Weina Zhou

Welcome to my web page. I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at Dalhousie University. My research interests include Empirical Microeconomics, Education Economics, Health Economics and Development Economics.

Education

Ph.D. Economics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, 2014 

M.A. Social Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan, 2008

B.E. Social Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan, 2007

Publication

"Peer Discrimination in the Classroom and Academic Achievement" (with Andrew J. Hill)  Journal of Human Resources, 2023, 58 (4) 1178-1206

"Early Childhood Health Shocks, Classroom Environment, and Social-Emotional Outcomes" (with Shun Wang)   Journal of Health Economics, 2023, 87, 102698.  Appendix

"The Spillover Effects of Parental Conflict on Classmates' Cognitive and Noncognitive Outcomes" (with Andrew J. Hill)  Economic Inquiry, 2023, 61(2), 342-363. Appendix

"The Curse of Modernization? Western Fast Food and Chinese Children's Weight" (with Nancy Kong) Health Economics, 2021, Volume30, 2345-2366 

"The Shattered "Iron Rice Bowl" Intergenerational Effects of Economic Insecurity During Chinese State-Owned Enterprise Reform"  (with Nancy Kong and Lars Osberg) ,  Journal of Health Economics, 2019, Volume 67. 

"Do Siblings Make Us Happy?" (with Shun Wang),  Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2018, Volume 66, 827-840.

"The Unintended Long-term Consequences of Mao's Mass Send-down Movement: Marriage, Social Network, and Happiness"(with Shun Wang),    World Development, 2017, Volume 90, 344-359.  

"Family Structure and Home Ownership: Evidence from China" (with Shun Wang),  China Economic Review, 2017, Volume 46, 165-179. 

"Brothers, Household Financial Markets and Savings Rate in China"  Journal of Development Economics,  2014, Volume 111, 34-47. Appendix

Working Paper

“Navigating Cleaner Waters: Waste Import and Water Pollution” with Mevlude Akbulut-Yuksel and Zhuo Zhang, IZA Discussion Paper No. 17828

“Gender-Specific Effects of Prenatal Famine Exposure on Educational Attainment: Accounting for Selective Mortality” with Hiroyuki Kasahara

“Contagion of Negative Emotions and Gender-Specific Mitigating Factors”