Li-An Zhou

Peking University - Guanghua School of Management

Peking University

Beijing, Beijing 100871

China

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Arrival of Young Talent : The Send-down Movement and Rural Education in China

Number of pages: 67 Posted: 23 Jan 2018 Last Revised: 04 Sep 2021
Yi Chen, Ziying Fan, Xiaomin Gu and Li-An Zhou
ShanghaiTech University - School of Entrepreneurship and Management, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics - School of Public Economics & Administration, Shanghai University of International Business and Economics and Peking University - Guanghua School of Management
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Send-down Movement, Cultural Revolution, Rural Education, Persistent Effect

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Target Setting in Tournaments: Theory and Evidence from China

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 21 Mar 2017 Last Revised: 25 Sep 2018
Xing Li, Chong Liu, Xi Weng and Li-An Zhou
Peking University - Guanghua School of Management, Peking University, Peking University and Peking University - Guanghua School of Management
Downloads 944 (52,408)
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Top-down amplification, bureaucratic incentives, multi-level government, regional competition

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The Long Term Health and Economic Consequences of 1959-1961 Famine in China

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 10 Nov 2005
Yuyu Chen and Li-An Zhou
Peking University - Guanghua School of Management and Peking University - Guanghua School of Management
Downloads 791 (66,711)
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Famine, health, diffrence-in-differences estimator, Labor supply, China

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The Crowding-Out Effects of Real Estate Shocks – Evidence from China

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 24 Mar 2015 Last Revised: 25 Mar 2015
Ting Chen, Laura Xiaolei Liu and Li-An Zhou
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (HKUST), Guanghua School of Management, Peking University and Peking University - Guanghua School of Management
Downloads 782 (67,748)
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real estate, crowd out, resource misallocation, natural experiment

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Radical Target Setting and China’s Great Famine

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 27 Nov 2017 Last Revised: 07 Jan 2021
Chang Liu and Li-An Zhou
Princeton University and Peking University - Guanghua School of Management
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Performance Target, China’s Great Famine, Spatial Regression Discontinuity

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Hybrid Contracts, Multitasking, and Incentives: Theory and Evidence from China's Air Pollution Controls

Number of pages: 59 Posted: 27 Apr 2022 Last Revised: 25 May 2023
Guangyu Cao, Xi Weng, Mingwei Xu and Li-An Zhou
Peking University - School of Economics, Peking University, Peking University - Guanghua School of Management and Peking University - Guanghua School of Management
Downloads 661 (84,297)
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Minimum Target, High-Powered Incentive, Hybrid Contracts, Intrinsic Motivation, Multitasking, Environmental Regulation

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Arrival of Young Talent: The Send-down Movement and Rural Education in China: Reply

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 24 Mar 2021
Yi Chen, Ziying Fan, Xiaomin Gu and Li-An Zhou
ShanghaiTech University - School of Entrepreneurship and Management, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics - School of Public Economics & Administration, Shanghai University of International Business and Economics and Peking University - Guanghua School of Management
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To Build Outward or Upward? The Spatial Pattern of Urban Land Development in China

Number of pages: 60 Posted: 03 Jan 2017
Zhi Wang, Qinghua Zhang and Li-An Zhou
China Center for Economic Studies, Fudan University, Peking University - Guanghua School of Management and Peking University - Guanghua School of Management
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Urban Land Development, Spatial Patterns, Land Use Regulations, City Developer, Political Economy

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Suing the Government Under Weak Rule of Law: Evidence from Administrative Litigation Reform in China

Journal of Public Economics, Vol. 222
Number of pages: 74 Posted: 22 Dec 2021 Last Revised: 23 May 2023
Guangyu Cao, Chenran Liu and Li-An Zhou
Peking University - School of Economics, PBCSF, Tsinghua University and Peking University - Guanghua School of Management
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Judicial Independence, Administrative Litigation, Trans-Regional Jurisdiction Reform, China

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Intra-Industry Knowledge Spillovers from Foreign Direct Investment in R&D: Evidence from a Chinese Science Park

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 17 Oct 2006
Yasuyuki Todo, Weiying Zhang and Li-An Zhou
Waseda University, Peking University - Department of Applied Economics and Peking University - Guanghua School of Management
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knowledge spillovers, foreign direct investment, R\&D activities, China

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Arrival of Young Talent: The Send-down Movement and Rural Education in China: Further Reply

