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The Grandparent Health Dividend: Transitioning to Grandparenthood and Its Impact on Mental Health.

Breaking the ``Iron Rice Bowl'': Health Behavior Effects of Chinese State-Owned Enterprise Reform.

Residence and Resilience: Post-Marital Living Arrangements and Mental Health [with Noman Ahmad].

Taxing Addiction in Hard Times: Cigarette Taxes and Smoking During Recessions [with Yichu li, Kaiyi Wen, Yeongmi Jeong, Hyeran Chung].

Unintended Consequences of HIV Prevention: Evidence of Behavioral Risk and STI Exposure Among College PrEP Users [with Yichu li, Kaiyi Wen, Hyeran Chung].

The Hidden Toll: Public Health Burden of Illicit Opioid Market Shifts [with Yichu li, Kaiyi Wen, Donglan Zhang, Zhuo Chen].

Education and Mental Health: Exploring the Impact of the Female Stipend Program in Bangladesh [with Noman Ahmad].

The Effect of Smoking on Spousal Smoking: Using Genetic IV  [with Yeongmi Jeong and Keshob Sharma].

Spousal BMI and Mental Health: An Instrumental Variables Approach [with Yichu li, Kaiyi Wen, Yeongmi Jeong, Zhuo Chen].

Like Father, Like Son? Uncovering the Intergenerational Health Effects of Job Insecurity.