Nancy Qian

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• Harvard University / Harvard Kennedy School / Bureau for Research in Economic Analysis of Development (BREAD) (weight: 10%)
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• Northwestern University / Kellogg Graduate School of Management / Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences (MEDS) (weight: 70%)
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• National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) (weight: 10%)
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• Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) (weight: 10%)
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Research profile

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• US Food Aid and Civil Conflict (RePEc:aea:aecrev:v:104:y:2014:i:6:p:1630-66)
  by Nathan Nunn & Nancy Qian
• The Rise and Fall of Local Elections in China (RePEc:aea:aecrev:v:112:y:2022:i:9:p:2921-58)
  by Monica Martinez-Bravo & Gerard Padró i Miquel & Nancy Qian & Yang Yao
• Income Inequality and Progressive Income Taxation in China and India, 1986-2015 (RePEc:aea:aejapp:v:1:y:2009:i:2:p:53-63)
  by Thomas Piketty & Nancy Qian
• The Columbian Exchange: A History of Disease, Food, and Ideas (RePEc:aea:jecper:v:24:y:2010:i:2:p:163-88)
  by Nathan Nunn & Nancy Qian
• Making Progress on Foreign Aid (RePEc:anr:reveco:v:7:y:2015:p:277-308)
  by Nancy Qian
• More Missing Women, Fewer Dying Girls: The Impact Of Sex-Selective Abortion On Sex At Birth And Relative Female Mortality In Taiwan (RePEc:bla:jeurec:v:12:y:2014:i:4:p:899-926)
  by Ming-Jen Lin & Jin-Tan Liu & Nancy Qian
• Migrants and the Making of America: The Shortand Long-Run Effects of Immigration During the Age of Mass Migration (RePEc:ces:ifodic:v:15:y:2017:i:03:p:30-34)
  by Sandra Sequeira & Nathan Nunn & Nancy Qian
• Making Progress on Foreign Aid (RePEc:cpr:ceprdp:10129)
  by Qian, Nancy
• Making Democracy Work: Culture, Social Capital and Elections in China (RePEc:cpr:ceprdp:10515)
  by Qian, Nancy & Padró i Miquel, Gerard & Yao, Yang & Xu, Yiqing
• Winter is Coming: The Long-Run Effects of Climate Change on Conflict, 1400-1900 (RePEc:cpr:ceprdp:11760)
  by Qian, Nancy & Iyigun, Murat & Nunn, Nathan
• Migrants and the Making of America: The Short and Long Run Effects of Immigration during the Age of Mass Migration (RePEc:cpr:ceprdp:11899)
  by Sequeira, Sandra & Nunn, Nathan & Qian, Nancy
• The Rise and Fall of Local Elections in China: Theory and Empirical Evidence on the Autocrat's Trade-off (RePEc:cpr:ceprdp:12439)
  by Qian, Nancy & Martinez-Bravo, Monica & Padró i Miquel, Gerard & Yao, Yan
• The Long-run Effects of Agricultural Productivity on Conflict, 1400-1900 (RePEc:cpr:ceprdp:12457)
  by Qian, Nancy & Iyigun, Murat & Nunn, Nathan
• Distrust and Political Turnover (RePEc:cpr:ceprdp:12555)
  by Qian, Nancy & Nunn, Nathan & Wen, Jaya
• The Dynamic Effects of Computerized VAT Invoices on Chinese Manufacturing Firms (RePEc:cpr:ceprdp:12786)
  by Qian, Nancy & Liu, Yu & Wen, Jaya & Fan, Haichao
• Aid Crowd-Out: The Effect of NGOs on Government-Provided Public Services (RePEc:cpr:ceprdp:14755)
