Research
Working Papers
“The Long-Term Human Capital Consequences of Natural Disasters: Evidence from India” [Job Market Paper]
- Draft (Nov 2024); Slides; Poster
- Presentations: 2024 STATA Texas Empirical Microeconomics Conference; SEA 2024; AASLE 2024; PAA 2025; MR2025 Columbia Climate School; AEDC 2025; 2025 World Congress of the Econometric Society (ESWC 2025)
“Are Natural Disasters Disastrous for Learning? Evidence from Seven Asian Countries”, with Jere Behrman, Emily Hannum, Minhaj Mahmud, and Fan Wang, Jul 2026, Revise & Resubmit, Economics of Education Review
- ADBI Working Papers (Feb 2025); Slides
- Presentations: ADBI Conference on Increasing the Resilience of Education Systems in Asia and the Pacific; PDRI-DevLab Workshop Series; Penn-Houston Climate, Environment, and Child Development Workshop; SWUFE School of Economics Workshop; CIES 2024; PAA 2024; AMES 2024 Hangzhou, China (session); AEDC 2024 (session)
“Heat Stress, Air Pollution Risk, and Population Exposure: Evidence from Selected Asian Countries”, with Minhaj Mahmud
- ADB Economics Working Paper Series (Jan 2026); Slides
- Data: (1) ERA5-HEAT temperature data; (2) Satellite-derived PM2.5 data; (3) Census data
- Presentations: Asian Development Bank Economists’ Forum 2025; PAA Applied Demography Conference 2025; MR2025 Columbia Climate School; AEDC 2025
Work in Progress
“The Effect of Children’s Gender on Younger Siblings’ Health Outcomes”
Publications
Behrer, A. Patrick, R. Jisung Park, and Yujie Zhang. 2026. “Climate Change and Human Capital.” In Handbook of the Economics of Climate Change Volume 2, edited by Lint Barrage and Solomon Hsiang, 2:385–456. Handbook of the Economics of Climate Change. North-Holland, January. [Journal link].
Zhang, Yujie, and Deokwoo Nam. 2022. “News-Driven Business Cycles: Evidence from Investors’ Expectations of Future Stock Market Returns.” JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH 27, no. 1 (May): 1–22. [Journal link]