Zhu, Yu

Research Output

Research Output per year

2000 2020

• 722 Citations
• 12 h-Index
• 33 Article
• 3 Commissioned report

Research Output per year

Research Output per year

Search results

• 2020

  Elite School Designation and Housing Prices - Quasi-experimental Evidence from Beijing, China

  Huang, B., He, X., Xu, L. & Zhu, Y., Dec 2020, In : Journal of Housing Economics. 50, 18 p., 101730.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Primary School
  • Beijing
  • Housing Prices
  • Elites
  • China

• The Effect of Deficiency at English on Female Immigrants’ Wage in the UK: correcting for measurement error, endogenous treatment, and sample selection bias

  Miranda, A. & Zhu, Y., 20 Apr 2020, In : Applied Economics. 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Sample Selection Bias
  • Measurement Error
  • Deficiency
  • Immigrants
  • Language
• 2019

  Does the higher education expansion in the UK reduce the returns to education? A comparison of returning-from-work versus fresh out-of-school graduates

  Huang, B., Xu, L. & Zhu, Y., 1 Jun 2019, In : Economic Modelling. 79, p. 276-285 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Returns to Education
  • Educational Attainment
  • Work Experience
  • Education Reform Act
  • University Education
  76 Downloads (Pure)

• Multiple job holding in the United Kingdom: Evidence from the British household panel survey

  Wu, Z., Baimbridge, M. & Zhu, Y., 2019, In : Applied Economics. 41, 21, p. 2751-2766 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Multiple Job Holding
  • British Household Panel Survey
  • Job Insecurity
  • Moonlighting
  • Incentives
  17 Citations (Scopus)

• Returns to higher education subjects and tiers in China: Evidence from the China Family Panel Studies

  Kang, L., Peng, F. & Zhu, Y., 11 Dec 2019, In : Studies in Higher Education. 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • China
  • economic law
  • university
  • evidence
  • education
  1 Citation (Scopus)
• 2018

  Decomposing the language pay gap among the indigenous ethnic minorities of Mexico: is it all down to observables?

  Aguilar-Rodriguez, A., Miranda, A. & Zhu, Y., 15 Apr 2018, In : Economics Bulletin. 38, 2, p. 689-695 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Ethnic Minorities
  • Mexico
  • Language
  • Random Effects
  • Sample Selection Model
  40 Downloads (Pure)

• Harmony in diversity: Can One Belt One Road initiative promote China’s OFDI?

  Kang, L., Peng, F., Zhu, Y. & Pang, A., 12 Sep 2018, In : Sustainability. 10, 9, 28 p., 3264.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • foreign direct investment
  • direct investment
  • foreign investment
  • road
  • China
  24 Citations (Scopus)

  110 Downloads (Pure)

• Intergenerational mobility of housework time in the United Kingdom

  Gimenez_Nadal, J. I., Molina, J. A. & Zhu, Y., Dec 2018, In : Review of Economics of the Household. 16, p. 911-937 27 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Housework
  • Intergenerational Mobility
  • intergenerational mobility
  • housework
  • time
  6 Citations (Scopus)

  204 Downloads (Pure)

• The Returns to UK Degrees for Foreign-Educated Graduates

  Valbuena, J. & Zhu, Y., 7 Jun 2018, In : British Educational Research Journal. 44, 3, p. 440-462 23 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • graduate
  • qualification
  • immigrant
  • incompatibility
  • country of origin
  17 Downloads (Pure)

• University Selectivity and the Relative Returns to Higher Education: Evidence from the UK

  Walker, I. & Zhu, Y., Aug 2018, In : Labour Economics. 53, p. 230-249 20 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Selectivity
  • Ranking
  • Wages
  • University Graduates
  • Relative Wages
  8 Citations (Scopus)

  142 Downloads (Pure)

• What Determines Post-Compulsory Academic Studies? Evidence from the Longitudinal Survey of Young People in England