  by Qian, Nancy & Deserranno, Erika
• The Political-Economic Causes of the Soviet Great Famine, 1932-33 (RePEc:cpr:ceprdp:16408)
  by Qian, Nancy & Markevich, Andrei & Naumenko, Natalya
• Discrimination and State Capacity: Evidence from WWII U.S. Army Enlistment (RePEc:cpr:ceprdp:16718)
  by Tabellini, Marco & Qian, Nancy
• Stress, Ethnicity, and Prosocial Behavior (RePEc:cpr:ceprdp:17557)
  by Lowes, Sara & Haushofer, Johannes & Musau, Abednego & David Ndetei, David & Nunn, Nathan & Poll, Moritz & Qian, Nancy
• Income Inequality and Progressive Income Taxation in China and India, 1986-2015 (RePEc:cpr:ceprdp:5703)
  by Piketty, Thomas & Qian, Nancy
• Missing Women and the Price of Tea in China: The Effect of Sex-Specific Earnings on Sex Imbalance (RePEc:cpr:ceprdp:5986)
  by Qian, Nancy
• The Long Run Health and Economic Consequences of Famine on Survivors: Evidence from China's Great Famine (RePEc:cpr:ceprdp:5989)
  by Qian, Nancy & ,
• More Women Missing, Fewer Girls Dying: The Impact of Abortion on Sex Ratios at Birth and Excess Female Mortality in Taiwan (RePEc:cpr:ceprdp:6667)
  by Qian, Nancy & Lin, Ming-Jen & Liu, Jin-Tan
• The Strategic Determinants of U.S. Human Rights Reporting: Evidence from the Cold War (RePEc:cpr:ceprdp:7026)
  by Qian, Nancy & Yanagizawa-Drott, David
• The Potato's Contribution to Population and Urbanization: Evidence from an Historical Experiment (RePEc:cpr:ceprdp:7364)
  by Qian, Nancy & Nunn, Nathan
• Watchdog or Lapdog? Media and the U.S. Government (RePEc:cpr:ceprdp:7684)
  by Qian, Nancy & Yangagizawa, David
• The Institutional Causes of China's Great Famine, 1959-61 (RePEc:cpr:ceprdp:8012)
  by Yared, Pierre & Qian, Nancy & ,
• Do Local Elections in Non-Democracies Increase Accountability? Evidence from Rural China (RePEc:cpr:ceprdp:8368)
  by Qian, Nancy & Padró i Miquel, Gerard & Martinez-Bravo, Monica & Yao, Yang
• Aiding Conflict: The Impact of U.S. Food Aid on Civil War (RePEc:cpr:ceprdp:8799)
  by Qian, Nancy & Nunn, Nathan
• On the Road: Access to Transportation Infrastructure and Economic Growth in China (RePEc:cpr:ceprdp:8874)
  by Banerjee, Abhijit & Duflo, Esther & Qian, Nancy
• The Effects of Democratization on Public Goods and Redistribution: Evidence from China (RePEc:cpr:ceprdp:8975)
  by Qian, Nancy & Padró i Miquel, Gerard & Martinez-Bravo, Monica & Yao, Yang
• Experience Matters: Human Capital and Development Accounting (RePEc:cpr:ceprdp:9253)
  by Qian, Nancy & Lagakos, David & Moll, Benjamin & Porzio, Tommaso
• Social Fragmentation, Public Goods and Elections: Evidence from China (RePEc:cpr:ceprdp:9278)
  by Qian, Nancy & Padró i Miquel, Gerard & Yao, Yang
• Economic Transition and Private-Sector Labor Demand: Evidence from Urban China (RePEc:cpr:ceprdp:9794)
  by Qian, Nancy & , & Iyer, Lakshmi & Zhao, Xiaoxue
• Aggregate Fertility and Household Savings: A General Equilibrium Analysis using Micro Data (RePEc:cpr:ceprdp:9935)
  by Banerjee, Abhijit & Qian, Nancy & Meng, Xin & Porzio, Tommaso
• Racial Discrimination and the Social Contract: Evidence from U.S. Army Enlistment during WWII (RePEc:crm:wpaper:2310)
