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Dr. Weizheng Lai
Assistant Professor in Economics, Economics
Email laiwe@tcd.ie Phone https://laiwz.github.io/Biography
I'm an applied microeconomist working on political economy, development economics, labor economics, and applied microeconometrics. I received my Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Maryland in May 2025.
Publications and Further Research Outputs
- Alm, James, Weizheng Lai, and Xun Li, Housing market regulations and strategic divorce propensity in China, Journal of Population Economics, 35, (3), 2022, p1103 - 1131Journal Article, 2022, DOI
- Lai, Weizheng, The effect of education on voter turnout in China's rural elections, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 221, 2024, p230 - 247Journal Article, 2024, DOI
- Fang, Ming, Weizheng Lai, and Congling Xia, Anti-corruption and political trust: Evidence from China, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 234, 2025, p107015-Journal Article, 2025, DOI
- Lai, Weizheng, Lixin Colin Xu, and Li Yang, Property rights, fiscal capacity, and social capacity: The lasting impact of the Taiping Rebellion, Journal of Economic Growth, 2026, p1 - 50Journal Article, 2026, DOI
- Lai, Weizheng, and Xun Li, China's Anticorruption Campaign and Civil Servant Fever, Journal of Law and Economics, 67, (2), 2024, p479 - 516Journal Article, 2024, DOI
- Li, Xun, Weizheng Lai, Qianqian Wan, and Xi Chen, Role of professionalism in response to the COVID-19 pandemic: Does a public health or medical background help?, China Economic Review, 71, 2022, p101733-Journal Article, 2022, DOI