Sai LUO

Bio
I am an Assistant Professor at Shanghai University of Finance and Economics (SUFE), School of Economics. My research interests are labor and development economics. I obtained my Ph.D. from University of Maryland, College Park, and was a student affiliate at Maryland Population Research Center. I received my B.A. and M.A. from Tsinghua University.

Working Papers

1. "Toward an Understanding of the Returns to Cognitive Skills Across Cohorts". with Judith Hellerstein and Sergio Urzua. Available as NBER Working Paper No.32229.

2. "Curriculum, Political Participation, and Career Choices". with Hongbin Li and Yang Wang.

3. "More than a Degree: China’s College Expansion and the Marriage Market". with Ming Fang.

4. "Racial Gaps in the Early Careers of Two Cohorts of American Men."

5. "Estimate Enrollment Spillovers among U.S. Universities using a Foreign Student Shock." 

1. "The Role of Financial Incentives in Screening and Inducing Effort: Evidence from a Manufacuring Firm in China". with Jing Cai and Shing-Yi Wang. AEA RCT Registry (RCT ID AEARCTR-0000773).

2. "Role Model and Gender Gaps in STEM". with Hongbin Li.

3. "Gender Differences in College Major Choices in China". with Hongbin Li and Binzhen Wu.

4. "Household Enterprises in Rural Malawi". with Jessica Goldberg and Susan Godlonton.