Reading List

Graduate Labor Economics and Public Policy, 2025 Spring

I. Reading List 2025 Spring

Date Topic Required Readings Presentors
2025-03-25 Human Capital Chen, Y., Fan, Z., Gu, X., & Zhou, L.-A. (2024). Evaluating the effects of a massive rural school expansion in pre-reform China. Journal of Population Economics, 37(1), 28. 王琪腾 任奥喆
2025-04-15 Compensating Wage Differentials Wang, H., Cheng, Z., & Smyth, R. (2016). Are Chinese workers compensated for occupational risk? Journal of Industrial Relations, 58(1), 111–130. 韩一帆 楼泽航
2025-04-22 Discrimination Liu, S., & Su, Y. (2022). The Geography of Jobs and the Gender Wage Gap. The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1–27. 张幸如 胡皓城
2025-04-29 Inequality Chetty, R., Hendren, N., Jones, M. R., & Porter, S. R. (2020). Race and Economic Opportunity in the United States: an Intergenerational Perspective*. The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 135(2), 711–783. 曹俊杰 曲兆鹏

II. A Guide to Presentation and Research Proposal

1. Instruction: Presentation and Proposal

2. Selected Presentation Samples by Students

3. Selected Research Proposal Samples by Students