Nancy Qian: Primary Academic Employment
Nancy Qian: Primary Academic Employment
Nancy Qian: Primary Academic Employment
OTHER POSITIONS
Global Research Poverty Lab -- China Cluster, Founding Director 2018-
Fudan University FISF, Special Term Professor 2019-2022
Fudan University School of Economics, Visiting Professor 2017 June
Kellogg SOM at Northwestern University, Visiting Professor 2016 Fall
NYU Stern Dept. of Economics, Visiting Scholar 2016 Spring
Center for Evaluation and Development in Manheim, Research Fellow 2016-
NYU Dept. of Economics, Visiting Scholar 2014 Fall
Yale University Council on East Asian Studies, Affiliate 2014-2016
Yale Leitner Center for Political Economy, Affiliate 2014-2016
Princeton University, Industrial Relations Section, Visiting Scholar 2011-2012
EIEF Visiting Scholar (Summer) 2008-2014, 16
University of Chicago Booth Business School, Visiting Scholar 2009 April
Harvard University Department of Economics, Visiting Scholar 2007-2009
Harvard Academy Scholar 2007-2009
Brown University Populations Studies and Training Center, Affiliate 2005-2009
EDUCATION
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Ph.D. Economics 2005
University of Texas at Austin, Plan I Honors Program, B.A. (with High Honors) 2001
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Development Economics, Political Economy, Economic History
Thesis: “Three Essays on the Economic Development of China”
PUBLICATIONS
“Immigrants and the Making of America” (with Nathan Nunn and Sandra Sequeira) Accepted
at the Review of Economic Studies. NBER Working Paper 23289.
“Quantity-Quality and the One Child Policy: The Positive Effect of Family Size on School En-
rollment in China” (2017) Forthcoming in Gender and Development, UNU Wider Oxford Uni-
versity Press.
“Lifecycle Human Capital Accumulation Across Countries: Evidence from U.S. Immigrants” with
Benjamin Moll, David Lagakos, Tommaso Porzio and Todd Schoellman) (2017) Forthcoming in
The Journal of Human Capital. NBER Working Paper 21914.
“Government Distortion in Independently Owned Media: Evidence from U.S. Cold War News
Coverage of Human Rights “(with David Yanagizawa-Drott) The Journal of European Econom-
ics Association, 15(2), 2017.
“Life Cycle Wage Growth Across Countries” (with Benjamin Moll, David Lagakos, Tommaso
Porzio and Todd Schoellman) Forthcoming in The Journal of Political Economy. NBER Working
Paper 18602.
“The Institutional Causes of Famine in China, 1959-61” (with Xin Meng and Pierre Yared) The
Review of Economic Studies, 82(4), 2015, p. 1568-1611.
“Making Progress on Foreign Aid” The Annual Review of Economics, Vol 7, 2015 August, p.
277-308.
“U.S. Food Aid and Civil Conflict” (with Nathan Nunn) The American Economic Review, 104(6),
2014 June, p. 1630-1666.
“More Missing Women, Fewer Dying Girls: The Impact of Abortion on Sex Ratios at Birth and
Excess Female Mortality in Taiwan” (with Ming-Jen Lin and Jin-Tan Liu) The Journal of Euro-
pean Economic Association, 12(4), 2014 August, p. 899-926.
“The Impact of Potatoes on Old World Population and Urbanization” (with Nathan Nunn), The
Quarterly Journal of Economics, 126(2), May 2011, p. 593-650.
“The Columbian Exchange: a Historical Change in Food, Disease and Ideas” (with Nathan
Nunn) The Journal of Economic Perspectives, 24(2), 2010 Spring, p. 163-188.
“The Strategic Determinants of U.S. Human Rights Reporting: Evidence from the Cold War”
(with David Yanagizawa) The Journal of European Economic Association Papers and Proceed-
ings, 7(2-3), 2009 May-June, p. 446-457.
“Income Inequality and Progressive Income Taxation in China and India, 1986-2010” (with
Thomas Piketty) American Economic Journal – Applied Economics, 1(2), 2009 April, p. 53-63.
