Recently, Dr. Yang Zhe from the Institute of Chinese Economy at Liaoning University, as a co-first author, had his paper titled "Effects of Temperature Exposures on Early Childhood Cognitive Development and Home Environment" accepted by the top journal in environmental economics, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management. This paper is the 11th publication by the faculty of the School of Economics at Liaoning University in recent years in top international journals in various fields of economics, such as Review of Economics and Statistics (1 paper by Yu Miaojie), Journal of Development Economics (1 paper each by Yu Miaojie and Yin Lijuan), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (1 paper by Qiu Huanguang), Journal of Public Economics (1 paper by Chen Feng), Journal of Economics & Management Strategy (1 paper by Gao Ming), Journal of Labor Economics (1 paper by Yang Zhe), Journal of Economic Theory (1 paper by He Chao), Journal of Human Resources (1 paper by Zhou Yu), and Journal of Monetary Economics (1 paper by Wang Xiaowen). It is another landmark achievement in the "Double First-Class" construction and marks another significant progress in the production of high-level research outcomes in the "Double First-Class" construction of applied economics at our university. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management was founded in 1974 and is published by the renowned global publisher Elsevier. It is recognized as an international top academic journal in the field of environmental economics and has extensive academic influence.
Paper Abstract:
Children's exposure to non-optimal temperatures in daily life without adequate protection may harm their development, but existing evidence is still limited in terms of temperature range and types of development outcomes. Through a unique panel study conducted in poor rural communities, we found that children's exposure to low temperatures in early childhood weakens their cognitive development. Moreover, families exposed to low temperatures have lower interactions between caregivers and children as well as lower material inputs, highlighting their insufficient adaptability and the potential long-term impact of the home environment on children's development. Our research results suggest that a broader range of temperature changes should be considered in promoting children's development and propose improving the home environment as a new policy approach to address the negative impacts of temperature. The co-authors of this paper include Professor Wu Wenjie from Wuhan University, Assistant Professor Kim Junyoung from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, and Professor Yue Ai from Shaanxi Normal University.
Author Information:
Assistant Professor Yang Zhe, a newly recruited high-level talent at Liaoning University, is currently an assistant professor at the Institute of Chinese Economy. He obtained his Ph.D. in economics from the University of California, Davis, under the supervision of Professor Douglas Lee Miller. The main research fields are labor economics and family economics. The research results have been accepted or published by SSCI international journals such as Journal of Labor Economics, Journal of Asian Economics, and Development and Cultural Change.
