effect on underage drinking behavior.
Working Papers
"New Evidence on the Local Fiscal Multiplier and Employment from Military Construction Spending"
Abstract: Taking advantage of the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure process, this paper considers the effects of government spending on local economic conditions. Exploiting variation in the timing and amount of construction funding across counties, my analyses yield an estimated cost per job of $65,000 per year and a local fiscal multiplier of 1.21. Industry-specific analyses reveal especially large effects on the construction industry. Analyses of neighboring counties show little evidence of spillover effects. To further explore the mechanisms, I investigate the effects of government spending on migration and provide evidence that the funding has positive effects on in-migration, but no effects on out-migration. However, the effects on migration are too small to explain the main results.
Work in Progress
"Better Economy, More Babies? New Evidence on the Effects of Economic Conditions on Childbearing" with Jason Lindo
"The Health Returns to Higher Education: Evidence from the Post-9/11 GI Bill" with Andrew Barr and Alexander Smith
Teaching Experiences
at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen
ECO4091 -- Guided Study in Current Economic Problems, Spring 2018
ECO4121 -- Intermediate Econometrics, Fall 217
at Texas A&M University
ECMT 463 -- Introduction to Econometrics, Summer 2014
Professional Activities
Presentations
STATA Texas Empirical Microeconomics Conference (2015), Dallas, TX.
Southern Economic Association Annual Meeting (2015), New Orleans, LA.
Southern Economic Association Annual Meeting (2016), Washington, D.C.
Texas A&M University Applied Micro Brownbag, Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Spring 2016
Professional Conferences
Advanced Causal Inference Workshop, Duke University School of Law, Durham, 2014
Professional Services
Referee: Journal of Health Economics, Economics Bulletin
Honors and Awards
SEA Graduate Student Award, Southern Economic Association, 2016
Summertime for Advancement in Research Award, College of Liberal Arts, TAMU, Summer 2016
S. Charles Maurice Graduate Fellowship, Department of Economics, TAMU, 2016
Best Fourth Year Presentation Award, Department of Economics, TAMU, 2016
Best Third Year Presentation Award, Department of Economics, TAMU, 2015
Graduate Assistantship, Department of Economics, TAMU, 2012{present
Professional Development Support Award, College of Liberal Arts, TAMU, Summer 2014
Outstanding Student, SUFE, 2011
Bao Steel Scholarship, Bao Steel Educational Foundation, 2011
Shenyinwanguo Scholarship, Shanghai Educational Development Foundation, 2010
People's Scholarship, SUFE, 2008-2012