About Me

Hi! I’m Fred(Jiacong) Bao(鲍嘉聪), a 3rd-year PhD student in Operations Management/Management Science at the Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland.

I conduct empirical research in social impact areas including child labor, organ transplantation, and other sustainability and healthcare challenges.

I am advised by Dr. Michael C. Fu and Dr. Ashish Kabra.

Working Papers

1. “State Mandated Employment Certificate for Minors Reduces Child Labor Violations in the US.”. Available at SSRN 4857432 (2024).
   with Ashish Kabra.
   • Major revision at Production and Operations Management (POM)
   • 2025 POMS College of Sustainable Operations Student Paper Award - finalist
   • Media: Route Fifty, Ecnomic Policy Institute.1, Ecnomic Policy Institute.2, Bloomberg Law
2. “The Impact of ICU Occupancy on Deceased Donor Kidney Offer Acceptance Decisions.”. Available at SSRN 5145786 (2025).
   with Ma, Qiwei, Qiu, Yunzhe, Koizumi, Naoru, Li, Meng-Hao, and Fu, Michael.
   This work was supported in part by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under Grants IIS-2123683 and IIS-2123684.
   • Under review at Operations Research (OR)

Awards

1. 2025 POMS College of Sustainable Operations Student Paper Award - runner up

Teaching

1. BMGT230 Business Statistics, UMD, Summer 2025