EDUCATION

 Ph.D. in Economics, Indiana University-Bloomington, July 2016

   Ph.D. minor in Statistics, Indiana University-Bloomington, July 2016

 M.A. in Economics, Indiana University, May 2013

 B.A. in Economics, Renmin University of China, Jun 2010

EMPLOYMENT

Assistant Professor, Jinhe Center for Economic Research, 2016-

PRIMARY FIELDS OF INTEREST

 Health economics, and Family Economics

PUBLICATION

   "Medicaid Coverage for Births after ACA’s Dependent Coverage”, with Yaa Akosa Antwi, Aaron Carroll, and Kosali Simon,

    Research letter, New England Journal of Medicine, Jan 13, 2016

WORKING PAPERS

“Health Insurance and Fertility Decisions: Evidence from the Affordable Care Act” (with Kosali Simon)

“Health Insurance and Prevention: Evidence from Young Adults”

“Does Mental Health Parity Encourage Mental Health Utilization among Children? Evidence from the 2008 Mental Health Parity Law” (with Xiaoxue Li)

“Catastrophic Health Expenditure in Households with Chronic Disease Patients: A Pre-Post Comparison of the New Health Care Reform in China” (with Yongjian Xu, Gaojian Min, et al.)

“Medicaid Smoking Cessation Coverage and the Use of Smoking Deterrents” (with Kosali Simon)

WORK IN PROCESS

“Social Mobility and Fertility: Evidence from China”

“How does the New Cooperative Medical Scheme Vary Cross Counties and Over Time?”

“Air Pollution and Health Behaviors”

“Fertility Desire and Expectation”

“Gender Preference and Divorce in China”

AWARDS

Research Travel Award, Department of Economics, Indiana University, Fall 2015 and Spring 2016

Excellence in Teaching, Department of Economics, Indiana University, Spring 2016

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Indiana University Bloomington

       Statistical Analysis, Fall 2013 & Summer 2014 & Spring 2016

       Intro to Macroeconomics, Fall 2014

       Intro to Microeconomics, Spring 2014 & Spring 2015

 Xi’an Jiaotong University

        Labor Economics (Graduate Level), Fall 2016    

       Applied Microeconometrics Methods, Spring 2017

       Labor Economics (Undergraduate Level), Fall 2017

PRESENTATIONS & INVITED SEMINARS

23rd Annual Meeting of Midwest Econometrics Group, Indiana Univ. Oct. 25-26, 2013

2015 Midwest Economics Association Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, Mar 27-29, 2015

2015 Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) Fall Research Conference, Miami, FL; Nov 12-14, 2015

2016 American Society of Health Economists (ASHEcon) Sixth Biennial Conference, Philadelphia, PA, Jun 12-15, 2016

2017 Asian Meeting of Econometrics Society, Hongkong, Jun 3-Jun 5, 2017

Labor Economics Seminar, Renmin University of China, Fall 2016

Public Policy Seminar, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Fall 2016

Advanced Micro Seminar, Shandong University, Spring 2017