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CURRICULUM VITAE

Xiaogang Wu

Mailing Address

Center for Applied Social and Economic Research

New York University Shanghai

1555 Century Avenue

Pudong New District,

Shanghai, China

Zip code 200122

Email: [email protected]

Homepage:

https://wp.nyu.edu/shanghai-xwu/

Office Phone: 86 (21) 20595139 (SH)

1 (212) 9983646 (NY)

Education

Ph.D. Sociology, University of California, Los Angeles, 2001

M.A. Sociology, Beijing University, 1994

B.A Sociology, Renmin University of China, 1991

Research Areas

Social Inequality, Stratification and Mobility, Social Demography, Gender and Family

Urban Sociology, Survey and Quantitative Methods, Big Data and Social Research.

Current Positions

Yufeng Global Professor of Social Science, New York University Shanghai,

Professor, Department of Sociology, New York University (9/2020-)

Chair Professor, Division of Social Science (7/2018 –present), and Division of Public Policy

(2019-), Hong Kong Univ. of Science & Technology (on leave, 9/2020-)

Founding Director, Center for Applied Social and Economic Research, HKUST (2009- ).

Research Affiliate, Population Studies Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (4/2005- ).

Positions Held

Visiting Scholar, Dept. of Sociology, Dept. of Sociology, New York University (9/2019-12/2019)

Visiting Professor, New York University, Shanghai (2/2017-12/2018, no-pay from 9/2017-

12/2018)

Assistant Professor (2003-2007), Associate Professor (2008-2011), Full Professor (2011-2018),

Division of Social Science, Division of Public Policy (2017-), Hong Kong Univ. of Science &

Technology

Andrew Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow (9/2001-8/2003), Population Studies Center, University of

Michigan, Ann Arbor

Lecturer II (9/2001-4/2003), Department of Sociology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Staff Research Associate II (6/1998-9/2000), Institute for Social Science Research, UCLA

Staff member/Speech Writer, the Research Office for the Mayor, Shanghai Municipal

Government, the People’s Republic of China

Honors and Awards

Inaugural President, the International Chinese Sociological Association (2018-)

Elected board member, International Sociological Association-Research Committee on Social

Stratification and Mobility (RC28) (2018-2022).

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Founding Member, Princeton Research Network on Contemporary China, Paul and Marcia

Wythes Center on Contemporary China, Princeton University (2018-).

Member, the Consolidator Grants Evaluation Panel (Social Sciences and Humanities), European

Research Council, Brussel, Belgium (2017-2019).

Eastern Scholar Visiting Chair Professor, Shanghai University.

Yixin Visiting Chair Professor, Nanjing University.

Prestigious Fellowship Scheme under Humanities and Social Sciences Panel, Research Grants

Council, Hong Kong, 2012-2013.

K. C. Wong Education Foundation Academic Exchange Award, 2007

Asia and Asian American Early Career Award, American Sociological Association, 2007.

Best Research Paper Award, Asia and Asian America Section, American Sociological

Association, 2006.

US National Academy of Education/Spencer Post-doctoral Research Fellowship (2006-2007).

Andrew Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship (2001-2003).

Articles in English Academic Journals Google Scholar Citations: 4126, h-index: 32, i10-

index: 68; Web of Science Citations: 1218, h-index is 17).

55. Hu, Anning, Grace Kao, Xiaogang Wu. 2020. “Can greater reliance on test scores ameliorate

the association between family background and access to post-collegiate education? Survey

evidence from the Beijing College Students Panel survey” Social Science Research May-July

issue https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssresearch.2020.102425

54. Bai, Xue, Zhonglu Li, Juan Chen, Chang Liu and XiaogangWu. 2020 “Socioeconomic

Inequalities In Mental Distress And Life Satisfaction Among Older Chinese Men and Women:

The Role of Family Functioning.” Health & Social Care in the Community

https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.12960

53. Miao, Jia and Xiaogang Wu 2019. “Subjective wellbeing of Chinese elderly: a

comparative analysis among Hong Kong, Urban China and Taiwan” Ageing and Society

https://doi.org/10.1017/S0144686X19001272

52. He, Guangye and Xiaogang Wu. 2019. “Foreign Domestic Helpers Hiring and Women’s

Labor Supply in Hong Kong” Chinese Sociological Review 51(4). 397-420

51. Chen, Wei, Xiaogang Wu and Jia Miao. 2019 “Housing and Subjective Class Identification

in Urban China” Chinese Sociological Review 51(3): 221-250.

