Alina Wang
王 樾
Pronunciation guide of "王" -- "wang"; try saying "wahng", and you can approximate the vowel
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 School of Business, Queen's University.
I am an empirical economist, and specialise in economic development, political economy and economic history. My current research agenda focuses on education, human capital, social conflict, and political selection, with a regional emphasis on 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
Foreign-educated Elite, Ideology, and the Fall of Imperial China, 2019 (Revision and Resubmission)
with James Kung, last updated: April 2024
The Unbearable Burden of Research Content: The Persecution during China's Cultural Revolution, 2020 (Revision and Resubmission)
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