Research

Working Papers

Input-Trade Liberalization, Female-Skill Intensity and Fertility in China
with Renliang Liu and Miaojie Yu
R&R at Journal of Development Economics
Old-Age Security and Fertility: Evidence from China’s Rural Pension Reform
with Wei Huang and Hong Liu
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle: Gender Norms and Fertility Responses in China
with Dandan Wang
Borrowing After the Storm: Hurricanes and the Cost of Municipal Debt
with Wei Long
Parents' Misperceptions, Educational Investment, and Children's Skill Formation: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Rural China
with Pengfei Chu, Jia Wu, and Shu Xu
Let 1,000 Flowers Bloom (or Wilt): A Causal Machine Learning Analysis of Heterogeneity in Charter School Effects
with Douglas Harris and Nick Lacoste
The Hidden Costs of Police Brutality: Police-Involved Killings and Public Finance
with Stephanie Cheng, Yu Liu, and Wei Long

Publications

Gone with the Wind? Impacts of Hurricanes on College Enrollment and Completion
Fanyu Liu, Kerui Geng, Feng Chen*
2025, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management
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Silence Breaking: Sex Crime Reporting in the MeToo Era
Feng Chen and Wei Long
2024, Journal of Population Economics
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The Effects of Charter School Entry on the Supply of Teachers from University-based Education Programs
Feng Chen, Douglas N. Harris, and Mary Penn
2024, Economics of Education Review
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The Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Educational Attainment
Douglas N. Harris, Feng Chen, Rylie C. Martin, Ann F. Bernhardt, Christopher R. Marsicano, and Paul T. von Hippel
2024, RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences
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The Market-Level Effects of Charter Schools on Student Outcomes: A National Analysis of School Districts
Feng Chen and Douglas N. Harris
2023, Journal of Public Economics
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Does Paid Family Leave Save Infant Lives? Evidence from California's Paid Family Leave Program
Feng Chen*
2023, Contemporary Economic Policy
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* Corresponding author

Research Grants

National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaAug 2025
Trade Liberalization and Career-Family Trade-Off: A Shift-Share Estimation from a Gender-Skill Perspective
Principal Investigator, RMB 300,000
Liaoning Provincial Federation of Social SciencesMay 2024
Synergistic Development of Culture, Sports, and Tourism in the Shenyang Modern Metropolitan Area
Principal Investigator, RMB 20,000
Shenyang Northeast Asia International Center City Research InstituteDec 2023
Research on Strengthening Rural Cultural Revitalization in Shenyang
Principal Investigator, RMB 70,000