Wei Luo is an Assistant Professor at the School of Economics, Jinan University. She received her Ph.D. from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Her research interests include development economics and labor economics. Her current research focuses on how institutions and technologies affect individual well-being. Her work has been published in leading journals such as the Journal of Development Economics (two papers), Journal of Human Resources, Journal of Population Economics, and Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization. She is the principal investigator of a National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Young Scientists Grant (Category C). Her research has received the First Prize for Excellent Paper Awards from the Labor Science Education Branch of the China Association for Labor Studies in both 2023 and 2024.

1. Hu, Z. A., & Luo, W. (2026). The national-integration effect of compulsory education: Evidence from Chinese minorities. Journal of Development Economics, 178, 103582.

2. Luo, W., Tang, L., Yang, Y., & Zou, X. (2025). Robots as guardians: Industrial automation and workplace safety in China. Journal of Development Economics, 172, 103381.

3. Hu, Z. A., Huang, W., Luo, W., You, W., & Zhang, C. (2024). The educational and labor market consequences of teenage exposure to rural land decollectivization in China. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 228, 106771.

4. Luo, W., & Zou, X. (2024). Demographic impacts of China’s trade liberalization: marriage, spousal quality, and fertility. Journal of Population Economics, 37(3), 63.

5. Luo, W., Huang, W., & Park, A. (2024). Social norms and the impact of early life events on gender inequality. Journal of Human Resources. forthcoming.