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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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Publications
1. "Curriculum, Political Participation, and Career Choices." Aug 2025. [PDF]. [SSRN]. with Hongbin Li and Yang Wang.
Accepted at Review of Economics and Statistics.
Accepted at Review of Economics and Statistics.
2. "Toward an Understanding of the Returns to Cognitive Skills Across Cohorts." Nov 2025. [PDF]. [NBER WP]. [SSRN]. with Judith Hellerstein and Sergio Urzua.
Accepted at Journal of Political Economy: Microeconomics.
Presented at Chicago, The World Bank, UIUC, U of Cambridge, GWU, SUNY-Buffalo, GMU, SED 2023.
Featured in The Macro Roundup.
Accepted at Journal of Political Economy: Microeconomics.
Presented at Chicago, The World Bank, UIUC, U of Cambridge, GWU, SUNY-Buffalo, GMU, SED 2023.
Featured in The Macro Roundup.
Working papers
1. NEW PAPER! “Money and Monitoring: Evidence on Improving Worker Effort.” Jun 2025. [PDF]. [NBER WP]. [SSRN]. [AEA RCT Registry]. with Jing Cai and Shing-Yi Wang. Under Review.
Presented at NBER SI 2025, BREAD 2025, Columbia University, NYU-Shanghai, Wharton, Yale-IGC
Featured in VoxChina.
Presented at NBER SI 2025, BREAD 2025, Columbia University, NYU-Shanghai, Wharton, Yale-IGC
Featured in VoxChina.
2. NEW VERSION! "More than a Degree: China’s College Expansion and the Marriage Market." Jun 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.
3. "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.
Previously 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.
Previously circulated under the title "Understanding the Racial Gaps in the Early Careers of Millennial Men."
Selected work in progress
1. “Ethnic Neighborhoods and Assimilation: Evidence from Full Count Historical Census Data,” with Nathan Schiff and Tianran Dai.
Presented at UEA 2025, SOLE 2025, CUHK-Shenzhen, Peking University HSBC, U of Alberta, SJTU, Fudan U.
Presented at UEA 2025, SOLE 2025, CUHK-Shenzhen, Peking University HSBC, U of Alberta, SJTU, Fudan U.
2. “Role Models and Gender Gaps in STEM,” with Hongbin Li.
