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Weina Zhou

Associate Professor


Email: Weina.Zhou@Dal.Ca
Phone: 902-494-6999
Fax: 902-494-6917
Mailing Address: 
Department of Economics
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6214 University Avenue
PO Box 15000
Halifax, NS B3H 4R2
 
Research Topics:
  • Empirical microeconomics
  • Development economics
  • Health economics
  • Labour economics
  • Economics of China

Selected Publications

  • “The Spillover Effects of Parental Verbal Conflict on Classmates' Cognitive and Noncognitive Outcomes,” published in 2023 in Economic Inquiry (with Andrew J. Hill, Montana State University).
  • “Early Childhood Health Shocks, Classroom Environment, and Social-Emotional Outcomes” (with Shun Wang) Journal of Health Economics, 2023, 87, 102698.
  • “ The Spillover Efects of Parental Confict on Classmates’ Cognitive and Noncognitive Outcomes” (with Andrew Hill) Economic Inquiry, 2023, 61(2), 342-363.
  • “Peer Discrimination in the Classroom and Academic Achievement” (with Andrew Hill), Journal of Human Resources, 2021, 0919-10460R3.
  • “The Curse of Modernization? Western Fast Food and Chinese Children’s Weight”
    (with Nancy Kong) Health Economics, 2021, 30(10), 2345-2366.
  • “The Shattered “Iron Rice Bowl”, Intergenerational Efects of Economic Insecurity During Chinese State-Owned Enterprise Reform” (with Nancy Kong and Lars Osberg) Journal of Health Economics, 2019, Volume 67, 102220.
  • “Do Siblings Make Us Happy?” (with Shun Wang), Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2018, Volume 66, 827-840.
  • “The Unintended Long-term Consequences of Mao’s Mass Send-Down Movement: Marriage, Social Network, and Happiness” (with Shun Wang), World Development, 2017, Volume 90, 344-359.
  • “Family Structure and Home Ownership: Evidence from China” (with Shun Wang), China Economic Review, 2017, Volume 46, 165-179.
  • “Brothers, Household Financial Markets and Saving Rate in China” Journal of Development Economics, 2014, Volume 111, 34-47.

Education

  • Ph.D. Economics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, 2014
  • M.A. Social Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan, 2008
  • B.E. Social Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan, 2007