Shing-Yi Wang
Biographic Data
| ID | 3772664 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Shing-Yi Wang |
| GIVEN NAMES | Shing-Yi |
| FAMILY NAME | Wang |
| SIGNATURE | WANG S |
| AFFILIATIONS | California University of Pennsylvania |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7709-9537 |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 49 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Property Rights, Land Misallocation, and Agricultural Efficiency in China
This article examines the impact of a property rights reform in rural China that allowed farmers to lease out their land. We find the reform led to increases in land rental activity in rural households. Our results indicate that the formalization of leasing rights resulted in a redistribution of land toward more-productive farmers. Consequently, output and aggregate productivity increased by 8$\%$ and 10$\%$, respectively. We also find that the r…
Monopsony Power in Migrant Labor Markets: Evidence from the United Arab Emirates
By exploiting a reform in the United Arab Emirates that relaxed restrictions on employer transitions, we provide new estimates of the monopsony power of firms over migrant workers. Our results show that the reform increased incumbent migrants' earnings and firm retention. This occurs despite an increase in employer transitions and is driven by a fall in country exits. While the outcomes of incumbents improved, the reform decreased demand for new …
Statistical Discrimination, Productivity, and the Height of Immigrants
Building on the economic research that demonstrates a positive relationship between height and worker ability, the author compares wage returns to height for immigrants and for natives to explore possible explanations for the positive wage-height gradient. Using multiple data sets, the article presents a robust empirical finding that the wage gains associated with height are almost twice as large for immigrants as for native-born individuals. Thi…
Property rights and intra-household bargaining
Credit Constraints, Job Mobility, and Entrepreneurship: Evidence from a Property Reform in China
This paper provides new evidence on the impact of private property rights and employer-provided housing on entrepreneurship. I find an increase in self-employment following a reform in urban China that allowed state employees who were renting state-owned housing the opportunity to buy their homes at subsidized prices. I develop a model of job choice to test two mechanisms that might explain how the reform increased entrepreneurship. I find eviden…
Monopsony Power in Migrant Labor Markets: Evidence from the United Arab Emirates
By exploiting a reform in the United Arab Emirates that relaxed restrictions on employer transitions, we provide new estimates of the monopsony power of firms over migrant workers. Our results show that the reform increased incumbent migrants' earnings and firm retention. This occurs despite an increase in employer transitions and is driven by a fall in country exits. While the outcomes of incumbents improved, the reform decreased demand for new …
Property rights and intra-household bargaining
Statistical Discrimination, Productivity, and the Height of Immigrants
Building on the economic research that demonstrates a positive relationship between height and worker ability, the author compares wage returns to height for immigrants and for natives to explore possible explanations for the positive wage-height gradient. Using multiple data sets, the article presents a robust empirical finding that the wage gains associated with height are almost twice as large for immigrants as for native-born individuals. Thi…
Credit Constraints, Job Mobility, and Entrepreneurship: Evidence from a Property Reform in China
This paper provides new evidence on the impact of private property rights and employer-provided housing on entrepreneurship. I find an increase in self-employment following a reform in urban China that allowed state employees who were renting state-owned housing the opportunity to buy their homes at subsidized prices. I develop a model of job choice to test two mechanisms that might explain how the reform increased entrepreneurship. I find eviden…
Property rights and intra-household bargaining
Statistical Discrimination, Productivity, and the Height of Immigrants
Building on the economic research that demonstrates a positive relationship between height and worker ability, the author compares wage returns to height for immigrants and for natives to explore possible explanations for the positive wage-height gradient. Using multiple data sets, the article presents a robust empirical finding that the wage gains associated with height are almost twice as large for immigrants as for native-born individuals. Thi…
Monopsony Power in Migrant Labor Markets: Evidence from the United Arab Emirates
By exploiting a reform in the United Arab Emirates that relaxed restrictions on employer transitions, we provide new estimates of the monopsony power of firms over migrant workers. Our results show that the reform increased incumbent migrants' earnings and firm retention. This occurs despite an increase in employer transitions and is driven by a fall in country exits. While the outcomes of incumbents improved, the reform decreased demand for new …
Property Rights, Land Misallocation, and Agricultural Efficiency in China
This article examines the impact of a property rights reform in rural China that allowed farmers to lease out their land. We find the reform led to increases in land rental activity in rural households. Our results indicate that the formalization of leasing rights resulted in a redistribution of land toward more-productive farmers. Consequently, output and aggregate productivity increased by 8$\%$ and 10$\%$, respectively. We also find that the r…
Economics (5 works) · Labour economics (4 works) · China (3 works) · Demographic economics (3 works) · Finance (3 works) · Land Rights and Reforms (3 works) · Microeconomics (3 works) · Property rights (3 works) · Renting (3 works) · Business (2 works)