50. Chen, Juan, Zhonglu Li, Duoduo Xu and Xiaogang Wu 2019. “Effects of Neighborhood

Discrimination Towards Mainland Immigrants on Mental Health in Hong Kong.” International

Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 16(6)

49. Hu, Anning and Xiaogang Wu 2019. “Parental Education and College Students’ Attitudes

toward Love: Survey Evidence from China.” Journal of Marriage and Family 81 (3), 584-600

48. Wu, Xiaogang. 2019 “Inequality and Social Stratification in Post-socialist China.” Annual

Review of Sociology 45: 363-382

47. Chen, Juan, Duoduo Xu and Xiaogang Wu. 2019. “Seeking Help for Mental Health Problems

in Hong Kong: The Role of Family.” Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental

Health Services Research 46(2):220-237

46. Hu, Anning and Xiaogang Wu. 2019. "Science or Liberal Arts? Family Background, Cultural

Capital, and College Major Choice in China" British Journal of Sociology 70(1):190-213

45. Miao, Jia, Xiaogang Wu, and Xiulin Sun. 2019. “Neighborhood, social cohesion, and the

Elderly's depression in Shanghai” Social Science and Medicine 229: 134-143

44. Li, Zhonglu, and Xiaogang Wu 2018. “Social Policy and Political Trust: Evidence from the

New Rural Pension Scheme (NRPS) in China" The China Quarterly 235 (Sep):644-668

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssresearch.2020.102425

https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.12960

https://doi.org/10.1017/S0144686X19001272

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43. Wu, Xiaogang, Zhonglu Li, and Nan Wang 2018. “Independent Freshman Admission

Program (IFAP) in China’s Higher Education: Evidence from Three National Elite Universities in

Beijing” Chinese Sociological Review 51 (1): 1-28

42. Ji, Yingchun,and Xiaogang Wu. 2018. “New Gender Dynamics in Post-Reform China:

Family, Education, and Labor Market.” Chinese Sociological Review 50 (3): 231-239

41. Wu, Xiaogang and Guangye He. 2018 “Ethnic Autonomy and Ethnic Inequality: An

Empirical Assessment of Ethnic Policy in Urban China.” China Review 18(2) :185-215

40. He, Guangye and Xiaogang Wu 2018. “Dynamics of Gender Earnings Inequality in Reform-

Era Urban China.” Work, Employment and Society 32(2):726-746

39. Xu, Duoduo, Xiaogang Wu, Zhuoni Zhang and Jaap Dronkers 2018. "Not a Zero-Sum Game:

Migration and Child Wellbeing in Contemporary China." Demographic Research 38: 692-726

38. Wu, Xiaogang and Bingdao Zheng. 2018. "Household Registration, Urban Status

Attainment, and Social Stratification in Contemporary Urban China." Research in Social

Stratification and Mobility 53 (2018): 40–49

37. Wu, Xiaogang and Jun Li 2017. “Income Inequality, Economic Growth, and Subjective

Wellbeing: Evidence from China." Research in Social Stratification and Mobility 52 (Dec): 49-58

36. Zhou, Muzhi, Xiaogang Wu, and Guangye He. 2017. “Marriage in an immigrant society”

Education and the Transition to First Marriage in Hong Kong” Demographic Research 37:567-

598

35. Zhang, Zhuoni, Shige Song, and Xiaogang Wu 2017. “"Exodus from Hunger: The Long-

Term Health Consequences of the 1959–1961 Chinese Famine" Biodemography & Social Biology

63(2):148-166

34. Ji, Yinchun, Xiaogang Wu, Shengwei Sun and Guangye He. 2017 “Unequal Care, Unequal

Work: Towards a More Comprehensive Understanding of Gender Inequality in Post-Reform

China.” Sex Roles 77:765-778

33. Wu, Xiaogang 2017. “Higher education, elite formation and social stratification in

contemporary China: Preliminary findings from the Beijing College Students Panel Survey.”

Chinese Journal of Sociology 3(1): 3-31.