  Collier, W., Valbuena, J. & Zhu, Y., 21 May 2018, In : Applied Economics Letters. 25, 9, p. 607-610 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Gold Standard
  • Qualification
  • England
  • Ability Bias
  • Educational Choice
  153 Downloads (Pure)
• 2017

  Political uncertainty and household savings

  Aaberge, R., Liu, K. & Zhu, Y., Feb 2017, In : Journal of Comparative Economics. 45, 1, p. 154-170 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Political Uncertainty
  • Household Saving
  • Panel Data
  • Household
  • Uncertainty
  11 Citations (Scopus)

  192 Downloads (Pure)

• The impact of Province-Managing-County fiscal reform on primary education in China

  Huang, B., Gao, M., Xu, C. & Zhu, Y., Sep 2017, In : China Economic Review. 45, p. 45-61 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Primary Education
  • Fiscal Reform
  • China
  • Education
  • Education Spending
  7 Citations (Scopus)

  236 Downloads (Pure)

• Variation of Land-Expropriated Farmers’ Willingness: A Perspective of Employment and Inhabitance

  Li, Y., Shu, B., Shi, X. & Zhu, Y., 22 Jun 2017, In : Sustainability. 9, p. 1-18 18 p., 1083.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • farmer
  • expropriation
  • land
  • Developing countries
  • Security systems
  5 Citations (Scopus)

  175 Downloads (Pure)
• 2014

  What a difference a term makes: the effect of educational attainment on marital outcomes in the UK

  Anderberg, D. & Zhu, Y., Apr 2014, In : Journal of Population Economics. 27, 2, p. 387-419 33 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Educational Attainment
  • Qualification
  • qualification
  • Wales
  • England
  8 Citations (Scopus)

  211 Downloads (Pure)

• Where did all the remittances go? Understanding the impact of remittances on consumption patterns in rural China

  Zhu, Y., Wu, Z., Peng, L. & Sheng, L., 2014, In : Applied Economics. 46, 12, p. 1312–1322 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Rural China
  • Remittances
  • Consumption Patterns
  • Circular Migration
  • China
  12 Citations (Scopus)

  285 Downloads (Pure)
• 2013

  English deficiency and the native-immigrant wage gap

  Miranda, A. & Zhu, Y., Jan 2013, In : Economics Letters. 118, 1, p. 38-41 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Wage Gap
  • Deficiency
  • Immigrants
  • Language
  • Causal Effect
  19 Citations (Scopus)
• 2012

  Do Migrants Really Save More? Understanding the Impact of Remittances on Savings in Rural China

  Zhu, Y., Wu, Z., Wang, M., Du, Y. & Cai, F., 1 May 2012, In : Journal of Development Studies. 48, 5, p. 654-672 19 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • remittance
  • saving behavior
  • savings
  • farm
  • migrant
  17 Citations (Scopus)

• The Changing Economic Advantage from Private Schools

  Green, F., Machin, S., Murphy, R. & Zhu, Y., 18 Sep 2012, In : Economica. 79, 316, p. 658-679 22 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Private Schools
  • Education System
  • Educational Attainment
  • Wage Differentials
  • Schooling
  30 Citations (Scopus)

• Who benefits from child benefit?

  Blow, L., Walker, I. & Zhu, Y., 1 Jan 2012, In : Economic Inquiry. 50, 1, p. 153-170 18 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Child Benefits
  • Gross National Product
  • Tax Credits
  • Alcohol
  • Rationale
  20 Citations (Scopus)
• 2011

  Differences by degree: Evidence of the net financial rates of return to undergraduate study for England and Wales

  Walker, I. & Zhu, Y., 1 Dec 2011, In : Economics of Education Review. 30, 6, p. 1177-1186 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Undergraduate Study
  • Wales
  • England
  • Rate of Return
  • Tuition Fees
  72 Citations (Scopus)

