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I am an Assistant Professor at Shanghai University of Finance and Economics (SUFE), School of Economics.
My research interests are labor and development economics. I obtained my Ph.D. from University of Maryland, College Park, and was a student affiliate at Maryland Population Research Center. I received my B.A. and M.A. from Tsinghua University. I teach Big Data in Economics and Applied Microeconometrics at SUFE. Contact: luosaiecon[at]gmail[dot]com |
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Working papers
1. "Toward an Understanding of the Returns to Cognitive Skills Across Cohorts." Feb 2025. [PDF]. [SSRN]. [NBER WP]. with Judith Hellerstein and Sergio Urzua.
Revise & Resubmit at Journal of Political Economy: Microeconomics.
Presented at Chicago, The World Bank, UIUC, University of Cambridge, George Washington U, SUNY-Buffalo, George Mason U, SED 2023.
Featured in The Macro Roundup.
Revise & Resubmit at Journal of Political Economy: Microeconomics.
Presented at Chicago, The World Bank, UIUC, University of Cambridge, George Washington U, SUNY-Buffalo, George Mason U, SED 2023.
Featured in The Macro Roundup.
2. "Curriculum, Political Participation, and Career Choices." Jan 2024. [PDF]. [SSRN]. with Hongbin Li and Yang Wang.
Revise & Resubmit at Review of Economics and Statistics.
Revise & Resubmit at Review of Economics and Statistics.
3. "More than a Degree: China’s College Expansion and the Marriage Market." Feb 2025. [PDF]. [SSRN]. with Ming Fang. Under Review.
Presented at SEHO 2024, SOLE 2023, ES NASM 2023, ES Asian 2023, ES China 2023, WEAI 2023, Duke-Kunshan.
Presented at SEHO 2024, SOLE 2023, ES NASM 2023, ES Asian 2023, ES China 2023, WEAI 2023, Duke-Kunshan.
4. "Racial Gaps in the Early Careers of Two Cohorts of American Men." Aug 2021. [PDF]. [SSRN].
Presented at U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, PAA 2020, ASSA 2021, AEFP 2021, ES Asian/China 2021, APPAM 2021.
Previsouly circulated under the title "Understanding the Racial Gaps in the Early Careers of Millennial Men."
Presented at U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, PAA 2020, ASSA 2021, AEFP 2021, ES Asian/China 2021, APPAM 2021.
Previsouly circulated under the title "Understanding the Racial Gaps in the Early Careers of Millennial Men."
5. "The Enrollment Impact of Foreign Students on American Public University System." draft available upon request.
Presented at PAA 2021.
Presented at PAA 2021.
Selected work in progress
1. “Money and Monitoring: Evidence on Improving Worker Effort,” with Jing Cai and Shing-Yi Wang. RCT completed. [AEA RCT Registry].
2. “Role Models and Gender Gaps in STEM,” with Hongbin Li.
3. “Ethnic Neighborhoods and Assimilation: Evidence from Full Count Historical Census Data,” with Nathan Schiff and Tianran Dai.
Presented at CUHK-Shenzhen, Peking University HSBC.
Presented at CUHK-Shenzhen, Peking University HSBC.
4. “Gender Differences in College Major Choices in China,” with Hongbin Li and Binzhen Wu.
