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Bai Yu
Section
Graduate School of Economics and Management
Job title
Associate Professor
e-Rad No.
10972846

Research Areas 2

  • Humanities & social sciences / Economic policy /

  • Humanities & social sciences / Public economics, labor economics /

Papers 12

  1. Corruption disclosure and its impact on labour‐related actions Peer-reviewed

    Yu Bai, Yanjun Li, Hamza Umer

    Economica　93　(370)　377-402　2026/04

    Publisher: Wiley

    DOI： 10.1111/ecca.70021 　

    ISSN： 0013-0427

    eISSN： 1468-0335

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    Abstract Our paper aims to explore the profound impact of corruption‐related injustices on organized labour actions. Focusing on China's anti‐corruption campaign, we utilize a city–month panel and a difference‐in‐differences approach to identify the causal impact of corruption disclosure on labour collective actions. Our findings indicate a significant increase in labour unrest incidents following each additional reported investigation of governmental officials. Further analysis reveals that this impact is not driven by sophisticated governmental tolerance or repression of collective actions, but is particularly pronounced in non‐state‐owned enterprises compared to their state‐owned counterparts. The mechanisms through which the negative impact of corruption disclosure on labour unrest occurs include a negative impact of corruption disclosure on inequality perceptions and trust in government, as well as detrimental effects on the profitability and operation of employers.

  2. The long-run and heterogeneous impact of educational policy on crime Peer-reviewed

    Yu Bai, Yanjun Li, Xinyan Liu, Ryuichi Tanaka

    Journal of Comparative Economics　54　(1)　295-311　2026/03

    Publisher: Elsevier BV

    DOI： 10.1016/j.jce.2025.11.003 　

    ISSN： 0147-5967

  3. Land reform and illegal adoption of children Peer-reviewed

    Yanjun Li, Yu Bai, Masaki Nakabayashi

    Journal of Comparative Economics　53　(1)　182-208　2025/03

    Publisher: Elsevier BV

    DOI： 10.1016/j.jce.2025.01.002 　

    ISSN： 0147-5967

  4. Highway havens for hidden horrors: Expressway connections and child trafficking in China Peer-reviewed

    Xinyan Liu, Yu Bai, Yanjun Li, Yajie Sun

    Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization　228　2024/10

    Publisher: Elsevier BV

    DOI： 10.1016/j.jebo.2024.106765 　

    ISSN： 0167-2681

  5. Quantity-quality trade-off in Northeast China during the Qing dynasty Peer-reviewed

    Yu Bai, Yanjun Li, Pak Hung Lam

    Journal of Population Economics　36　(3)　1657-1694　2023/01/21

    Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC

    DOI： 10.1007/s00148-022-00933-x 　

    ISSN： 0933-1433

    eISSN： 1432-1475

  6. Political tournaments and regional growth‐enhancing policies: Evidence from Chinese prefectures Peer-reviewed

    Yu Bai, Yanjun Li

    Journal of Regional Science　62　1358-1385　2022/11

    Publisher: Wiley

    DOI： 10.1111/jors.12607 　

    ISSN： 0022-4146

    eISSN： 1467-9787

  7. Chinese aid and local political attitudes Peer-reviewed

    Yu Bai, Yanjun Li, Yunuo Wang

    Economic Modelling　113　105893-105893　2022/08

    Publisher: Elsevier BV

    DOI： 10.1016/j.econmod.2022.105893 　

    ISSN： 0264-9993

  8. The legacy of the Great Wall Peer-reviewed

    Yu Bai, Anastasia Arabadzhyan, Yanjun Li

    Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization　196　120-147　2022/04

    Publisher: Elsevier BV

    DOI： 10.1016/j.jebo.2022.01.010 　

    ISSN： 0167-2681

  9. More suffering, more involvement? The causal effects of seismic disasters on social capital Peer-reviewed

    Yu Bai, Yanjun Li

    World Development　138　105221-105221　2021/02

    Publisher: Elsevier BV

    DOI： 10.1016/j.worlddev.2020.105221 　

    ISSN： 0305-750X

  10. Good bye Chiang Kai-shek? The long-lasting effects of education under the authoritarian regime in Taiwan Peer-reviewed

    Yu Bai, Yanjun Li

    Economics of Education Review　78　102044-102044　2020/10

    Publisher: Elsevier BV

    DOI： 10.1016/j.econedurev.2020.102044 　

    ISSN： 0272-7757

  11. Online political efficacy and political participation: A mediation analysis based on the evidence from Taiwan Peer-reviewed

