Alina Wang
王 樾
Pronunciation guide of "樾": "yue" or "jyut"; try saying "yoo-eh" or "yoot", and you can approximate the vowel
I am an Assistant Professor at Smith Business School, Queen's University.
I am an empirical economist. I specialise in Political Economy, focusing on education, human capital, social conflict, and political selection.
My research also extends to Economic History and Development Economics, with a special emphasis on the context of China.
Contact Information:
Email: alina.wang@queensu.ca
Working Papers:
Show me Your 'Loyalty': Public Signaling as a Pathway to Promotion, 2021
Last updated: July, 2024
with James Kung, last updated: April 2023
From Ideological Dissent to Persecution: Evidence from Cultural Revolution, 2020
Last updated: Aug 2024
Gendered Gateways: Evidence from Political Selection in China, 2022
Last updated: Dec 2023
Working in Process:
China’s Internal Fault Lines (with Nancy Qian), 2023
Political Polarization (with Nancy Qian), 2023
Ethnic Segregation (with James Kung), 2022
Origin of Settlement, 2022
Media as Weapon, 2023