• Precautionary savings by natives and immigrants in Germany

  Piracha, M. & Zhu, Y., 14 Jun 2011, In : Applied Economics. 44, 21, p. 2767-2776 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Precautionary Saving
  • Immigrants
  • Germany
  • Nationality
  • Uncertainty
  12 Citations (Scopus)
• 2010

  Overqualification, job dissatisfaction, and increasing dispersion in the returns to graduate education

  Green, F. & Zhu, Y., 9 Feb 2010, In : Oxford Economic Papers. 62, 4, p. 740-763 24 p., gpq002.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Graduate Education
  • Dissatisfaction
  • Employees
  • Penalty
  193 Citations (Scopus)
• 2009

  What have private schools done for (some of) us?

  Green, F., MacHin, S., Murphy, R. & Zhu, Y., 11 Jun 2009, In : Significance. 6, 2, p. 63-67 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Children
• 2008

  Competition for private and state school teachers

  Green, F., MacHin, S., Murphy, R. & Zhu, Y., 5 Dec 2008, In : Journal of Education and Work. 21, 5, p. 383-404 22 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Private Schools
  • private school
  • teacher
  • Teacher Labor Markets
  • Shortage
  7 Citations (Scopus)

• Evaluating biodiversity conservation around a large Sumatran protected area

  Linkie, M., Smith, R. J., Zhu, Y., Martyr, D. J., Suedmeyer, B., Pramono, J. & Leader-Williams, N., 28 Jun 2008, In : Conservation Biology. 22, 3, p. 683-690 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • development projects
  • biodiversity conservation
  • conservation areas
  • villages
  • protected area
  50 Citations (Scopus)

• The college wage premium and the expansion of higher education in the UK

  Walker, I. & Zhu, Y., 28 Nov 2008, In : Scandinavian Journal of Economics. 110, 4, p. 695-709 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Premium
  • Wages
  • Quantile Regression
  • Cross Section
  • Participation Rate
  81 Citations (Scopus)
• 2006

  Child support and partnership dissolution

  Walker, I. & Zhu, Y., 28 Feb 2006, In : Economic Journal. 116, 510, p. C93-C109 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Partnership Dissolution
  • Child Support
  • Liability
  • Dissolution
  • Entitlement
  14 Citations (Scopus)
• 2005

  Education, work and wages in the UK

  Bingley, P., Walker, I. & Zhu, Y., 5 Sep 2005, In : German Economic Review. 6, 3, p. 395-414 20 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Wages
  • Education
  • Labor Supply
  • Human Capital
  • Utilization Rate
  3 Citations (Scopus)
• 2004

  Does education raise productivity, or just reflect it?

  Chevalier, A., Harmon, C., Walker, I. & Zhu, Y., 18 Oct 2004, In : Economic Journal. 114, 499, p. F499-F517 19 p., 1753.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Productivity
  • Education
  • Signaling Hypothesis
  • Human Capital
  • OR Education
  83 Citations (Scopus)
• 2002

  Latent total consumption expenditure, unobservable individual preferences and panel data

  Zhu, Y., 14 Feb 2002, In : Economic Modelling. 19, 2, p. 277-293 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Panel Data
  • Consumption Expenditures
  • Individual Preferences
  • Expenditure
  • Expenditure Function
  1 Citation (Scopus)
• 2001

  The pattern of household savings during a hyperinflation: The case of urban China in the late 1980s

  Aaberge, R. & Zhu, Y., Jun 2001, In : Review of Income and Wealth. 47, 2, p. 181-202 22 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Hyperinflation
  • Urban China
  • Household Saving
  • Savings
  • High Inflation
  10 Citations (Scopus)
• 2000

  Child Support Reform: Some Analysis of the 1999 White Paper

  Paull, G., Walker, I. & Zhu, Y., Mar 2000, In : Fiscal Studies. 21, 1, p. 105-140 36 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Child Support
  • Lone Mothers
  • Household
  • Individual Behaviour
  • Incentive Effect
  11 Citations (Scopus)