Professor 
National School of Development, Peking University
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Website：https://sites.google.com/view/junjianyi
Position
Boya Distinguished Professor
Professor of Economics
Research Insterests
Economics of Artificial Intelligence
Economics on Health and Healthcare
Labor and Demographic Economics
Development Economics
Econometrics
Behavioral Economics
Education Background
Ph.D., Economics (2007-2011), Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)
M.Phil., Economics (2005-2007), CUHK
Master, Economics (2002-2005), Zhejiang University
Employment
Professor (2022 -), National School of Development, Peking University
Associate Professor (2021-2022), Department of Economics, CUHK
Assistant Professor (2014-2021), Department of Economics, National University of Singapore
Postdoctoral Scholar (2011-2014), Department of Economics, University of Chicago
Research Outputs
Journal publications (English)
1. Qin, X., Yi, J., & Zhang, H. (2025). Quarter of Birth, Gender Inequality, and Economic Development, Journal of Labor Economics, forthcoming.
2. Guo, R., Yi, J., Zhang, J., & Zhang, N. (2025). Rationed Fertility: Treatment Effect Heterogeneity in the Child Quantity-Quality Tradeoff. Journal of Political Economy, forthcoming.
3. Bhaskar, V., Li, W., & Yi, J. (2025). Strategic Parental Investments in a Competitive Marriage Market, European Economic Review, 173: 104958.
4. Koh, Y., Li, J., Wu, Y., Yi, J., & Zhang, H. (2025). Young women in cities: Urbanization and gender-biased migration. Journal of Development Economics, 172: 103378.
5. Zhou, X., Skordis, J., Yi, J., Li, Y., Clarke, J., & Zhang, H. (2024). Can wage changes solve the labour crisis in the National Health Service? European Journal of Health Economics, 25(9), 1-15.
6. Jin, L., Tang, R., Ye, H., Yi, J., & Zhong, S. (2024) Path Dependency in Physician Decisions. Review of Economic Studies, 91(5), 2916-2953.
7. Hu, J., Wang, X., Yang, Q., & Yi, J. (2024). Gender disparities in the labor market during COVID-19 lockdowns: Evidence from online job postings and applications in China. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 223, 199-215.
8. Liu, G., Peng, X., Yang, H., & Yi, J. (2024) How Much Does Government’s Short-Term Response Matter for the Spread of COVID-19? A Regression and Relative Importance Analysis of 85 Countries. BMJ Public Health, 2(1), e000032.
9. Liu, G., Yi, J., Yuan, Y., & Zhao, S. (2023). The short- and long-run effects of medical malpractice lawsuits on medical spending and hospital operations in China. Journal of Comparative Economics, 51(4), 1142-1161.
10. Bhaskar, V., Li, W., & Yi, J. (2023). Multidimensional Premarital Investments with Imperfect Commitment. Journal of Political Economy, 131(10), 2893–2919.
11. Li, W., Lou, X., Yi, J., & Zhang, J. (2023). Unobserved Endowments and Gender Differences in Marriage Matching. Journal of Labor Economics, 41(4), 859–886.
12. Gruber, J., Lin, M., & Yi, J. (2023). The largest insurance program in history: Saving one million lives per year in China. Journal of Public Economics, 226, 104999.
13. Ye, H. & Yi, J. (2023). Patient-Physician Race Concordance, Physician Decisions, and Patient Outcomes. Review of Economics and Statistics, 105(4): 766–779.
14. Huang, Y., Pantano, J., Ye, H., & Yi, J. (2023). Property Division upon Divorce and Household Decisions. Journal of Human Resources, 58(2), 532-560.
15. Li, W., Leng, Z., Yi, J., & Zhong, S. (2023). A multifaceted poverty reduction program has economic and behavioral consequences. PNAS, 120(10), e2219078120.
16. Yi, J., Chu, J., & Png, I. P. L. (2022). Early-life exposure to hardship increased risk tolerance and entrepreneurship in adulthood with gender differences. PNAS, 119(15), e2104033119.
17. Li, W., Song, C., Xu. S., & Yi, J. (2022). High Sex Ratios and Household Portfolio Choice in China. Journal of Human Resources, 57(2), 465-490.
18. Guo, R., Wang, Q., Yi, J., & Zhang, J. (2022). Housing prices and son preference: Evidence from China’s housing reform. Economics of Transition and Institutional Change, 30(3), 421-446.
19. Myong, S., Park, J., & Yi, J. (2021). Social Norms and Fertility. JEEA, 19(5), 2429-2466.
20. Li, W. & Yi, J. (2021). Alphabetical Author Order, Intellectual Collaboration, and High-Skilled Migration. Economic Journal, 131(635): 1250-1268.
21. Fan, Y., Yi, J., & Zhang, J. (2021). Rising Intergenerational Income Persistence in China. AEJ: Policy, 13(1):202-30.