ShanghaiTech SEM Working Paper Forthcoming
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 07 Sep 2021
Yi Chen, Ziying Fan, Xiaomin Gu and Li-An Zhou
ShanghaiTech University - School of Entrepreneurship and Management, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics - School of Public Economics & Administration, Shanghai University of International Business and Economics and Peking University - Guanghua School of Management
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Evaluating the Effects of a Massive Rural Education Expansion in Pre-reform China

ShanghaiTech SEM Working Paper No. 2022-006
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 25 Jul 2022 Last Revised: 01 Nov 2022
Yi Chen, Ziying Fan, Xiaomin Gu and Li-An Zhou
ShanghaiTech University - School of Entrepreneurship and Management, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics - School of Public Economics & Administration, Shanghai University of International Business and Economics and Peking University - Guanghua School of Management
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Rural Education, Human Capital, Cultural Revolution, Chinese Economy

Microinsurance, Trust and Economic Development: Evidence from a Randomized Natural Field Experiment

PIER Working Paper No. 09-034
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 29 Sep 2009
Peking University - Guanghua School of Management, Peking University - Guanghua School of Management, University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics and Peking University - Guanghua School of Management
Downloads 179 (350,608)
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Microinsurance, Trust, Natural Field Experiment

Microinsurance, Trust and Economic Development: Evidence from a Randomized Natural Field Experiment

NBER Working Paper No. w15396
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 05 Oct 2009 Last Revised: 26 Jan 2023
Peking University - Guanghua School of Management, Peking University - Guanghua School of Management, University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics and Peking University - Guanghua School of Management
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Motherhood and Gender Wage Differentials within a Chinese Firm

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 04 Aug 2018 Last Revised: 28 Dec 2019
Yi Chen, Hong Zhang and Li-An Zhou
ShanghaiTech University - School of Entrepreneurship and Management, Jinan University - Institute of Industrial Economics and Peking University - Guanghua School of Management
Downloads 212 (300,583)
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Firm Personnel Data, Within-firm Gender Gap, Motherhood Wage Penalty

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Farewell to the God of Plague: Estimating the Effects of China’s Universal Salt Iodization on Educational Outcomes

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 02 Jun 2018 Last Revised: 29 Aug 2019
Qingyang Huang, Chang Liu and Li-An Zhou
University of California, Berkeley, Princeton University and Peking University - Guanghua School of Management
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Universal Salt Iodization, Iodine Deficiency Disorders, Fetal Origins Hypothesis, Educational Outcome

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No Fish in Too Clean Water: Demystifying the GDP Manipulation in China

Number of pages: 92 Posted: 08 Nov 2024 Last Revised: 19 Feb 2025
Xienan Cheng, Changzhou Ma, Xi Weng and Li-An Zhou
Peking University - Guanghua School of Management, Peking University - Guanghua School of Management, Peking University and Peking University - Guanghua School of Management
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Manipulation, moral hazard, non-productive effort

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Demystifying the Chinese Housing Boom

NBER Working Paper No. w21112
Number of pages: 74 Posted: 27 Apr 2015 Last Revised: 10 Mar 2023
Hanming Fang, Quanlin Gu, Wei Xiong and Li-An Zhou
University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics, Peking University, Princeton University - Department of Economics and Peking University - Guanghua School of Management
Downloads 158 (391,533)
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Access to Drinking Water and Inclusive Development: Evidence from Rural China

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 09 Mar 2021
Yuanzhe Li, Tianyang Xi and Li-An Zhou
Peking University, National School of Development, Peking University and Peking University - Guanghua School of Management
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Drinking Water, Public Infrastructure, Off-farm Work, Inclusive Development

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Technology and Legal Capacity of the State: Evidence from Online Judicial Auctions in China

Number of pages: 65 Posted: 17 Jun 2024
Guangyu Cao, Hai Ding and Li-An Zhou
Peking University - School of Economics, Peking University - Guanghua School of Management and Peking University - Guanghua School of Management
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Technology, Legal Capacity, State Capacity, Judicial Auctions, China

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Market Facilitation by Local Government and Firm Efficiency: Evidence from China

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6688
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG), Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business, University of North Texas, Peking University - Guanghua School of Management and China Europe International Business School
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Access to Finance, Debt Markets, Banks & Banking Reform, Economic Theory & Research, Labor Policies

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Does International Travel Cause Economic Growth? Evidence from China’s Removal of Travel Restrictions on Foreigners

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 13 Aug 2019 Last Revised: 19 Apr 2021
Chang Liu and Li-An Zhou
Princeton University and Peking University - Guanghua School of Management
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International Travel; China’s Opening-to-Foreigner-County Policy; Economic Growth; International Knowledge Diffusion

