Jiawei is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Economics at the University of Pittsburgh, on the 2025-26 job market. She is an applied microeconomist working at the intersection of labor, development, and public economics, with a particular focus on topics related to gender and inequality. Her job market paper examines the adoption and consequences of a gender quota in China's civil service, which mandates equal hiring by sex but effectively favors men. Using novel data from civil service examinations and county-level tax revenues, she finds that counties with more recent female hires are more likely to implement this quota. The policy, consequently, decreases female representation, reduces candidate quality, and ultimately lowers worker productivity and tax revenue.