Peer-reviewed Publications
1. U.S. Job Flows and the China Shock
Abstract: International trade exposure affects job flows along the intensive margin (from expansions and contractions of firms' employment) as well as along the extensive margin (from births and deaths of firms). This paper uses 1992–2011 employment data from U.S. establishments to construct job flows at both the industry and commuting-zone levels, and then estimates the impact of the ‘China shock’ on each job-flow type. Using the two most influential measures of Chinese exposure, we find that the China shock affects U.S. employment mainly through deaths of establishments. At the commuting-zone level, we find evidence of large job reallocation from the Chinese-competition exposed sector to the nonexposed sector. Moreover, we demonstrate that the job-flow effects of the China shock are fundamentally different from those of a more general adverse shock affecting the U.S. demand for domestic labor.
2. Chinese Import Exposure and U.S. Occupational Employment
Abstract: Import competition has heterogenous impacts across occupations. This paper estimates the effects of import exposure from China on employment in U.S. occupations from 2002 to 2014. After obtaining occupation-specific measures of Chinese import exposure and sorting occupations in tertiles from low to high wage, from routine to non-routine, and from low to high education, we find that Chinese import competition reduces employment in lower-indexed occupations under each sorting criteria. The employment reduction in the lowest tertile of occupations occurs in Chinese-trade exposed and unexposed sectors, which suggests the existence of local labor market effects in the presence of a strong regional concentration of lower-indexed occupations.
Other publications
1. A Closer Look at Labor Productivity in Canada
2. Asian Monetary Policy Forum 2023 -- Challenges for Monetary Policy in a World of Uncertainty
Working Papers and Research in Progress
1. Automation and Employment in Chinese Firms
Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
Recipient of LKYSPP Annual Teaching Excellence Award 2023
Member of the LKYSPP Faculty Teaching Excellence Committee (2023 -)
PP5801: Economic Analysis (Master in Public Administration core)
PP5406: Quantitative Research Methods for Public Policy (Master in Public Policy core)
PP5525: Understanding Global Trade and Asian Trade Policy (Masters-level elective)
PP5906: International Economic Development (Master in International Affairs core)
University of California Irvine (Teaching Assistant)
Money and Banking
Corporate Governance
Business Forecasting
International Money
Economics of International Business
Managerial Economics
Basic Economics