  by Nancy Qian & Marco Tabellini
• On the road: Access to transportation infrastructure and economic growth in China (RePEc:eee:deveco:v:145:y:2020:i:c:s0304387820300171)
  by Banerjee, Abhijit & Duflo, Esther & Qian, Nancy
• Economic transition and private-sector labor: Evidence from urban China (RePEc:eee:jcecon:v:47:y:2019:i:3:p:579-600)
  by Iyer, Lakshmi & Meng, Xin & Qian, Nancy & Zhao, Xiaoxue
• Immigrants and the making of America (RePEc:ehl:lserod:100819)
  by Sequeira, Sandra & Nunn, Nathan & Qian, Nancy
• Quantity-Quality and the One Child Policy: The Only-Child Disadvantage in School Enrollment in Rural China (RePEc:ess:wpaper:id:2558)
  by Nancy Qian
• The Potato’s Contribution to Population and Urbanization: Evidence from an Historical Experiment (RePEc:ess:wpaper:id:2792)
  by Nancy Qian & Nathan Nunn
• Do Local Elections in Non-Democracies Increase Accountability? Evidence from Rural China (RePEc:ess:wpaper:id:3931)
  by Yang Yao & Nancy Qia & Monica Martinez Bravo & Gerard Padro i Miquel
• Aiding Conflict: The Impact of U.S. Food Aid on Civil War (RePEc:ess:wpaper:id:4773)
  by Nathan Nunn & Nancy Qian
• On the Road: Access to Transportation Infrastructure and Economic Growth in China (RePEc:ess:wpaper:id:4826)
  by Abhijit Banerjee & Esther Duflo & Nancy Qian
• The Effects of Democratization on Public Goods and Redistribution: Evidence from China (RePEc:ess:wpaper:id:5011)
  by Yang Yao & Monica Martinez Bravo & Gerard Padro i Miquel & Nancy Qia
• Social Fragmentation, Public Goods and Elections: Evidence from China (RePEc:ess:wpaper:id:5210)
  by Gerard Padro-i- Miquel & Nancy Qian & Yang Yao
• Aggregate Fertility and Household Savings: A General Equilibrium Analysis using Micro Data (RePEc:ess:wpaper:id:5799)
  by Abhijit Banerjee & Xin Meng & Tommaso Porzio & Nancy Qian
• Making Democracy Work: Culture, Social Capital and Elections in China (RePEc:ess:wpaper:id:6619)
  by Gerard Padro -i-Miquel & Nancy Qian
• Economic Transition and Private-Sector Labor Demand: Evidence from Urban China (RePEc:ess:wpaper:id:7146)
  by Lakshmi Iyer & Xin Meng & Nancy Qian
• Income Inequality and Progressive Income Taxation in China and India, 1986-2015 (RePEc:hal:journl:halshs-00754381)
  by Thomas Piketty & Nancy Qian
• Income Inequality and Progressive Income Taxation in China and India, 1986-2015 (RePEc:hal:pseptp:halshs-00754381)
  by Thomas Piketty & Nancy Qian
• Economic Transition and Private-Sector Labor Demand: Evidence from Urban China (RePEc:hbs:wpaper:14-047)
  by Lakshmi Iyer & Xin Meng & Nancy Qian & Xiaoxue Zhao
• Experience Matters: Human Capital and Development Accounting (RePEc:hka:wpaper:2012-021)
  by David Lagakos & Benjamin Moll & Tommaso Porzio & Nancy Qian
• The Columbian Exchange: A History of Disease, Food, and Ideas (RePEc:hrv:faseco:11986330)
  by Nunn, Nathan & Qian, Nancy
• US Food Aid and Civil Conflict (RePEc:hrv:faseco:30410811)
  by Qian, Nancy & Nunn, Nathan
• The Potato's Contribution to Population and Urbanization: Evidence From A Historical Experiment (RePEc:hrv:faseco:33077825)
  by Nunn, Nathan & Qian, N.