“Missing Women and the Price of Tea in China: The Effect of Sex-Specific Income on Sex Im-
balance,” The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 123(3), 2008 August, p.1251-1285.
WORKING PAPERS
“The Rise and Fall of Local Elections in China: Theory and Empirical Evidence on the Autocrat’s
Tradeoff” with Monica Martinez-Bravo, Gerard Padró-i-Miquel and Yang Yao (2017) NBER
Working Paper 24032.
“Making Democracy Work: Culture, Social Capital and Elections in China” (with Monica Mar-
tinez-Bravo, Gerard Padro-i-Miquel, Yiqing Xu and Yang Yao) (2017). Revise and Resubmit at
the Journal of European Economic Review.
“Social Fragmentation, Elections and Public Goods: Evidence from China” (with Gerard Padro-
i-Miquel and Yang Yao) (2012) NBER Working Paper w18633. Invited for resubmission at the
Journal of Public Economics.
“The Fluidity of Race: `Passing’ in the United States, 1880-1940” (with Emily Nix) (2015) NBER
Working Paper 20828.
“Distrust and Political Turnover” (with Nathan Nunn and Jaya Wen) (2017) NBER Working Paper
24184.
“Winter is Coming: The Long-run Effects of Climate Change on Conflict, 1400-1900” (with Mu-
rat Iyigun and Nathan Nunn) (2016) NBER Working Paper 23033.
“The Long-run Effects of Agricultural Productivity on Conflict, 1400-1900” (with Murat Iyigun
and Nathan Nunn) (2017) NBER Working Paper 24066
“The Dynamic Effects of Computerizing VAT Invoices on Chinese Manufacturing Firms” (with
Haichao Fan, Yu Liu and Jaya Wen) (2018) NBER Working Paper 24414
“On the Road: Transportation Infrastructure and Economic Growth in China” (with Abhijit
Banerjee and Esther Duflo) (2012) NBER Working Paper 17897. Revise and Resubmit at the
Journal of Development Economics.
“Economic Transition and Private-Sector Labor Demand: Evidence from Urban China” (with
Lakshmi Iyer, Xin Meng and Xiaoxue Zhao) (2013) NBER Working Paper 19733. Invited for re-
submission at the Journal of Comparative Economics.
“Aggregate Fertility and Household Savings: A General Equilibrium Analysis using Micro data”
(with Abhijit Banerjee, Xin Meng and Tommaso Porzio) (2014) NBER Working Paper w20050.
“The Rise of China and the Natural Resource Curse in Africa” with Erik Meyersson and Gerard
Padro i Miquel (2008).
“The Long-run Impact of Famine on Survivors: Evidence from China’s Great Famine 1959-61”
(with Xin Meng) (2009) NBER Working Paper w14917.
“Understanding the Influence of Government-Owned Media: Evidence from Air Pollution in
China” (with Jie Bai, Mikhail Golosov, Kai Yan) (2015)
“Xi Jinping's Anti-Corruption Campaign and the Import of Luxury Goods in China” (2015) (with
Jaya Wen)
BOOK CHAPTERS
“Missing Women and the Price of Tea in China: The Effect of Sex-Specific Earnings on Sex Im-
balance,” China Labor Economics Vol. 3, Beijing: China Academy of Social Sciences Press,
2007, pp. 3-28. (Chinese)
“Village Governance in China”, The Oxford Companion to the Economics of China, Ch. 53,
Oxford University Press, 2014 November.
“The Determinants of Food Aid Provisions to Africa and the Developing World,” (with Nathan
Nunn) African Successes: Sustainable Growth, Vol. 4, University of Chicago Press, 2014 May.
