This paper examines the impacts of a nationwide, government-led e-commerce expansion project on household income. We find that the project has led to increases in rural household income. The positive impacts mainly come from the increase in wage incomes and agricultural operating incomes, and...

In this paper, we study the income effects of a government-oriented agricultural policy, China's High-standard Farmland Construction Program (HSFCP), which focuses on improving infrastructure facilities and increasing the adoption of localized modern technologies. We exploit implementation of...

Does gender identity affect judicial decisions? This paper provides novel evidence of in-group gender bias in the judicial decisions for almost all divorce cases in China. Exploiting the effectively random assignment of cases to judges, the analysis finds that female judges are 1.2 percentage...