• Winter is Coming: The Long-Run Effects of Climate Change on Conflict, 1400-1900 (RePEc:iza:izadps:dp10475)
  by Iyigun, Murat & Nunn, Nathan & Qian, Nancy
• The Long-Run Effects of Agricultural Productivity on Conflict, 1400-1900 (RePEc:iza:izadps:dp11189)
  by Iyigun, Murat & Nunn, Nathan & Qian, Nancy
• The Long Run Health and Economic Consequences of Famine on Survivors: Evidence from China’s Great Famine (RePEc:iza:izadps:dp2471)
  by Meng, Xin & Qian, Nancy
• The Determinants of Food-Aid Provisions to Africa and the Developing World (RePEc:nbr:nberch:13434)
  by Nathan Nunn & Nancy Qian
• The Dynamic Effects of Computerizing VAT Invoices in China (RePEc:nbr:nberch:14906)
  by Haichao Fan & Yu Liu & Nancy Qian & Jaya Wen
• More Women Missing, Fewer Girls Dying: The Impact of Abortion on Sex Ratios at Birth and Excess Female Mortality in Taiwan (RePEc:nbr:nberwo:14541)
  by Ming-Jen Lin & Nancy Qian & Jin-Tan Liu
• The Long Term Consequences of Famine on Survivors: Evidence from a Unique Natural Experiment using China's Great Famine (RePEc:nbr:nberwo:14917)
  by Xin Meng & Nancy Qian
• Quantity-Quality and the One Child Policy:The Only-Child Disadvantage in School Enrollment in Rural China (RePEc:nbr:nberwo:14973)
  by Nancy Qian
• The Potato's Contribution to Population and Urbanization: Evidence from an Historical Experiment (RePEc:nbr:nberwo:15157)
  by Nathan Nunn & Nancy Qian
• Government Distortion in Independently Owned Media: Evidence from U.S. Cold War News Coverage of Human Rights (RePEc:nbr:nberwo:15738)
  by Nancy Qian & David Yanagizawa-Drott
• The Institutional Causes of China's Great Famine, 1959-61 (RePEc:nbr:nberwo:16361)
  by Xin Meng & Nancy Qian & Pierre Yared
• The Determinants of Food Aid Provisions to Africa and the Developing World (RePEc:nbr:nberwo:16610)
  by Nathan Nunn & Nancy Qian
• Do Local Elections in Non-Democracies Increase Accountability? Evidence from Rural China (RePEc:nbr:nberwo:16948)
  by Monica Martinez-Bravo & Gerard Padró i Miquel & Nancy Qian & Yang Yao
• Aiding Conflict: The Impact of U.S. Food Aid on Civil War (RePEc:nbr:nberwo:17794)
  by Nathan Nunn & Nancy Qian
• On the Road: Access to Transportation Infrastructure and Economic Growth in China (RePEc:nbr:nberwo:17897)
  by Abhijit Banerjee & Esther Duflo & Nancy Qian
• Elections in China (RePEc:nbr:nberwo:18101)
  by Monica Martinez-Bravo & Gerard Padró i Miquel & Nancy Qian & Yang Yao
• Experience Matters: Human Capital and Development Accounting (RePEc:nbr:nberwo:18602)
  by David Lagakos & Benjamin Moll & Tommaso Porzio & Nancy Qian & Todd Schoellman
• Social Fragmentation, Public Goods and Elections: Evidence from China (RePEc:nbr:nberwo:18633)
  by Gerard Padro i Miquel & Nancy Qian & Yang Yao
• Economic Transition and Private-Sector Labor Demand: Evidence from Urban China (RePEc:nbr:nberwo:19733)
  by Lakshmi Iyer & Xin Meng & Nancy Qian & Xiaoxue Zhao
• Aggregate Fertility and Household Savings: A General Equilibrium Analysis using Micro Data (RePEc:nbr:nberwo:20050)
  by Abhijit Banerjee & Xin Meng & Tommaso Porzio & Nancy Qian
• Making Progress on Foreign Aid (RePEc:nbr:nberwo:20412)
  by Nancy Qian
• The Fluidity of Race: “Passing” in the United States, 1880-1940 (RePEc:nbr:nberwo:20828)
  by Emily Nix & Nancy Qian
• Making Democracy Work: Culture, Social Capital and Elections in China (RePEc:nbr:nberwo:21058)
  by Gerard Padró i Miquel & Nancy Qian & Yiqing Xu & Yang Yao
• Life-Cycle Human Capital Accumulation Across Countries: Lessons From U.S. Immigrants (RePEc:nbr:nberwo:21914)
  by David Lagakos & Benjamin Moll & Tommaso Porzio & Nancy Qian & Todd Schoellman
