Research

Publications & Working Papers

Research in applied microeconomics, with a focus on place, markets, and human outcomes.

Selected publications

  1. 2025

    Impacts of housing costs on health and satisfaction with life circumstances: Evidence from Australia

    with Ashani Abayasekara and Liang Choon Wang · Health Economics, 34(4), 741–757

  2. 2024

    Do housing costs affect household transportation? Longitudinal evidence from Australia

    with Faye Khammo and Liang Choon Wang · Cities, 155, 105469

  3. 2024

    The differential effect of exchange rate fluctuations on housing price growth: Evidence from Australia

    with Liang Choon Wang · Regional Studies, 58(1), 135–150

  4. 2023

    Spatial interactions

    with Eleonora Patacchini, Pierre Picard, and Yves Zenou · Quantitative Economics, 14(4), 1295–1335

  5. 2022

    Geographic spread of COVID-19 and local economies: Heterogeneous effects by establishment size and industry

    with Taehoon Kim · Journal of Regional Science, 62(3), 696–731

  6. 2021

    Preferences for single-sex schools: Evidence from the housing market

    with Daniel Melser and Morteza Moallemi · Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 189, 710–726

Working papers

Gender heterogeneity in peer effects on work: Evidence from multidimensional social networks in rural India

with Youjin Hahn and Hee-Seung Yang (reject and resubmit)

The impact of housing costs on energy poverty: Evidence from Australia

with Yitian Wang, Liang Choon Wang, Russell Smyth, and Sefa Awaworyi Churchill (revise and resubmit)

Network formation with multidimensional unobserved heterogeneity

with Suyong Song