Wei Fu
Life is a journey -- Wuhan (China), Shanghai (China), Bethlehem (PA, US), Philadelphia (PA, US), Louisville (KY, US).
What's next?
My work is in applied econometrics, health economics, and labor economics. Specifically, my research aims to assess the effects of public policies, such as unemployment insurance, food stamp programs, and vaccination policies, on individual's health behavior and labor market outcomes, with a substantive focus on disadvantaged populations.
You can also find me on google scholar.
Manuscripts
From Syringes to Dishes: Improving Food Security through Vaccination. with Erkmen G. Aslim, Erdal Tekin, and Shijun You. 2023. Reject-and-Resubmit at the Journal of Public Economics. [NBER Working Paper No. 31045, IZA Discussion Paper No. 16009]
Proximity to Abortion Services and Child Maltreatment. Aslim Erkmen, Wei Fu, and Erdal Tekin. National Bureau of Economic Research No. w32771, 2024.
NIH Grant Expansion, Ancestral Diversity and Scientific Discovery in Genomics Research. Wei Fu, Shin-Yi Chou, and Li-San Wang. 2022. NBER Working Paper No. 30155. [Presentation Slides, Manuscript Version September 2022, Appendix A]
The Interplay of Extraversion Genes and Childhood Environment in Occupational Sorting. Wei Fu, Shin-Yi Chou, Li-San Wang, Chia-Lun Liu, and Pei-Chuan Ho. 2022
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Economics Journals
The Devastating Dance between Opioid and Housing Crises: Evidence from OxyContin Reformulation. Ashley Bradford, Wei Fu, Shijun You. 2024. Forthcoming at Journal of Health Economics.
State Vaccination Policies, Delayed Care, and Health Expenditures. Erkmen G. Aslim, Wei Fu, Chia-Lun Liu, and Erdal Tekin. 2024. Forthcoming at the Economic Journal. [NBER Working Paper No. 30139. Thread, Podcast Episode].
A Single Dose For Me, A Wealth of Protection For Us: The Public Health Cost of Individualism in the Rollout of COVID-19 Vaccine. Wei Fu, Li-San Wang, and Shin-Yi Chou. Social Science & Medicine, 348, p.116849, 2024.
Migration Control Policy and Parent-Child Separation among Migrant Families: Evidence from China. Yuanyuan Chen and Wei Fu. Journal of Population Economics, 36(4), pp.2347-2388, 2024.
Unemployment Benefits, Food Insecurity, and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Spending. Wei Fu, Chen Huang and Feng Liu. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 105(2), pp.479-502, 2023.
Unemployment Insurance and Cigarette Smoking. Wei Fu and Feng Liu. 2019. Journal of Health Economics, 63, pp.34-51, 2019.
Medical Journals
The Prediction of Alzheimer’s Disease through Multi-Trait Genetic Modeling. Kaylyn Clark, Wei Fu, Chia-Lun Liu, Pei-Chuan Ho, Hui Wang, Wan-Ping Lee, Shin-Yi Chou, Li-San Wang, Jung-Ying Tzeng. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience. 15, p.1168638, 2023. Co-first author.
Mental Distress Among Female Individuals of Reproductive Age and Reported Barriers to Legal Abortion Following the US Supreme Court Decision to Overturn Roe v Wade. Dhaval Dave, Wei Fu, and Muzhe Yang. JAMA Network Open, 6(3), pp.e234509-e234509. 2023. [Media: Salon, Healio]
Alzheimer’s Disease Variant Portal (ADVP): A Catalog of Genetic Findings for Alzheimer’s Disease. Pavel P. Kuksa, Chia-Lun Liu, Wei Fu, Liming Qu, Yi Zhao, Zivadin Katanic, Amanda B Kuzma, Pei-Chuan Ho, Kai-Teh Tzeng, Otto Valladares, Shin-Yi Chou, Adam C Naj, Gerard D Schellenberg, Li-San Wang, and Yuk Yee Leung. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, 86: 461–477, 2022. Co-first author. [MedRxiv, ADVP Catalog, BlogPost]
Reconcile the Debate Over Protective Effects of BCG Vaccine against COVID-19. Wei Fu, Pei-Chuan Ho, Chia-Lun Liu, Kai-Teh Tzeng, Nawar Nayeem, Jonni S. Moore, Li-San Wang, and Shin-Yi Chou. Scientific Reports, 11(1), p.8356, 2021. First author.
Other Publications in Peer-Reviewed Chinese Journals
Migration Control Policy in Megalopolis, School Enrollment Requirement and Children Left-behind. (特大城市人口调控政策、入学门槛与儿童留守). with Yuanyuan Chen. 2023. China Economic Quarterly (经济学(季刊)).
Land Transfer Right, Rural-to-Urban Migration and Agricultural Production. (土地承包经营权流转、劳动力流动与农业生产). with Yuanyuan Chen. 2017. Management World (管理世界).
Award: The Shanghai 14th Philosophy and Social Science Excellent Academic Achievement Award, 2nd Prize (with Yuanyuan Chen), Shanghai, 2018.Purchased by Government or Provided by Family? Estimating the Substitution Effects of Informal Care. (政府购买还是家庭照料? 基于家庭照料替代效应的实证分析).with Feng Huang. 2017. Nankai Economic Studies (南开经济研究).
Ecological Footprint Analysis of the China’s International Trade. (中国进出口贸易内涵自然资本的生态足迹分析) with Zhaohua Li. 2013. China Industrial Economics (中国工业经济).