• Winter is Coming: The Long-Run Effects of Climate Change on Conflict, 1400-1900 (RePEc:nbr:nberwo:23033)
  by Murat Iyigun & Nathan Nunn & Nancy Qian
• Migrants and the Making of America: The Short- and Long-Run Effects of Immigration during the Age of Mass Migration (RePEc:nbr:nberwo:23289)
  by Sandra Sequeira & Nathan Nunn & Nancy Qian
• The Rise and Fall of Local Elections in China: Theory and Empirical Evidence on the Autocrat's Trade-off (RePEc:nbr:nberwo:24032)
  by Monica Martinez-Bravo & Gerard Padró I Miquel & Nancy Qian & Yang Yao
• The Long-run Effects of Agricultural Productivity on Conflict, 1400-1900 (RePEc:nbr:nberwo:24066)
  by Murat Iyigun & Nathan Nunn & Nancy Qian
• Distrust and Political Turnover during Economic Crises (RePEc:nbr:nberwo:24187)
  by Nathan Nunn & Nancy Qian & Jaya Wen
• Computerizing VAT Invoices in China (RePEc:nbr:nberwo:24414)
  by Haichao Fan & Yu Liu & Nancy Qian & Jaya Wen
• Choosing Racial Identity in the United States, 1880-1940 (RePEc:nbr:nberwo:26465)
  by Ricardo Dahis & Emily Nix & Nancy Qian
• The Unintended Consequences of NGO-Provided Aid on Government Services in Uganda (RePEc:nbr:nberwo:26928)
  by Erika Deserranno & Aisha Nansamba & Nancy Qian
• The Causes of Ukrainian Famine Mortality, 1932-33 (RePEc:nbr:nberwo:29089)
  by Andrei Markevich & Natalya Naumenko & Nancy Qian
• Racial Discrimination and the Social Contract: Evidence from U.S. Army Enlistment during WWII (RePEc:nbr:nberwo:29482)
  by Nancy Qian & Marco Tabellini
• Stress, Ethnicity, and Prosocial Behavior (RePEc:nbr:nberwo:30363)
  by Johannes Haushofer & Sara Lowes & Abednego Musau & David M. Ndetei & Nathan Nunn & Moritz Poll & Nancy Qian
• Missing Women and the Price of Tea in China: The Effect of Sex-Specific Earnings on Sex Imbalance (RePEc:oup:qjecon:v:123:y:2008:i:3:p:1251-1285.)
  by Nancy Qian
• The Potato's Contribution to Population and Urbanization: Evidence From A Historical Experiment (RePEc:oup:qjecon:v:126:y:2011:i:2:p:593-650)
  by Nathan Nunn & Nancy Qian
• The Institutional Causes of China's Great Famine, 1959–1961 (RePEc:oup:restud:v:82:y:2015:i:4:p:1568-1611.)
  by Xin Meng & Nancy Qian & Pierre Yared
• Erratum (RePEc:oup:restud:v:83:y:2016:i:3:p:1296.)
  by Xin Meng & Nancy Qian & Pierre Yared
• Immigrants and the Making of America (RePEc:oup:restud:v:87:y:2020:i:1:p:382-419.)
  by Sandra Sequeira & Nathan Nunn & Nancy Qian
• Making Democracy Work: The Effects of Social Capital and Elections on Public Goods in China (RePEc:red:sed014:1414)
  by Nancy Qian
• Lifecycle Human Capital Accumulation Across Countries: Lessons From U.S. Immigrants (RePEc:red:sed014:777)
  by Tommaso Porzio & Todd Schoellman & Nancy Qian & Benjamin Moll & David Lagakos
• The Strategic Determinants of U.S. Human Rights Reporting: Evidence from The Cold War (RePEc:tpr:jeurec:v:7:y:2009:i:2-3:p:446-457)
  by Nancy Qian & David Yanagizawa
• Life-Cycle Human Capital Accumulation across Countries: Lessons from US Immigrants (RePEc:ucp:jhucap:doi:10.1086/697245)
  by David Lagakos & Benjamin Moll & Tommaso Porzio & Nancy Qian & Todd Schoellman
• Stress, Ethnicity, and Prosocial Behavior (RePEc:ucp:jpemic:doi:10.1086/722367)
  by Johannes Haushofer & Sara Lowes & Abednego Musau & David Ndetei & Nathan Nunn & Moritz Poll & Nancy Qian
• Life Cycle Wage Growth across Countries (RePEc:ucp:jpolec:doi:10.1086/696225)
  by David Lagakos & Benjamin Moll & Tommaso Porzio & Nancy Qian & Todd Schoellman
• The effect of China's One Child Policy on sex selection, family size, and the school enrolment of daughters (RePEc:unu:wpaper:wp-2017-159)
  by Nancy Qian