Ben Zou

Purdue University - Department of Economics

West Lafayette, IN 47907-1310

United States

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The Effect of Aid on Growth: Evidence from a Quasi-Experiment

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The Effect of Aid on Growth: Evidence from a Quasi-Experiment

Number of pages: 60 Posted: 25 Feb 2014 Last Revised: 26 Mar 2015
Sebastian Galiani, Stephen Knack, Lixin Colin Xu and Ben Zou
University of Maryland - Department of Economics, World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG), Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business and Purdue University - Department of Economics
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Aid effectiveness; growth; causal effect and quasi-experiment

The Effect of Aid on Growth: Evidence from a Quasi-Experiment

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6865
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Sebastian Galiani, Stephen Knack, Lixin Colin Xu and Ben Zou
University of Maryland - Department of Economics, World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG), Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business and Purdue University - Department of Economics
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Achieving Shared Growth, Economic Theory & Research, Development Economics & Aid Effectiveness, Inequality, Country Strategy & Performance

The Effect of Aid on Growth: Evidence from a Quasi-Experiment

NBER Working Paper No. w22164
Number of pages: 68 Posted: 11 Apr 2016 Last Revised: 24 Jul 2023
Sebastian Galiani, Stephen Knack, Lixin Colin Xu and Ben Zou
University of Maryland - Department of Economics, World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG), Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business and Purdue University - Department of Economics
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The Alibaba Effect: Spatial Consumption Inequality and the Welfare Gains from e-Commerce

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 23 Dec 2015 Last Revised: 28 Jan 2018
Jingting Fan, Lixin Tang, Weiming Zhu and Ben Zou
Pennsylvania State University, College of the Liberal Arts - Department of Economic, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics - School of International Business Administration, University of Maryland - College Park and Purdue University - Department of Economics
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Intra-national trade cost, spatial consumption inequality, gains from e-commerce

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Industrialization from Scratch: The 'Third Front' and Local Economic Development in China’s Hinterland

Number of pages: 69 Posted: 21 Oct 2015 Last Revised: 31 Jan 2018
Jingting Fan and Ben Zou
Pennsylvania State University, College of the Liberal Arts - Department of Economic and Purdue University - Department of Economics
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Structural Transformation, Regional Economic Development, Local Spillovers

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Subways and Road Congestion

Number of pages: 64 Posted: 03 Jan 2019 Last Revised: 09 Sep 2020
Yizhen Gu, Junfu Zhang and Ben Zou
Peking University HSBC Business School, Clark University and Purdue University - Department of Economics
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subway, congestion, public transit

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Home Location Choices and the Gender Commute Gap

Number of pages: 57 Posted: 29 Dec 2020 Last Revised: 18 Oct 2021
Yizhen Gu, Naijia Guo, Jing Wu and Ben Zou
Peking University HSBC Business School, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), Tsinghua University - Hang Lung Center for Real Estate and Purdue University - Department of Economics
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gender gap, commute to work, housing demand

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China’s Commuting-based Metropolitan Areas

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 04 Apr 2022 Last Revised: 10 Jun 2023
Ting Chen, Yizhen Gu and Ben Zou
Hong Kong Baptist University - Department of Economics, Peking University HSBC Business School and Purdue University - Department of Economics
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Metropolitan areas, local labor market, commuting flows

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The Labor Market Impacts of Motherhood in China

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 08 Apr 2022
Lingsheng Meng, Yunbin Zhang and Ben Zou
Stanford University, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) - Department of Economics and Purdue University - Department of Economics
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gender gap, child penalty, intra-household transfer

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The Dual Local Markets: Family, Jobs, and the Spatial Distribution of Skills

Number of pages: 61 Posted: 14 Sep 2021 Last Revised: 24 Nov 2021
Jingting Fan and Ben Zou
Pennsylvania State University, College of the Liberal Arts - Department of Economic and Purdue University - Department of Economics
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quantitative spatial models, spatial distribution of economic activities, local marriage market

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The Local Economic Impacts of Military Personnel Contractions in the 1990s

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 12 Oct 2016
Ben Zou
Purdue University - Department of Economics
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Local economic dynamics; Spillover effects; Military contractions

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Interactions Among Donors'Aid Allocations: Evidence from an Exogenous World Bank Income Threshold

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 7039
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Stephen Knack, Lixin Colin Xu and Ben Zou
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG), Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business and Purdue University - Department of Economics
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Fiscal & Monetary Policy, Public Sector Management and Reform, Non Governmental Organizations, Consumption, Economics and Institutions

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A Marriage-Market Perspective on Risk-Taking and Career Choices

European Economic Review, 152, 104379, February 2023
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 13 Nov 2017 Last Revised: 22 Jan 2023
Hanzhe Zhang and Ben Zou
Department of Economics, Michigan State University and Purdue University - Department of Economics
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gender, marriage market, risk-taking, occupational choices, differential fecundity

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Incomplete Disclosure: Evidence of Signaling and Countersignaling

NBER Working Paper No. w22710
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 10 Oct 2016 Last Revised: 22 Jul 2023
Benjamin Bederson, Ginger Zhe Jin, Phillip Leslie, Alexander Quinn and Ben Zou
University of Maryland, University of Maryland - Department of Economics, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management, Purdue University and Purdue University - Department of Economics
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