Wang-Sheng Lee

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Monash University

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Wang-Sheng Lee is an associate professor at the Centre for Development Economics and Sustainability in the Monash Business School at Monash University. Wang received his B.A. from Colby, his M.A. from Michigan and his Ph.D from Melbourne. Before moving to Australia, he was a senior analyst at Abt Associates Inc. in Bethesda, Maryland (USA) involved in analyzing the experimental welfare reform evaluations for the states of Delaware and Indiana. His research interests include applied micro-econometrics, development economics, environmental pollution, health and labour economics and the Chinese economy.

He has published papers in journals such as the Journal of Development Economics, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Journal of Health Economics, China Economic Review, Demography, Economics and Human Biology, Economics Letters, Empirical Economics, Health Economics, Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Journal of Economic Psychology, Journal of Population Economics, and Oxford Economic Papers. He received the 2012/2013 Lawrence R. Klein Award from Empirical Economics, a biannual prize awarded for the best paper published in the journal.

He joined IZA as a Research Affiliate in August 2008 and became a Research Fellow in December 2011.

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IZA Publications

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16150
Improving Health and Safety in the Informal Sector: Evidence from a Randomized Trial in Bangladesh
Asad Islam, Wang-Sheng Lee, Margaret Triyana, Xing Xia
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15454
Revitalising the Silk Road: Evidence from Railway Infrastructure Investments in Northwest China
Lamont Bo Yu, Trang My Tran, Wang-Sheng Lee
forthcoming in: China Economic Review, 2023
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15269
Dual Circulation and Population Mobility during the Pandemic in China
Wang-Sheng Lee, Trang My Tran, Lamont Bo Yu
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14900
Green Infrastructure and Air Pollution: Evidence from Highways Connecting Two Megacities in China
Bo Yu, Trang Tran, Wang-Sheng Lee
published in: Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2023, 122, 102884
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13479
Air Pollution Quotas and the Dynamics of Internal Skilled Migration in Chinese Cities
Bo Yu, Wang-Sheng Lee, Shuddhasattwa Rafiq
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12649
Extreme Weather and Long-term Health: Evidence from Two Millennia of Chinese Elites
Wang-Sheng Lee, Ben G. Li
published as 'Extreme Weather and Mortality: Evidence from Two Millennia of Chinese Elites' in: Journal of Health Economics, 2021, 76:102401.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12599
Locus of Control and Marital Satisfaction: Couple Perspectives Using Australian Data
Wang-Sheng Lee, Terra McKinnish
published in: Journal of Economic Psychology, 2019, 74, Article 102205.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12550
The Effects of Chess Instruction on Academic and Non-Cognitive Outcomes: Field Experimental Evidence from a Developing Country
Asadul Islam, Wang-Sheng Lee, Aaron Nicholas
published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2021, 150:102615.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10863
The Marital Satisfaction of Differently-Aged Couples
Wang-Sheng Lee, Terra McKinnish
published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2018, 31, 337-362.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9397
Height, Weight and Well-Being for Rural, Urban and Migrant Workers in China
Wang-Sheng Lee, Zhong Zhao
published in: Social Indicators Research, 2017, 132 (1), 117-136
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