"Understanding the effect of China' Cultural Revolution on social trust and economic behavior"
"Understanding the determinants of censored news content: Evidence from coal mine accidents in
China"
"The influence of social trust on patient medical behavior: Evidence from C-sections"
TEACHING
Graduate Ph.D.:
Northwestern University: Advanced Topics in Development Economics and Political Economy
Yale University: Economic Development and Political Economy, Economics of the Population,
Economics of Developing Countries, Introduction to Econometrics
Undergraduate:
Yale University: Development Economics, Introduction to Econometrics, Economics of the
Population, Economic Development and Political Economy
Brown University: Population Economics, Development Economics, Development Economics,
Econometrics
Other:
Empirical Methods at Peking University (with Joshua Angrist), Empirical Methods (Ford Foun-
dation Training for Chinese Female Applied Micro Economists at CCER Peking University), Im-
pact Evaluation (World Bank Workshop for the Chinese Ministry of Health), Impact Evaluation
(Global Development Network)
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
NBER, BREAD, CEPR, Econometrics Society, AEA/ASSA, Asian Bureau of Finance and Eco-
nomic Research (ABFER)
Editorial Service:
Asian Development Review, Editorial Board 2018 --
VOX China, Editorial Board 2017 --
American Economic Journal – Applied, Editorial Board 2017 --
Review of International Organizations – Applied, Editorial Board 2017 --
The Journal of Development Economics, Associate Editor 2010 --
The Journal of European Economics Association, Associate Editor 2013 --
Economica, Associate Editor 2015 --
Referee Service: American Economic Review, Econometrica, Economic Letters, Quarterly Jour-
nal of Economics, Journal of Political Economy, Review of Economic Studies, Review of Eco-
nomic and Statistics, Economic Journal, American Economic Journal--Applied, Policy, Macro,
Journal of Economic Growth, Journal of Development Economics, Journal of Labor Economics,
Journal of Public Economics, Journal of European Economics Association, Journal of Human
Resources, Journal of Economic History, Explorations in Economic History, European Review of
Economic History, European Review of Economic History, Journal of Comparative Economics,
Economic Development and Cultural Change, Demography, European Journal of Population,
Journal of Business Economics, Journal of Population Economics, Journal of Health Economics,
Health Economics, World Politics, The American Political Science Review, Quarterly Journal of
Politics, National Science Foundation Research Grants, MacArthur Fellowship, DFID, European
Research Council.
SERVICES TO THE UNIVERSITY
GPRL China Cluster, Founding Director 2018 -
Faculty Research Mentor, Northwestern Kellogg 2017 –
Junior Recruiting Equity Representative, Northwestern Kellogg 2017 –
Peace and Conflict Resolution Senior Search Committee, Northwestern Kellogg 2017 –
College of Arts and Sciences Ad hoc Tenure and Promotion Committee, Northwestern
2017 – 2018
Kellogg MEDS Personnel Committee 2017 –
Freshman/Sophomore advisor, Yale University 2013 -- 2017
Graduate Admissions Committee, Yale University 2011, 2014
Undergraduate Theses Advising, Yale University 2013 -- 2017
Undergraduate Economic Faculty Advisor, Yale University 2009 -- 2017
Graduate Admissions Committee, Brown University 2005 -- 2007
Ph.D. Advisees
Alexey Makarin (2019), Heyu Xiong (2019), Natalya Naumenko (2017), Tomasso Porzio (2016),
Xiang Ma (2016), Gabriella Santangelo (2016), Emily Nix (2016), Sabrin Beg (2015), Nicole
Hidebrandt (2015); Emilia Soldani (2015), Yu Liu (2014), Xiaoxue Zhao (2014), Kota Mori (2014),
Maelys de la Rupelle (2013), David Yanagizawa (2010), Emilio Gutierrez (2009), Adriana
Camacho (2008), Yoo-mi Chin (2007), Isaac Mbiti (2006), Taiwo Olumide (2007), Adrienne Lu-
cas (2006)
External Ph.D. Defense: Maelys de la Rupelle (Paris School of Economics 2011); Bei Jin (Stock-
holm University, IIES, 2013); Nicole Hidebrandt (NYU, 2015); Emilia Soldani (NYU, 2015);
Lingwei Wu (HKUST, 2018).
OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES
Fudan University FISF, Special Term Professor (Consultant for research center on empirical re-
search, advise faculty and graduate students on research) 2019-2022
Global Development Network (Program Evaluation Methods), Consultant 2007-2010
The World Bank (Evaluation of Bank Lending to Micro-and-Small Firms in China) , Consultant
2007-2008