Publications:
1. Can Prosocial Incentives and Self-chosen Goals Improve Performance? An Online Real Effort Experiment with Yu Cao and C. Monica Capra,
Forthcoming at Oxford Economic Papers
2. The Intergenerational Transmission of Risk Preferences: Evidence from Korea and China, with Bobae Hong and Kichang (David) Kim,
Forthcoming at Journal of Family and Economic Issues
3. Do Prosocial Incentives Motivate Women to Set Higher Goals and Improve Performances? with Yu Cao and C. Monica Capra, Journal of Economic Psychology, 99 (2023): 102659
4. Do Pledges Lead to More Volunteering? An Experimental Study, with C. Monica Capra and Bing Jiang, Economic Inquiry, 60(1), 87-100 (2022).
(Previous title: Volunteer Now or Later: The Effects of Effort Time Allocation on Donations)
1. Can Prosocial Incentives and Self-chosen Goals Improve Performance? An Online Real Effort Experiment with Yu Cao and C. Monica Capra,
Forthcoming at Oxford Economic Papers
2. The Intergenerational Transmission of Risk Preferences: Evidence from Korea and China, with Bobae Hong and Kichang (David) Kim,
Forthcoming at Journal of Family and Economic Issues
- Recipient of the Best Paper Award from the International Academy of Global Business and Trade (IAGBT)
3. Do Prosocial Incentives Motivate Women to Set Higher Goals and Improve Performances? with Yu Cao and C. Monica Capra, Journal of Economic Psychology, 99 (2023): 102659
4. Do Pledges Lead to More Volunteering? An Experimental Study, with C. Monica Capra and Bing Jiang, Economic Inquiry, 60(1), 87-100 (2022).
(Previous title: Volunteer Now or Later: The Effects of Effort Time Allocation on Donations)
5. Altruistic Self-Concept Mediates the Effects of Personality Traits on Volunteering: Evidence from an Online Experiment, with C. Monica Capra and Bing Jiang, Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 92 (2021): 101697
Working Papers:
6. Green Self-Image Boosts Online Volunteering for Environmental Causes: Experimental Evidence, with C. Monica Capra and Bing Jiang. (Under Review)
Abstract: We investigate the effect of salient green self-image on the willingness to participate in online volunteering for an environmental cause. Our experimental study shows that when the information about participants' own perceived consciousness and responsibility is made salient, the likelihood of volunteering increases by 11.85 percent. Our study contributes to the literature by showing a causal relationship between self-image and pro-environmental volunteering. Our findings have implications for the promotion of online volunteering.
6. Green Self-Image Boosts Online Volunteering for Environmental Causes: Experimental Evidence, with C. Monica Capra and Bing Jiang. (Under Review)
Abstract: We investigate the effect of salient green self-image on the willingness to participate in online volunteering for an environmental cause. Our experimental study shows that when the information about participants' own perceived consciousness and responsibility is made salient, the likelihood of volunteering increases by 11.85 percent. Our study contributes to the literature by showing a causal relationship between self-image and pro-environmental volunteering. Our findings have implications for the promotion of online volunteering.
7. Health Insurance Coverage Changes under Affordable Care Act among High Housing Cost Households, 2010-18, with Yu Cao, Guan Wang, and Chengcheng Zhang.
Abstract: Housing Burdens might affect people's willingness to enroll health insurance. Obtaining health insurance is crucial for those who suffer from housing affordability problems. In this paper, we examine the changes in health insurance coverage since the 2014 ACA implementation among individuals with different levels of rent-burdens. Using a difference-in-difference and triple differences approach, we find that households with a high rent-burden (i.e., rent-to-income ratio is above 30 percent) in the expansion states benefit most from ACA implementation. On average, the Medicaid coverage rate increased by 8.08 percentage points, and the uninsured rate decreased by 3.54 percentage points more in expansion states. Within the expansion states, the Medicaid coverage rate improved by 1.5 percentage points more among high rent-burden households than the low rent-burden households. Medicaid expansion may have provided a unique mechanism for high rent-burden populations to gain access to health insurance.
Abstract: Housing Burdens might affect people's willingness to enroll health insurance. Obtaining health insurance is crucial for those who suffer from housing affordability problems. In this paper, we examine the changes in health insurance coverage since the 2014 ACA implementation among individuals with different levels of rent-burdens. Using a difference-in-difference and triple differences approach, we find that households with a high rent-burden (i.e., rent-to-income ratio is above 30 percent) in the expansion states benefit most from ACA implementation. On average, the Medicaid coverage rate increased by 8.08 percentage points, and the uninsured rate decreased by 3.54 percentage points more in expansion states. Within the expansion states, the Medicaid coverage rate improved by 1.5 percentage points more among high rent-burden households than the low rent-burden households. Medicaid expansion may have provided a unique mechanism for high rent-burden populations to gain access to health insurance.