Working Papers:
Mobile Internet and Mental Health
(with Lipeng Chen)
Abstract
The past decade witnessed a significant worsening of mental health in the
United States, which coincides with the expansion of mobile Internet and the
following increase in screen time. In this project, we estimate the impact of
mobile Internet on mental health using a two-way fixed effects model, taking
advantage of the temporal and spatial variation of 3G Internet coverage. We
find that people’s mental health became worse after the arrival of 3G
Internet. This is driven by the increased use of social media. We also find
that young, high-income, and highly educated people were more affected by
mobile Internet in this mental health crisis.
Work in Progress:
Does Coursework Matter? Uncovering the Role of Skills in the Returns to College (JMP)
How to Choose Donors for Individual Synthetic Control?
(with Ian Lundberg)
Nurse Education and Productivity
(with Jessica Lu)