A5103106810- Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies
- Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences
- Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
- Youth Substance Use and School Attendance
- Mind wandering and attention
- Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
- Family Dynamics and Relationships
- Organizational Leadership and Management Strategies
- Global Educational Reforms and Inequalities
- Names, Identity, and Discrimination Research
- Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
- Educational Environments and Student Outcomes
- School Choice and Performance
- Culture, Economy, and Development Studies
- Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
- Sex work and related issues
- Healthcare Operations and Scheduling Optimization
- Personal Information Management and User Behavior
- Cultural Differences and Values
- Psychology of Social Influence
- Scientific Computing and Data Management
- Hospital Admissions and Outcomes
- Memory and Neural Mechanisms
National University of Singapore
2011-2022
University of British Columbia
2019
We examine gender differences in the response to competitive pressure using data from most entrance exam—China's Gaokao. Compared male students, females underperform on and high-stakes Gaokao, relative their performance low-stakes mock examination. Moreover, women's suffers more than men's negative shocks an earlier exam same day. These effects are pronounced for subgroups of students where stakes matter more. Overall, these findings appear be best explained by lower tolerance weaker...
This paper investigates the effect of work interruption on workers’ subsequent productivity. We employ a data set individual productivity and machine conditions, in which each worker faces chance, daily basis, that her will break down randomly. Our analysis finds compared to workday with smooth production, experiencing breakdown is associated 3.3 percentage point decline worker’s following day. discuss possible explanations for observed effect, including negative emotions, increased...
We study the role of risk aversion underlying son preference in patriarchal societies, where sons serve as better insurance for old-age support than daughters. The implications an motive on are twofold. First, prior to birth their children, more-risk-averse parents have a stronger Second, after with more seeking, compared adopt within-twin-pair fixed-effects estimator weak identification assumption, which enables us jointly identify these two effects. further conduct incentivized choice...
This paper investigates the effect of work interruption on workers' subsequent productivity. We employ a data set individual productivity and machine conditions, in which each worker faces chance, daily basis, that her will break down randomly. Our analysis finds compared to workday with smooth production, experiencing breakdown is associated decline following day. discuss possible explanations, including proficiency loss negative emotion induced by interruption, for observed effect....
We study the role of risk aversion underlying son preference in patriarchal societies, where sons serve as better insurance for old-age support than daughters. The implications an motive on are two-fold. First, prior to birth their children, more risk-averse parents have a stronger Second, after with seeking, compared adopt within-twin-pair fixed-effects estimator weak identification assumption, which enables us jointly identify these two effects. further conduct incentivized choice...
Understanding cultural differences in risk perception is critical an increasingly uncertain world. Here we examine the relationship between individualism-collectivism continuum and around world using a recently available dataset from Lloyd's Register Foundation World Risk Poll. With representative sample of 150,000 participants 142 countries, contains rich information including terms perceived likelihood worry along with personal experiences for range risks daily life. We observe that...
The spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has caused school closures in most countries, affecting over 90% the world’s student population. School can widen learning inequalities and disproportionately hurt vulnerable students. We collected data on exam scores university applicants China before after a two-month period closure. observe that students from rural, lower-income households are more negatively affected by compared to their urban, higher-income counterparts. inequality...
This paper investigates attitude towards partial ambiguity. In a laboratory setting, we study three symmetric variants of the ambiguous urn in Ellsberg's 2-urn paradox by varying possible compositions red and black cards 100-card deck. Subjects value betting on deck with smaller set more, even when they share same end points. The valuation lotteries only two decreases degree spread except for reversal it approaches extreme case either all or black. We further skewed ambiguity find that...
Using data on more than 250,000 emergency department (ED) visits, we study the time-of-day effect physician decision-making and patient outcomes. After controlling for characteristics, fixed effects, work hours, find that cases treated at night have significantly lower probability of inpatient admission involve fewer medical tests. These are also likely to revisit ED, which supports decline in performance. While cannot completely rule out possibility limited hospital arrangements, our...
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