Carl Lin

Research Fellow

Bucknell University

carl.lin@bucknell.edu

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Research Interests

Carl Lin is an Associate Professor of Economics at Bucknell University—a liberal arts college in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. He is also a Research Fellow at the Center for Research in Econometric Theory and Applications of National Taiwan University and a Research Fellow at China Institute for Income Distribution in Beijing, China. Before joining Bucknell, he taught at Beijing Normal University. His research is in the areas of labor economics and applied econometrics in which he focuses on minimum wages, immigration, and rural-urban migrants in China.

A native of Taiwan, he holds a B.A. in Economics from National Taiwan University and a master's degree from Georgetown University. He received his Ph.D. in Economics from Rutgers University-New Brunswick in 2011.

He joined IZA as a Research Affiliate in September 2011 and became a Research Fellow in October 2011.

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IZA Publications

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17251

Migrants from a Different Shore: Earnings and Economic Assimilation of Immigrants from China in the United States

Tony Fang, Mei Hsu, Carl Lin

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17226

Competition in the Labor Market: The Wage Effect of Employer Concentration in China

Jianan Liu, Hongbo Cai, Carl Lin

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13888

Social Disadvantage and Children's Nutritional Status in Rural-Urban Migrant Households

Carl Lin, Yana van der Meulen Rodgers

published in: Journal of Contemporary China, 2019, 28 (120), 899-915

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13878

The Impact of Minimum Wages on Wages, Wage Spillovers, and Employment in China: Evidence from Longitudinal Individual-Level Data

Tony Fang, Morley Gunderson, Carl Lin

published in: Review of Development Economics, 2021, 25 (2), 854–877

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11986

Parental Migration Decisions and Child Health Outcomes: Evidence from China

Carl Lin, Yana van der Meulen Rodgers

published in: Research in Labor Economics (Health and Labor Markets), 2019, 47, 281-310

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11930

Son Preference and Human Capital Investment among China's Rural-Urban Migrant Households

Carl Lin, Yan Sun, Chunbing Xing

published in: Journal of Development Studies, 2021, 57 (12), 2077-2094

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11893

Minimum Wage Competition between Local Governments in China

Yanan Li, Ravi Kanbur, Carl Lin

published in: Journal of Development Studies, 2019, 55(12), 2479-2494

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11698

How Has the Two-Day Weekend Policy Affected Labour Supply and Household Work in China?

Tony Fang, Carl Lin, Xueli Tang

published as 'Where did the time go? The effects of China's two-day weekend policy on labor supply, household work, and wage' in: China Economic Review, 2024, 83, 102107.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10332

How Does the Minimum Wage Affect Firm Investments in Fixed and Human Capital? Evidence from China

Tobias Haepp, Carl Lin

published in: Review of Development Economics, 2017, 21(4), 1057-1080

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9715

The Effects of the Minimum Wage on Earnings Inequality: Evidence from China

Carl Lin, Myeong-Su Yun

published in: Research in Labor Economics (Income Inequality Around the World), 2016, 44, 179-212

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9438

The Use and Impact of Job Search Procedures by Migrant Workers in China

Tony Fang, Morley Gunderson, Carl Lin

published in: China Economic Review, 2016, 37(0), 154-165