32. He, Guangye and Xiaogang Wu 2017. “"Marketization, Occupational Segregation, and

Gender Earnings Inequality in Urban China." Social Science Research 65:99-111

31. Xu, Duoduo and Xiaogang Wu. 2017. “The Rise of the Second Generation: Aspirations,

Motivations and Academic Success of Chinese Immigrants' Children in Hong Kong" Journal of

Ethnic and Migration Studies 34(7): 1164-1189

30. Zhang, Zhuoni and Xiaogang Wu 2017. “Occupational Segregation and Earnings Inequality:

Rural Migrants and Local Workers in Urban China.” Social Science Research 61:57-74

29. Miao, Jia and Xiaogang Wu 2016. “Urbanization, Socioeconomic Status, and Health

Disparity in China." Health & Place 42(1):87-95

28. Wu, Xiaogang and Guangye He 2016 “Changing Ethnic Stratification in Contemporary

China” Journal of Contemporary China 25(102): 938-954

27. Wu, Xiaogang 2016. "Hong Kong Panel Study of Social Dynamics [HKPSSD]: Research

Designs and Data Overview." Chinese Sociological Review 48(2): 162–184.

26. Wu, Xiaogang and Zhuoni Zhang. 2015. “Population migration and children’s school

enrollments in China, 1990–2005.” Social Science Research 53 (2015):177-190.

25. Wu, Xiaogang and Guangye He. 2015. “The Evolution of Population Census Undertakings in

China, 1953–2010” The China Review 15 (Spring), 203–238

24. Wu, Xiaogang 2015. “Towards a Professional Sociology on China” Chinese Journal of

Sociology 1: 6-14

23. Wu, Xiaogang and Xi Song. 2014. “Ethnic Stratification amid China’s Economic Transition:

Evidence from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region." Social Science Research 44:158-172

22. Wu, Xiaogang, Hua Ye and Guangye He. 2014 “Fertility Decline and Women’s

Empowerment in China.” Chinese Sociological Review 46(3): 3-25

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21. Wu, Xiaogang 2013 “Redrawing the Boundary: Work Units and Social Stratification in

Urban China.” Chinese Sociological Review 45(4): 6-28

20. Wu, Xiaogang and Jinghua Cheng. 2013. “New Middle Class and the Rule of Law in China.”

China Review 13 (1) Spring issue: 43-70.

19. Jansen, Wim and Xiaoggang Wu. 2012. “Income Inequality in Urban China, 1978-2006.”

Chinese Sociological Review 45(1):3-27

18. James Kung, Xiaogang Wu and Yuxiao Wu 2012 “Inequality of Land Tenure and

Revolutionary Outcome: An Economic Analysis of China's Land Reform of 1946-1952”

Explorations in Economic History 49(4): 482-497

17. Wu, Xiaogang 2011. “The Household Registration System and Rural-Urban Educational

Inequality in China.” Chinese Sociological Review 44(2):31-51.

16. Zhang, Zhuoni and Xiaogang Wu 2011. “Social Change, Cohort Quality, and Economic

Adaptation of Chinese Immigrants in Hong Kong, 1991-2006.” Asian and Pacific Migration

Journal 20(1):1-29.

15. Wu Xiaogang. 2010. “Economic Transition, School Expansion and Educational Inequality in

China, 1990-2000.” Research in Social Stratification and Mobility 28 (2010): 91-108

14. Wu, Xiaogang and Zhuoni Zhang. 2010. “Changes in Educational Inequality in China, 1990-

2005: Evidence from the Population Census Data.” Research in Sociology of Education 17:123-

152.

13. Wu, Xiaogang 2009. “Voluntary and Involuntary Job Mobility and Earnings Inequality in

Urban China, 1993-2000.” Social Science Research 39(2010):382-395

12. Wu, Xiaogang. 2009 “Introduction: Culture, Institution, and Social Stratification: Towards a

Comparative Study of Chinese Societies.” Social Transformations in Chinese Societies 5: 1-16

11. Lin, Thung-hong and Xiaogang Wu. 2009. “The Transformation of the Chinese Class

Structure, 1978-2005.” Social Transformations in Chinese Societies 5:81-116

10. Yu Xie, Qing Lai, and Xiaogang Wu. 2009. “Danwei and Social Inequality in Contemporary

Urban China.” Research in Sociology of Work 19: 283–308

9. Xiaogang Wu. 2009. “Income Inequality and Distributive Justice: A Comparative Analysis of

Mainland China and Hong Kong.” The China Quarterly 200 (Fall): 1033-1052

8. Xie, Yu and Xiaogang Wu. 2008 “Danwei Profitability and Earnings Inequality in Urban

China.” The China Quarterly 195 (September): 558-81.

