CHEN Shuai 陈帅 陳帥
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CHEN Shuai 陈帅 陳帥
@shuaichenecon.bsky.social
Applied & Political Econ Prof at University of Leicester, Associate of IFS, IZA & Fellow of GLO. Previously at LISER, Tilburg University, the London School of Economics, Purdue University, and Xiamen University.

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A couple of pictures I took yesterday @theifs.bsky.social new office👇🏼🤩❤️
October 24, 2025 at 11:31 AM
(10/12) Heterogeneity analyses indicate that the #MeToo effect was primarily driven by judges who exhibited a lower propensity to grant divorces before the movement, concentrated in cases involving children, and more pronounced in regions with gender-progressive attitudes.
October 16, 2025 at 4:43 PM
(9/12) We also estimate a simpler DiD specification, comparing female judges' grant rates for DV cases for female vs male plaintiffs after vs before #MeToo (and similarly for male judges). This reveals a significant increase in DV divorce petitions granted by female judges only
October 16, 2025 at 4:43 PM
(8/12) Event studies reveal flat pre-trends and a jump in the year the movement occurs. To rule out alternative explanations, such as some other shock affecting female judge rulings around the same time, we estimate the impacts on grant rates for divorce petitions w/o DV.
October 16, 2025 at 4:43 PM
(7/12) 1st estimates of a triple-difference design comparing female to male judges for female vs male plaintiffs after vs before #MeToo confirm conditional raw means & demonstrate female judges' grant rates for DV divorce cases increase relative to male judges following #MeToo.
October 16, 2025 at 4:43 PM
(6/12) Plotting conditional average divorce grant rates separately for male and female judges reveals an uptick in divorce grants for female judges just after #MeToo, but no impact for male judges.
October 16, 2025 at 4:43 PM
(4/12) To carry out our analysis, we collected all publicly available divorce cases seen by judges in China from 2017-2019, before and after #MeToo in China. Using natural language processing, we extract key characteristics of the cases from publicly posted written descriptions.
October 16, 2025 at 4:43 PM
(3/12) The #MeToo movement in China spurred a national awareness of the prevalence and costs of gender-based violence and harassment. This movement was sudden and unexpected, and was particularly salient for women across China.
October 16, 2025 at 4:43 PM
🚨New Working Paper🚨

(1/12) W/ amazing Xiqian Cai, Zhengquan Cheng & @emilynix100.bsky.social, we've written a new paper

Gender-Based Violence and Judge Responses

to study whether judicial rulings shift in response to broader social change

@uniofleicester.bsky.social @usc.edu @marshall.usc.edu
October 16, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Loving the new Handbook of Culture & Economic Behavior (Benjamin Enke, Paola Giuliano, @nathannunn.bsky.social, Leonard Wantchekon)--fantastic work! Grateful to the editors & authors for the insightful, well-structured chapters. As a cultural/political economy fan, I've found it enriching&inspiring!
July 27, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Very happy to see that this paper is published online at the Journal of Population Economics.

Link to the Open Access article 👇🏼
doi.org/10.1007/s001...
June 2, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Saw the photos online from my Alma Mater—Xiamen University, and would like to share them here ❤️❤️

#WomensDay2025 (tomorrow)
March 7, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Glad to receive the physical copies of the latest issue of The Journal of Law and Economics in which my paper appears! What cute little books and great New Year’s gifts!!❤️❤️ Thank you @uchicagopress.bsky.social!!

Excited to read other super interesting papers in the same issue as well!!🤓🤓
January 22, 2025 at 1:05 PM
#ASSA2025 is always one of my favorite conferences. Learned ab fascinating #economics studies of colleagues around the world, discussed my own research w/ experts in the fields, caught up w/ old friends & made new friends.

Fulfilling 3 days! Thank you #SF!! I❤️U, goodbye!! 🥰🤗👋🏼
January 7, 2025 at 6:41 AM
#MerryChristmas #HAPPYHOLIDAYS! A wonderful news #SF hotel labor strikes'v been well settled! If U R attending #ASSA2025, plz join our session "Ethnic Minorities & Migrants" on Jan. 3 at 8-10am at SF Marriott Marquis, Foothill F
Assoc for Comparative Economic Studies has amazing sessions all 3 days❤️
December 27, 2024 at 12:58 PM
After a whole year of good & hard work, this is an ideal place to make a #NewYear ’s resolution and to “work from home” a bit during #Christmas holidays.

#HAPPYHOLIDAYS!! 🎊🎉 #SeasonsGreetings from #Tenerife 🏝️❤️
December 24, 2024 at 8:52 AM
My last workday of 2024 at a workplace @theifs.bsky.social, in my favorite city of #Europe—#London ❤️❤️
December 20, 2024 at 1:51 PM
#EconSky Reading mixed info in the past days, I had been quite upset abt potential impact of labor strikes at #SF hotels on #ASSA2025 meeting. If someone had experience of such strikes in previous ASSA meeting, it would be great they could discuss the expected impacts & hence ...
December 9, 2024 at 10:23 AM
#London is truly my #DreamCity. Celebrated #Thanksgiving this year with friend in London. Last time of celebrating this holiday was over a decade ago in West Lafayette, Indiana.

#HappyThanksgiving to all my friends in the States as well. Hopefully see you in #SF in early January 2025 🤗🤗
November 30, 2024 at 1:24 PM