22. Li, W., Li, J., & Yi, J. (2021). Government Management Capacities and the Containment of COVID-19: A Repeated Cross-sectional Study across Chinese Cities. BMJ Open, 11(4), e041516.
23. Guo, R., Lin L., Yi, J., and Zhang, J. (2020). The cross-spousal effect of education on health. Journal of Development Economics, 146:102493.
24. Jin, L., Tang, R., Ye, H., Yi, J., & Zhong, S. (2020). Time Dependency in Physician Decisions. AEA Papers and Proceedings. Volume 110, 284-288.
25. Yi, J., Yuan, Y., & Zhao, S. (2019). Differential Responses to Market Competition by Private and Public Hospitals in China: A Longitudinal Analysis. The Lancet. Volume 394, Supplement 1, Page S37.
26. Yi, J. (2019). Endogenous Altruism: Theory and Evidence from Chinese Twins. Journal of Labor Economics, 37(1), 247-295.
27. Wrenn, D., Yi, J., & Zhang, B. (2019). House Prices and Marriage Entry in China. Regional Science and Urban Economics, 74(1), 118-130.
28. Chew, S., Yi, J., Zhang, J., & Zhong, S. (2018). Risk Aversion and Son Preference: Experimental Evidence from Adult Twins. Management Science, 59(2), 757-784.
29. Weiss, Y., Yi, J., & Zhang, J. (2018). Cross-border Marriage Costs and Marriage Behavior: Theory and Evidence. International Economic Review, 64(8), 3896-3910.
30. Fan, Y., Yi, J., Yuan, Y., & Zhang, J. (2018). Glorified Mothers of Sons: FE and IV Estimates of the Effect of Sex Composition on Parental Time Allocation in Rural China. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 145, 249-260.
31. Guo, R., Li, H., Yi, J., & Zhang, J. (2018). Fertility, Household Structure, and Parental Labor Supply: Evidence from Rural China. Journal of Comparative Economics, 46(1), 145-156.
32. Guo, R., Yi, J., & Zhang, J. (2017). Family Size, Birth Order and Tests of the Quantity-Quality Model. Journal of Comparative Economics, 45(2), 219-224.
33. Ye. M., & Yi, J. (2017). Parental Preferences, Human Capital Production Technologies, and the Provisions for Progeny. Journal of Comparative Economics, 45(2), 344-365.
34. Chew, S., Yi, J., Zhang, J., & Zhong, S. (2016). Education and anomalies in decision-making: Experimental evidence from Chinese adult twins. Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 53(2), 163-200.
35. Ha, W., Yi, J., & Zhang, J. (2016). Brain drain, brain gain, and economic growth in China. China Economic Review, 38, 322-337.
36. Ha, W., Yi, J., Yuan, Y., & Zhang, J. (2016). The dynamic effect of rural-to-urban migration on inequality in source villages: System GMM estimates from rural China. China Economic Review, 37, 27-39.
37. Yi, J., Heckman, J., Zhang, J., & Conti, G. (2015). Early health shocks, intra-household resource allocation, and child outcomes. Economic Journal, 125 (588), F347-F371.
38.Yi, J., Chou, K. L., Yung, L., & Zhang, J. (2015). Public Housing, School Segregation, and Children's Education: Evidence from Hong Kong. Frontiers of Economics in China, 10(3), 414-448.
39. Edlund, L., Li, H., Yi, J., & Zhang, J. (2013). Sex ratios and crime: Evidence from China. Review of Economics and Statistics, 95(5), 1520-1534.
40. Li, H., Yi, J., & Zhang, J. (2011). Estimating the effect of the one-child policy on the sex ratio imbalance in China: Identification based on the difference-in-differences. Demography, 48(4), 1535-1557.
41.Yi, J., & Zhang, J. (2010). The effect of house price on fertility: Evidence from Hong Kong. Economic Inquiry, 48(3), 635-650.
Journal publications (Chinese)
1. 1.Li, Z., Qin, X., & Yi, J. (2024). Individual risk preferences and time preferences under risk environment: A study based on stochastic bonus experiments. Insurance Research Journal, 439(11), 24-37.
2. Chen, Y., Zhang, H., Yang, R. & Yi, J. (2023). Economic Opportunity, Intergenerational Mobility, and Common Prosperity: A Survey, China Economic Quarterly, 23(6), 2061-2083.
Book chapters (English)
1. Guo, R., Yi, J., & Zhang, J. (2022). The child quantity-quality trade-off, in Zimmerman, K. (Ed.). Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics. Springer.
2. Heckman, J., & Yi, J. (2014). Human capital, economic growth, and inequality in China, in Fan et al. (Ed.) The Oxford Companion to the Economics of China, Oxford University Press.
