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Le Wang Assistant Professor of Economics 603.862.0818 Le [dot] Wang [at] unh [dot] edu |
Fields of Specialization:
Applied econometrics, labor economics and development economics
Education:
Ph.D., Southern Methodist University, Economics
M.A., Southern Methodist University, Economics
B.A., Jinan University, International Finance
Recent Research:
Publications
[1] How Does Education Affect the Earnings Distribution in China, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, forthcoming
[2] Estimating Returns to Education when the IV Sample is Selective, Labour Economics, forthcoming
[3] Party Politics, Governors and Economic Policy, (with P. G. Fredriksson and P. L. Warren) Southern Economic Journal, forthcoming
[4] Estimating Semiparametric Panel Data Models by Marginal Integration, (with J. Qian), Journal of Econometrics, 2012, Vol. 167, No. 2, page 483-493
[5] The Effects of 9/11 on Intermarriage between Natives and Immigrants to the U.S. (with C. Wang) Review of Economics of the Household, 2012, Vol. 10, No. 2, page 171-192
[6] Economic Transition and College Premium in Urban China, China Economic Review, 2012, Vol. 23, No. 2, page 238-252
[7] The Oh-So Straight and Narrow Path: Can the Health Care Expenditure Curve Be Bent?, (with Bob. Woodward) Health Economics, 2012, Vol. 21, No. 8, page 1023-1029
[8] Debts on Debts (with J. R. Faria and Z. Wu), North American Journal of Economics & Finance, 2012, Vol. 23, No. 2, page 203-219
[9] Do Central Banks Affect Tobin’s q?, (with Joao Ricardo Faria, Andre V. Mollick, and Adolfo Sachsida) International Review of Economics & Finance, 2012, Vol. 22, No. 1, page 1-15
[10] Heterogeneity in Schooling Rates of Return, (with D. J. Henderson and S. Polachek) Economics of Education Review, 2011, Vol. 30, No. 6, page 1202-1214
[11] Sex and Environmental Policy in the U.S. House of Representatives (with P. G. Fredriksson) Economics Letters, 2011, Vol.113, Issue 3, page 228-230
[12] Is the Quantity-Quality Trade-off a Trade-off for All, None, or Some? (with D. L. Millimet), Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2011, Vol. 60, No. 1, page 155-195
[13] Language Skills and the Earnings Distribution Among Immigrants (with C. Wang), Industrial Relations, 2011, Vol. 50, No. 2, page 297-322
[14] Are Politicians Office or Policy Motivated? The Case of U.S. Governors’ Environmental Policies (with P. G. Fredriksson and K. A. Mamun) Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2011, Vol 62, Issue 2, pages 241-253
[15] Time Series Analysis of Income Convergence in China (with H. Liu), Applied Economics Letters, 2010, vol. 17. no. 1
[16] Economic Reform, Growth and Convergence in China, (with E. Maasoumi), Econometrics Journal, 2008 vol. 11(1), pages 128-154
[17] Fertility and the Health of Children: A Nonparametric Investigation (with D. J. Henderson, D.L. Millimet, and C. Parmeter ), Advances in Econometrics, 2008, 21, 167-195.
[18] Fertility and Employment Choice: A Differential Game Approach (with J. Faria), Economics Bulletin, 2007, Vol. 10, No. 8 pp. 1-8
[19] A Distributional Analysis of the Gender Earnings Gap in Urban China (with D. L. Millimet), B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy (Contributions), 2006, vol. 5, no. 1, article 5
[20] Is there a risk-return trade-off? Evidences from Chinese stock markets, (with H. Liu and D. Kong), Frontiers of Economics in China, 2008, 3(1), 1-23