7. Wu, Xiaogang. 2007 “Family Resources and Educational Stratification: The Case of Hong

Kong, 1981-2001” Social Transformations in Chinese Societies Volume 3: 173-201.

6. Wu, Xiaogang and Donald J. Treiman. 2007. “Inequality and Equality under Chinese

Socialism: The Hukou System and Intergenerational Occupational Mobility.” American Journal

of Sociology 113(2):415-45.

5. Wu, Xiaogang. 2006. “Communist Cadres and Market Opportunities: Entry to Self-

Employment in China, 1978-1996.”Social Forces 85 (1): 389-411

4. Xie, Yu and Xiaogang Wu 2005. “Market Premium, Social Process, and Statisticism.”

American Sociological Review 70: 865-70.

3. Wu, Xiaogang and Donald Treiman. 2004. “The Household Registration System and Social

Stratification in China, 1955-1996.” Demography 41(2):363-384.

2. Wu, Xiaogang and Yu Xie. 2003. “Does the Market Pay Off? Earnings Inequality and Returns

to Education in Urban China.” American Sociological Review 68:425-442.

2006, reprinted Pp 142-159 in Modern Classics in the Economics of Education, edited by Clive

Belfield, Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.

1. Wu, Xiaogang. 2002. “Work Units and Income Inequality: The Effect of Market Transition in

Urban China.” Social Forces 80(3): 1069 –99.

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Edited Book/Journals

4. Chinese Sociological Review 2011-2020 (Vol 44-Vol 52)

3. Wu, Xiaogang (eds). 2011. Quantitative Methods in Social Science. (8 volumes). Shanghai:

Century Publishing House, Truth and Wisdom Press: [in Chinese].

2. Wu Xiaogang (guest editor). 2009. Social Stratification in Chinese Societies (Special Issue of

Social Transformation of Chinese Societies). Leidon, Brill.

1. Bian Yanjie, Xiaogang Wu and Lulu Li (eds.) 2008. Social Stratification and Mobility: New

Advancement in China Studies. Beijing:Renmin University Press. [in Chinese].

Book Chapters, Editorial and Others 13. Wu, Xiaogang 2017. “Household Registration” in The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology

(George Ritzer, ed.).

12. Wu, Xiaogang. 2015. “Left-Behind Children: Who to Blame?” China Policy Institute:

Analysis https://cpianalysis.org/2015/07/13/who-to-blame-whose-shame-left-behind-and-

migrant-childrens-education-problem-in-china/

11. Zhang, Zhuoni and Xiaogang Wu 2015. “The Growth of Chinese Professionals: A New

Middle Class in the Making.” Pp 292-313 in Handbook of Class and Social Stratification in

China edited by Yingjie Guo, Edward Elgar.

10. Ip, Joanne and Xiaogang Wu 2012. “Subjective Well-being of the Post-80s Generation in

Hong Kong: Implications for Social and Political Stability.” Pp 311-338 in The Psychological

Well-Being of East Asian Youth, Edited by Chin Chun Yi, Springer.

9. Wu, Xiaogang. 2011 “New Bottle, Still Old Wine? Social Change, China and Sociology.”

Chinese Sociological Review 44(1): 3-7.

8. Wu, Xiaogang. 2011. “Three Decades of Social Changes in China, 1978-2008,” a chapter in

Handbook of Contemporary China. Edited by Alvin So and William Tay, World Scientific.

7. Wu, Xiaogang. 2011. “Inequality and Equity in Income Distribution: Hong Kong and

Mainland China in Comparative Perspective” Pp. 277-311 in Hong Kong Divided: Structures of

Social Inequality in the Twentieth-First Century edited by Stephen Chiu and SL Wong. Hong

Kong Institute of Asia Pacific Studies, Chinese University of Hong Kong.

6. Guo, Maocan and Xiaogang Wu 2010. “Trends in Educational Stratification in China, 1981-

2006” Pp 335-360 in Inequality beyond Globalization, edited by Christian Suter, volume of

World Society Studies, Transaction Publishers.

5. Wu, Xiaogang. 2009. “Introduction.” The China Society Yearbook (Volume 3) [An English

Translation of Abridged Bluebook of Chinese Society 2008], edited by Matt Kawecki, Brill,

Leiden, the Netherlands.

