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Domestic Research Fellow: Lin, Carl

中国收入分配研究院:Lin, Carl
Gender: Male
Birth: 1973-11
School / Company / Organization: Bucknell University
Department: Economics Department
Position: Assistant Professor of Economics
Research Field: Labor Economics, Development Economics, Applied Microeconometrics
Work Experience:
1. Research Fellow, IZA, 2011-present
2. Research Fellow, GLO, 2017-present
3. Research Fellow, Center of Econometric Theory and Application at National Taiwan University, 2018-present
4. Consultant, Labor & Social Security Group, The Work Bank
Educational Experience:
Rutgers University, Ph.D. in Economics
Georgetown University, M.A. in Economics
National Taiwan University, B.A. in Economics
Articles or Books:
Journal Articles (peer-reviewed)
1.Lin, Carl and Yana van der Meulen Rodgers. “Parental Migration Decisions and Child Health Outcomes: Evidence from China”, Research in Labor Economics, 2018, accepted.
2.Haepp, Tobias and Carl Lin. “How Does the Minimum Wage Affect Firm Investments in Fixed and Human Capital? Evidence from China”, Review of Development Economics, 2017, 21(4), 1057-1080.
3.Lin, Carl and Myeong-Su Yun. “The Effects of the Minimum Wage on Earnings Inequality: Evidence from China”, Research in Labor Economics, 2016, 44, 179-212.
4.Fang, Tony, Morley Gunderson and Carl Lin. “The Use and Impact of Job Search Procedures by Migrant Workers in China”, China Economic Review, 2016, 37(0), 154-165.
5.Fang, Tony and Carl Lin. “Minimum Wages and Employment in China”, IZA Journal of Labor Policy, 2015, 4:22, 1-30.
6.Lin, Carl. “How Do Immigrants from Taiwan Fare in the US Labor Market?”, Singapore Economic Review, 2015, 60:3.
7.Barr, Tavis and Carl Lin. “A Detailed Decomposition of Synthetic Cohort Analysis”, Economics Letters, 2015, 127(0), 76-80.
8.Lin, Carl. “Earnings Gap, Cohort Effect and Economic Assimilation of Immigrants from Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan in the United States.” Review of International Economics, 2013, 21(2), 249-65.
9.Lin, Carl. “Decomposing Abnormal Returns in Stochastic Linear Models.” Economics Letters, 2013, 118(1), 143-47.
Book Chapters
1.Li, Shi and Carl Lin. 2015. “The Impacts of Minimum Wage Policy in China─Mixed results for women, youth and migrants,” in Global Wage Debates Politics or Economics? edited by Gregory Randolph and Knut Panknin.
2.“Capitalism in the 21st Century: What does it find?” (Chapter 9, Chapter 10), Li Shi and Yue Ximing Eds. Publisher: China Fiscal and Economic Reform; 1st edition. November 1, 2015.
3.Li, Shi and Carl Lin. 2013. “Earnings Determinants of the First and New Generation Rural-Urban Migrants in China,” China Income Distribution Report. (in Chinese)
4.Lee, C.F. and Carl Lin. 2010. “Two Alternative Binomial Option Pricing Model Approaches to Derive Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model,” in Handbook of Quantitative Finance and Risk Management, New York: Springer-Verlag.
5.Lee, C.F. and Carl Lin. 2010. "Two Alternative Binomial Option Pricing Model Approaches to Derive Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model," in Handbook of Quantitative Finance and Risk Management, New York: Springer-Verlag.
More Outcome or Information:
Working Papers
Minimum Wages and Employment in China, IZA Discussion Paper 7813 (circulating, with Tony Fang)
A Detailed Decomposition of Synthetic Cohort Analysis, IZA Discussion Paper 7743 (submitted for publication, with Tavis Barr)
How Do Immigrants from Taiwan Fare in the U.S. Labor Market?, IZA Discussion Paper 7748 (submitted for publication)
High-Skilled Immigration and Firm Profitability: Evidence from the Raising of H-1B Visa Ceiling in 1998 (submitted for publication)
Migrants from a Different Shore: Economic Assimilation of Immigrants from China in the United States (submitted for publication)
Less Myth, More Measurement: Decomposing Excess Returns from the 1989 Minimum Wage Hike, IZA Discussion Paper 6269 (submitted for publication under the title “Does the Minimum Wage Affect Business’s Profits? Evidence from the 1989 Minimum Wage Hike”)
Give Me Your Wired and Your Highly Skilled: Measuring the Impact of Immigration Policy on Employers and Shareholders, IZA Discussion Paper 5754 (circulating)
Last Updated Time: 2018/11/18 9:57:10
Some papers showed in this website:
[2018-08-13]No.72-Parental Migration Decisions and Child Health Outcomes: Evidence from China
[2015-11-07]Working Paper No. 39: Carl Lin, Myeong-Su Yun: The Effects of the Minimum Wage on Earnings Inequality: Evidence from China
[2015-11-07]Working Paper No. 35, Shi Li, Carl Lin: The Impacts of the Minimum Wage Policy in China
[2015-11-07]Working Paper No. 34: Lin, Carl: A Literature Review of Minimum Wages
[2015-08-07]Working Paper No. 33, Tobias Haepp, Carl Lin, How Does the Minimum Wage Affect Firm Investments in Fixed and Human Capital? Evidence from China
[2014-02-10][Working Paper No.12]Tony Fang&Carl Lin: Minimum Wages and Employment in China
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