    Chao Chen, Yu Bai, Rui Wang

    New Media & Society　21　(8)　1667-1696　2019/02/21

    Publisher: SAGE Publications

    DOI： 10.1177/1461444819828718 　

    ISSN： 1461-4448

    eISSN： 1461-7315

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    Consensus on the impact of information-oriented use of social media on political participation is lacking. Some argue a positive relationship, in that social media promotes participation through awakening the user’s agency, while others focus on the selection and disenabling effects of low-quality content. Nevertheless, both arguments focus almost exclusively on the objective conditions for participation and largely ignore users’ motivations to participate. Consequently, this article proposes online political efficacy as a mechanism linking the use of social media to political participation. Specifically, we argue that (1) the effect of the information-oriented use of social media on political participation is positively mediated through the user’s online political efficacy and (2) this mediation effect is only significant in the case of online political participation. We test these arguments within the framework of causal mediation analysis proposed by Imai et al. using data collected from the 2015 Taiwan Communication Survey.

  12. A Sibling-Pair Analysis for Causal Effect of Education on Health Peer-reviewed

    Yu Bai, Yanjun Li

    The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy　18　(4)　2018/08/17

    Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH

    DOI： 10.1515/bejeap-2018-0121 　

    eISSN： 1935-1682

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Misc. 5

  1. Sophie and the locust curse: Effects of locust plague on human capital accumulation

    Bai Yu, Guojun He, Pak Hung Lam, Li Yanjun

    TUPD-2026-003, Tohoku University Research Center for Policy Design Discussion Paper　2026/02

  2. Historical Roots of Political Instability

    Bai Yu, Li Yanjun, Liu Xinyan

    TUPD-2026-002, Tohoku University Research Center for Policy Design Discussion Paper　2026/02

  3. From Fields to Families: Locust Infestations and Child Marriage in the Sahel

    Yu Bai, Yanjun Li

    2026/01

    Publisher: Elsevier BV

    DOI： 10.2139/ssrn.6099035 　

  4. Less Pressure, Happier Minds: The Mental Health Impact of Relaxation-Oriented Education

    Yu Bai, Yanjun Li, Xinyan Liu, Ryuichi Tanaka

    Discussion papers 25076, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI)　2025/08

  5. Golden opportunities: Firm-level evidence on the economic impacts of mining operations

    Yu Bai, Yanjun Li

    TUPD-2025-012, Tohoku University Research Center for Policy Design Discussion Paper　2025/06

Presentations 4

  1. From Fields to Families: Locust Infestations and Child Marriage in the Sahel

    Sendai Applied Economics Workshop　2026/04/14

  2. Sophie and the locust curse: Effects of locust plague on human capital accumulations

    The Special Seminar on Health and Welfare Policy at Tohoku University　2025/06/30

  3. Sophie and the locust curse: Effects of locust plague on human capital accumulations

    YU BAI

    2024/07/31

  4. Sophie and the locust curse: Effects of locust plague on human capital accumulations

    YU BAI

    Joint Workshop Tohoku RCPD × Sophia SIHS　2024/03/27

Research Projects 4

  1. 歴史的政策遺産と地域経済発展の軌跡：日治期台湾における公衆衛生介入と製糖業投資

    白 羽

    Offer Organization: 日本学術振興会

    System: 科学研究費助成事業

    Category: 基盤研究(C)

    Institution: 東北大学

    2026/04 - 2030/03

  2. 教育行政データのミクロ計量分析：介入調査と自然実験によるアプローチ

    田中 隆一, Weese Eric, 白 羽, Li Yanjun, 井上 敦, 竹橋 洋毅

    2025/04 - 2030/03

  3. The effect of the locust swarms invasion on human capital accumulation

    白 羽

    Offer Organization: 日本学術振興会

    System: 科学研究費助成事業 若手研究

    Category: 若手研究

    Institution: 東京大学

    2023/04 - 2027/03

  4. Primary and Secondary Education under Declining Population: An Empirical Analysis with Administrative Data

    Offer Organization: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

    System: Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research

    Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (S)

    Institution: The University of Tokyo

    2020/08 - 2025/03

Teaching Experience 9

  1. Seminar in Economics a　Tohoku University

  2. 労働経済学演習（Ｉ）a　Tohoku University

  3. Macroeconomics I　Tohoku University

  4. 医療福祉政策特別演習Ａa

  5. 医療福祉政策特別演習Ａｂ

  6. 経済学演習（Ⅰ）Ｂ

  7. 特別講義 Mathematics for formal economic modeling and analysis

  8. Mathematics for formal economic modeling and analysis

  9. Macroeconomics II　Tohoku University

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