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Market Expanding or Market Stealing? Competition with Network Effects in Bikesharing

NBER Working Paper No. w24938
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 28 Aug 2018 Last Revised: 20 Feb 2023
Guangyu Cao, Ginger Zhe Jin and Li-An Zhou
Peking University - School of Economics, University of Maryland - Department of Economics and Peking University - Guanghua School of Management
Downloads 118 (493,978)
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Rosca Meets Formal Credit Market

PIER Working Paper No. 15-036
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 30 Oct 2015
Hanming Fang, Rongzhu Ke and Li-An Zhou
University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) - Department of Economics and Peking University - Guanghua School of Management
Downloads 68 (710,694)
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Roscas, Informal Credit Institutions, Insurance, Private Information

Rosca Meets Formal Credit Market

NBER Working Paper No. w21683
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 02 Nov 2015 Last Revised: 01 Apr 2023
Hanming Fang, Rongzhu Ke and Li-An Zhou
University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) - Department of Economics and Peking University - Guanghua School of Management
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Child Health and the Income Gradient: Evidence from China

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5182
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 13 Sep 2010
Yi Chen, Xiaoyan Lei and Li-An Zhou
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Peking University - CCER and Peking University - Guanghua School of Management
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child health, income gradient, rural tax reform

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Do Multinationals' R&D Activities Stimulate Indigenous Entrepreneurship? Evidence from China's "Silicon Valley"

NBER Working Paper No. w13618
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 29 Nov 2007 Last Revised: 18 Sep 2022
Hongbin Cai, Yasuyuki Todo and Li-An Zhou
Peking University - Guanghua School of Management, Waseda University and Peking University - Guanghua School of Management
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The Gradients of Power: Evidence from the Chinese Housing Market

NBER Working Paper No. w20317
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 24 Jul 2014 Last Revised: 08 Jul 2023
Hanming Fang, Quanlin Gu and Li-An Zhou
University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics, Peking University and Peking University - Guanghua School of Management
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More Trusting, Less Trust? An Investigation of Early E-Commerce in China

NBER Working Paper No. w18961
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 13 Apr 2013 Last Revised: 24 Apr 2022
Peking University - Guanghua School of Management, University of Maryland - Department of Economics, Peking University and Peking University - Guanghua School of Management
Downloads 55 (775,939)
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Window Dressing in the Public Sector: A Case Study of China's Compulsory Education Promotion Program

NBER Working Paper No. w27628
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 04 Aug 2020 Last Revised: 29 Jun 2023
Hanming Fang, Chang Liu and Li-An Zhou
University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics, Princeton University and Peking University - Guanghua School of Management
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The Effects of the Entries by Bike-Sharing Platforms on Urban Air Quality

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 08 Sep 2023
Peking University - School of Economics, Peking University - Guanghua School of Management, Renmin University of China and Shanghai YanFu Investments Management Co., Ltd.
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digital economy, bike-sharing, air quality

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Understanding the Resurgence of the Soes in China: Evidence from the Real Estate Sector

NBER Working Paper No. w29688
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 24 Jan 2022 Last Revised: 13 Feb 2022
University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics, Tsinghua University - Hang Lung Center for Real Estate, Tsinghua University and Peking University - Guanghua School of Management
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Greening along the Slope and Resource Reallocation: Evidence from China’s Grain for Green Program

Number of pages: 72 Posted: 24 Feb 2025 Last Revised: 27 Feb 2025
Zhi Wang, Mingwei Xu, Qinghua Zhang and Li-An Zhou
China Center for Economic Studies, Fudan University, Peking University - Guanghua School of Management, Peking University - Guanghua School of Management and Peking University - Guanghua School of Management
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Family Ties and Organizational Design: Evidence from Chinese Private Firms

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP7855
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 19 Jul 2010
Peking University - Guanghua School of Management, Chinese University of Hong Kong - Department of Economics, University of Oxford and Peking University - Guanghua School of Management
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authority, China, family firm, incentives

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Political Turnover and Economic Performance: The Incentive Role of Personnel Control in China

Journal of Public Economics, Vol. 89, No. 9-10, pp. 1743-1762, September 2005
Posted: 03 Feb 2006
Hongbin Li and Li-An Zhou
Chinese University of Hong Kong - Department of Economics and Peking University - Guanghua School of Management

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political turnover, economic performance, personnel control