4. Wu Xiaogang. 2009. “Between Public and Professional: Chinese Sociology and the

Construction of a Harmonious Society.” Footnotes: A Publication of American Sociological

Association May/June Issue http://www.asanet.org/footnotes/mayjun09/intl_0509.html

3. Wu, Xiaogang. 2009. “Household Registration, Social Exclusion, and Rural Migrants in

Chinese Cities.” Pp 29-54 in Socialist China, Capitalist China: Social-Political Conflicts under

Globalization, edited by Guoguang Wu and Helen Lansdowne, Routledge.

2. Wu, Xiaogang. 2008. “Trends in Class Mobility and Education in China.” Pp 105-132 in

Social Stratification and Social Mobility in Late-Industrializing Countries The 2005 SSM

Research Series, Volume 14, edited by Hiroshi Ishida, The 2005 SSM Research Committee,

Sendai, Japan.

1. Wu Xiaogang. 2006. Family Businesses in China (1978-1996): Entry and Performance, Pp.

40-64 in The Management and Performance of China’s Domestic Private Firms: Multi-

Disciplinary Perspectives, edited by Anne S Tsui and Yanjie Bian. New York: M.E. Sharpe.

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Book Reviews

6. Wu, Xiaogang. Forthcoming. Fabricating Transnational Capitalism by Lisa Rofel and Sylvia

J. Yanagisako (Publisher: Duke University Press 2019), American Journal of Sociology

5. Wu, Xiaogang. 2012. Economic Transitions with Chinese Characteristics, vol. 2: Social

Change During Thirty Years of Reform edited by Arthur Sweetman and Jun Zhang (Publisher:

McGill-Queens University Press 2009), Journal of Chinese Political Science 17:99-100

4. Wu, Xiaogang. 2010. Inequality and Public Policy in China, edited by Bjorn A Gustaffson, Li

Shi, Terry Sicular (publisher: Cambridge University Press) and Creating Wealth and Poverty in

Post-socialist China, edited by Deborah Davis and Wang Feng (Publisher: Stanford University

Press 2009), Pacific Affairs 83(4): 753-755

3. Wu, Xiaogang. 2009. Boundaries and Categories: Rising Inequality in Post‐Socialist Urban

China. By Wang Feng (publisher: Stanford University Press) Pp 190-192 in China Review

2. Wu, Xiaogang. 2007. The Structure and Evolution of Chinese Stratification, by Li Yi

(Publisher: University Press of America), in Contemporary Sociology 36(2):143-144.

1. Wu, Xiaogang. 2006. The State and Life Chances in Urban China: Redistribution and

Stratification, 1949-1994. by Xueguang Zhou (Publisher: Cambridge University Press), in Social

Transformations in Chinese Societies Volume 2:219-222.

Research Reports (Knowledge Transfer)

10. 2016. China’s Population Census: Looking Ahead to 2020), A Commissioned Bilingual

Report by UNFPA and UNICEF (China Office), submitted to the National Bureau of Statistics of

China.

9. 2016. “Hong Kong Immigrants in Shenzhen: Current Situations and Future Challenges.” A

Research Report submitted to the Central Policy Unit, HKSAR. (http://www.cpu.gov.hk/en/public_policy_research/pdf/2014_A7_007_14C_Final_Report_Prof_Wu.pdf 8. 2015. Census Undertakings in China: 1953-2010), A Commissioned Bilingual Report by

UNFPA and UNICEF (China Office), submitted to China National Bureau of Statistics of China.

7. 2015. “Dynamics of Poverty in Hong Kong: A Supplementary Survey.” A Research Report

submitted to the Central Policy Unit, HKSAR. http://www.cpu.gov.hk/en/public_policy_research/pdf/2013_A7_005_14A_Final_Report_Prof_Wu.pdf

6. 2015. “深圳市人口推算（2010-2050）(Shenzhen Population Projection, 2010-2050), A

Commissioned Report Submitted to Shenzhen Municipal Bureau of Statistics.

5. 2014. “深圳市人口生命表（2010-2050） (Life Table of Shenzhen Population, A

Commissioned Report submitted to Shenzhen Municipal Bureau of Statistics).

4. 2012 “深圳市产业升级、人才发展与社会管理创新实证研究” A Commissioned Report

submitted to Shenzhen Municipal Bureau of Statistics

3. 2012. “Understanding Non-engaged Youths in Hong Kong: A Mixed Method Approach”

HKSAR Central Policy Unit-Commissioned Report.

