Wang-Sheng Lee

Research Fellow

Monash University

wangslee24@gmail.com

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Wang-Sheng Lee is an associate professor at the Centre for Development Economics and Sustainability in the Monash Business School at Monash University. Wang received his B.A. from Colby, his M.A. from Michigan and his Ph.D from Melbourne. Before moving to Australia, he was a senior analyst at Abt Associates Inc. in Bethesda, Maryland (USA) involved in analyzing the experimental welfare reform evaluations for the states of Delaware and Indiana. His research interests include applied micro-econometrics, development economics, environmental pollution, health and labour economics and the Chinese economy.

He has published papers in journals such as the Journal of Development Economics, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Journal of Health Economics, China Economic Review, Demography, Economics and Human Biology, Economics Letters, Empirical Economics, Health Economics, Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Journal of Economic Psychology, Journal of Population Economics, and Oxford Economic Papers. He received the 2012/2013 Lawrence R. Klein Award from Empirical Economics, a biannual prize awarded for the best paper published in the journal.

He joined IZA as a Research Affiliate in August 2008 and became a Research Fellow in December 2011.

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IZA-Publikationen

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12599

Locus of Control and Marital Satisfaction: Couple Perspectives Using Australian Data

Wang-Sheng Lee, Terra McKinnish

published in: Journal of Economic Psychology, 2019, 74, Article 102205.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12550

The Effects of Chess Instruction on Academic and Non-Cognitive Outcomes: Field Experimental Evidence from a Developing Country

Asadul Islam, Wang-Sheng Lee, Aaron Nicholas

published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2021, 150, 102615

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10863

The Marital Satisfaction of Differently-Aged Couples

Wang-Sheng Lee, Terra McKinnish

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2018, 31, 337-362.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9397

Height, Weight and Well-Being for Rural, Urban and Migrant Workers in China

Wang-Sheng Lee, Zhong Zhao

published in: Social Indicators Research, 2017, 132 (1), 117-136

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8637

Is the BMI a Relic of the Past?

Wang-Sheng Lee

revised version published as 'Body Fatness Charts Based on BMI and Waist Circumference" in: Obesity, 2016, 24 (1), 245–249

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8606

Big and Tall: Is there a Height Premium or Obesity Penalty in the Labor Market?

Wang-Sheng Lee

substantially revised version published as 'Big and Tall: Does a Height Premium Dwarf an Obesity Penalty in the Labor Market?' in: Economics and Human Biology, 2017, 27, 289-304.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8305

The Gender Wage Gap: Does a Gender Gap in Reservation Wages Play a Part?

Marco Caliendo, Wang-Sheng Lee, Robert Mahlstedt

substantially revised version published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2017, 136, 161-173.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7685

Engaging in Corruption: The Influence of Cultural Values and Contagion Effects at the Micro Level

Wang-Sheng Lee, Cahit Guven

published in: Journal of Economic Psychology, 2013, 39, 287-300

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6675

Extra Status and Extra Stress: Are Promotions Good for Us?

David W. Johnston, Wang-Sheng Lee

published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2013, 66 (1), 32-54