Junchao Zhang

Publications

1. “Identifying the Causal Effect of Marriage on Women's Labor Force Participation in the Presence of Chinese Superstition”, with S. Zhang, Economics Bulletin, 35(2), 986-997, April 2015.

2. “A Dilemma of Fertility and Female Labor Supply: Identification Using Taiwanese Twins”, China Economic Review, 43, 47-63, April 2017.

3. “School Starting Age and Academic Achievement: Evidence from China's Junior High Schools”, with S. Zhang and R. Zhong, China Economic Review, 44, 343-354, July 2017.

4. “The Impact of 9-year Compulsory Education: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Taiwan”, Applied Economics, 50(45), 4866-4878, May 2018.

5. “Estimates of the Returns to Schooling in Taiwan: Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity Design”, Applied Economics Letters, 27(7), 533-538, March 2020.

6. “More Schooling, More Generous? Estimating the Effect of Education on Intergenerational Transfers”, with T. Yin, Asian Economic Journal, 36(1), 22-46, March 2022.

7. “Does Smoking Keep You Slim? Evidence from Japan’s Smoking Ban in the Workplace”, Asian Economic Journal, 36(3), 318-336, November 2022.

Books

1. “Chapter 9: Childbirth, Childcare, and Women's Employment in Taiwan”, In: Yuuki Mizuguchi e.d. Declining Birth Rates in Asia: Overcoming the Challenges of Family Formation, Tokyo: Nippon Hyoron Sha, 217-243, February 2023. (in Japanese)

Working Papers

1. “The Effect of Transportation Benefits on Health and Consumption Among the Elderly: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Urban China”, with T. Yin and Z. Yin, RIETI Discussion Paper 18-E-037.

2. “Estimating Average Treatment Benefits of Delayed Primary School Enrollment: Regression Discontinuity Evidence from Japan”, available upon request.

3. “Revisiting the Dilemma of Fertility and Female Labor Supply: New Evidence and Explanations from Japan”, available upon request
(This work is supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number 19K13710.)

4. “Immigration and Technology Progress: Evidence from the 1949 Retreat of Kuomintang”, available upon request.

5. “Does Education Matter for Fertility and Abortion? Evidence from a Compulsory Schooling Law”, available upon request.

6. “Education and Wage Inequality in Taiwan, 1979-2015”, available upon request.