2. 2010. Hong Kong’s Post-80s Generation: Profiles and Predicaments. HKSAR Central Policy

Unit-Commissioned Report.

1. 2008. Social Inequality and Social Mobility in Hong Kong: A Benchmark Survey, Technical

Report and User’s Manual. Survey Research Center, Hong Kong University of Science and

Technology.

Completed Working Papers (under Revision/Review)

10. Zeng, Donglin, Xiaogang Wu and Zhuoni Zhang. 2020 “Residential and Industrial Enclaves

and Labor Market Outcomes among Migrant Workers in Shenzhen, China” (Working Paper)

9. Zeng, Donglin, Xiaogang Wu 2020 ““Exposure to Suicide and Mental Distress in Hong

Kong: the Stress-buffering Effect of Neighborhood Social Integration.” (under review)

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8. Miao Jia, and Xiaogang Wu. 2020. “Pressure Cooker or Safety Valve? The Impacts of the

Occupy Central on Mental Health in Hong Kong” (Working paper).

7. Miao, Jia and Xiaogang Wu 2019. “Social Consequences of Homeownership: Evidence from

the Home Ownership Scheme in Hong Kong” (R & R)

6. He, Guangye, Xiaogang Wu. 2017. “Family Status and Women’s Career Mobility during

Urban China’s Economic Transition” (R & R).

5. Xu, Duoduo and Xiaogang Wu 2016. “Educational Policy, School Climate and Boys’

Disadvantage in Academic Achievement: Evidence from Hong Kong.” (Comparative Education

Review, R & R)

4. Xiaogang Wu and Hua Ye. “Fertility Decline and Educational Gender Inequality in China.” (R

& R).

3. Li, Zhonglu and Xiaogang Wu 2018 “Does Education Foster Beliefs in Meritocracy?

Evidence from China” (Social Science Research, R & R)

2. Xu, Duoduo, and Xiaogang Wu. 2018 ““From Political Power to Personal Wealth:

Privatization, Elite Opportunity, and Social Stratification in Post-Reform China.” (under review).

1. Xu, Duoduo, and Xiaogang Wu. 2016. “Separate and Unequal: Hukou, School Segregation,

and Migrant Children's Education in Urban China.” (R & R, Urban Studies).

Work in Progress

4. Xiaogang Wu “Inequality and Stratification in China” an invited chapter in the Oxford

Handbook of Social Stratification, edited by Markus Gangl, Lucinda Platt, Javier Polavieja, and

Herman van de Werfhorst

3. Xiaogang Wu. “Social Movement and Changing Identities in Hong Kong”

2. Lin Thung-hong and Xiaogang Wu. “Beyond the Market Transition: Changing Institutional

Structure and Class Inequality in Contemporary China.”

1. Wu, Xiaogang “State Socialism, Industrialism, and Market Transition: Trends in

Intergenerational Social Mobility in Contemporary China.”

External Competitive Research Grants (Direct Cost, Total HK$ 27,962,477 as PI or sub-

awarded to HKUST as Co-I, HK$ 15,496,412 currently active, 1 USD=7.8 HKD).

21. Hong Kong Research Grant Council, General Research Fund “Socioeconomic Segregation,

School Choice, and Geography of Educational Inequality in Hong Kong” (16600218, HKD

599,440, 2019 – 2021, PI, Duoduo Xu, HKUST/HKU, Co-PI, Wu, HKD 213,700 direct cost

will be sub-awarded to HKUST/CASER).

20. Hong Kong Research Grant Council, General Research Fund “The 1959–1961 Chinese

Famine and Emigration to Hong Kong: A Migrant–Stayer Analysis of Famine Impact on

Health and Cognitive Performance” (11611818 , HKD 643,110, 2019-2029, PI, Zhuoni Zhang,

City University of Hong Kong, HKD 238,412 sub-awarded to HKUST).

19. Hong Kong Research Grant Council, General Research Fund “Individual Efforts or

Intergenerational Responses? A Longitudinal Mixed Methods Study of Future Care Planning

among Hong Kong Ageing Families” (15603818, HKD 858,084, PI, Dr. Xue Bai, Hong Kong

Polytechnic University, HKD 320,000 sub-awarded to HKUST)

18. National Institute of Health (NIH Grant, USA (R01DA039904-01A1), “Causes and Health

Consequences of Synthetic Drug Use” (Co-PI with Prof Xiushi Yang of Old Dominion

University, 5/2016-12/2020, Total Amount Awarded, US$ 2.18 million (HK$ 17,000,000), of

which US$ 526,154 [HK$ 4,104,001] is awarded to HKUST).

