Junchao Zhang
Associate Professor, Niigata University
Education: Ph.D. in Economics, Yokohama National University, March 2017
Research Fields: Labor Economics, Applied Microeconometrics
Email: zhang[at]econ.niigata-u.ac.jp
Associate Professor, Niigata University
Education: Ph.D. in Economics, Yokohama National University, March 2017
Research Fields: Labor Economics, Applied Microeconometrics
Email: zhang[at]econ.niigata-u.ac.jp
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.
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)
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, 1978-2015”, available upon request.
Labor Economics I & II (Yokohama National University 2017)
Economic Data Analysis （Tokyo University of Science 2019）
Economics(Micro) & Economics(Macro) （Toyo University 2019〜2021）
Labor Economics I & II （Niigata University 2021〜）
Introductory Statistics （Niigata University 2023〜）
Introduction to R Programming （Niigata University 2026〜）
Machine Learning with R （Niigata University 2026〜）
