Publications:

• Love, Money and Parental Goods: Does Parental Matchmaking Matter? , joint with Fali Huang and Lixin Xu , Journal of Comparative Economics May 2017, 45(2): 224-245, in Special section: Symposium on Gary Becker and Family Economics.

  • Wall Street Journal Blog (2015-02-11), World Bank Blog (2015-2-13) qq.com (2015-2-16) marginalrevolution.com (2016-9-8)

• Love and Money by Parental Matchmaking: Evidence from Urban Couples in China, with Fali Huang and Lixin Xu , American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings May 2012, 555-560.

• Games Parents and Adolescents Play: Risky Behaviors, Parental Reputation and Strategic Transfers, with V. Joseph Hotz and Lingxin Hao, The Economic Journal. (April 2008 leading article): Vol 118 Issue 528: 515-555.

  • Press articles in Telegraph (4/16/08), The Daily Mail (4/16/08) , BBC (4/16/08), Wall Street Journal Blog (4/24/08), Newsweek (4/30/08), MSNBC (5/5/08).