Current Research
Working Papers
“Timing Lumpy Investments with Informal Bridge Loans and Clunky Formal Loans: Evidence from Thailand,” May 2025, Revise and Resubmit at Review of Financial Studies, Anil Jain, Robert M. Townsend, and Fan Wang
“From Population Growth to Demographic Scarcity: Emerging Challenges to Global Primary Education Provision in the Twenty-first Century,” April 2025, Revise and Resubmit at Population and Development Review, Emily Hannum, Jeonghyeok Kim, and Fan Wang
“Are Natural Disasters Disastrous for Education? Evidence from Seven Asian Countries,” April 2025, Revise and Resubmit at Economics of Education Review, Yujie Zhang, Jere R. Behrman, Emily Hannum, Minhaj Mahmud, and Fan Wang
“The Distribution of the Gender Wage Gap: An Equilibrium Model,” August 2023, Sonia R. Bhalotra, Manuel Fernández, and Fan Wang