17. European Research Council Start-up Grant (ERC StG 716837), “Demand for Democracy.”

(Co-PI with Davide Cantoni of Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 1/3/2017-

28/2/2022, Total amount awarded, € 1,494,647.00, of which € 637,500.00 [HK$ 5,253,000] is

awarded to HKUST as the Partner institution).

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16. Hong Kong Research Grant Council, Collaborative Research Fund (C6011-16G),

“Community and Population Aging in Hong Kong: An Extension of the Hong Kong Panel

Study of Social Dynamics (HKPSSD).” (1/4/2-2017-31/3/2020, HK$ 4,939,971.00)

15. Hong Kong Research Grant Council, General Research Fund (16604516). “Ethnic Enclaves,

Migrant Settlement, and Socio-spatial Differentiation in Metropolitan Shenzhen” (1/1/2017-

31/12/2019, HK$473,476).

14. Hong Kong Research Grant Council General Research Fund “The Dynamics of Ethnic

Stratification amid China's Economic Transition” (12/2015-12/2017, HK$683,148).

13. Hong Kong Research Grant Council Early Career Scheme “Neighborhood characteristics,

parental practices and immigrant children's academic performance and non-cognitive skills in

Hong Kong” (1/1/2015-31/12/2016) (PI, Zhang Zhuoni, City University of Hong Kong, Direct

cost transferred to HKUST HK$ 95,800).

12. Hong Kong Research Grant Council General Research Fund “Seeking Help for Mental Health

Problems in Hong Kong: The Influence of Family” (1/1/2015-31/21/2017) ) )(PI, Chen Juan,

Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Direct cost transferred to HKUST, HK$ 600,000)

11. Hong Kong SAR CPU Public Policy Research Fund “Hong Kong Immigrants in Shenzhen:

Facts and Challenges.” HK$ 229,452.60 (PPR14HS07 1/8/2014 - 31/7/2015)

10. Hong Kong SAR CPU Public Policy Research Fund “Dynamics of Poverty in Hong Kong: a

Supplementary Survey.” HK$ 423,000 (PPR14HS04, 1/6/2014 - 31/5/2015)

9. Prestigious Fellowship Scheme under Humanities and Social Sciences Panel, 2012 (relief of

teaching and administrative duties and research support, equivalent to HK$ 769,660).

8. Hong Kong Research Grant Council General Research Fund, “Consequences of Internal and

Cross-border Migration in China for Children: A Mainland-Hong Kong Comparison”

HK$ 1,150,000 (GRF Jan 2012-Dec 2014)

7. Hong Kong Research Grant Council General Research Fund “Higher Education, Elite

Formation and Social Stratification in Contemporary China.” HK$ 1,205,568 (GRF

644510, Jan 2011-Dec 2013).

6. Strategic Public Policy Research Grants. “Hong Kong Panel Studies of Social Dynamics” HK$

3,960,000 (June 2009 –August 2014).

5. Hong Kong Research Grant Council General Research Fund “Social Mobility and Stratification

Dynamics in China since mid-1990s.” HK$661,520 (GRF 644208 Sept 1 2008- Aug 31, 2011).

4. Chiang Ching-Kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange, Taiwan ROC

“Self-employment and Private Entrepreneurship in China’s Economic Transition”

(RG006-P-07), USD 35,000 (Sept 1, 2008 – August 31, 2010).

3. National Academy of Education/Spencer Post-doctoral Fellowship 2006-2007 (USD 55,000).

2. Hong Kong Research Grant Council Public Policy Research Grant, “Social Inequality and

Mobility in Hong Kong, a Benchmark Study” (HKUST 6003-PPR20051), HK$ 981,000 (April

2006- Oct 2008).

1. Hong Kong Research Grant Council Earmarked Research Grant “Educational Inequalities in

Reform-era China, 1990-2000” (HKUST6424/05H, HK$ 531,440, 2005-2008).

Internal Grants from HKUST (Total HK$ 4,387,880, 1 USD=7.8 HKD）

24. Special Equipment Fund, HKUST Office of Vice President for Research and Development

HK$ 205,440 (2017-2018).

23. Post-doctoral Fellowship Matching Fund, HK$162,000, to match up to 50 percent of a post-

doctoral fellow’s salary, Office of Executive Vice President and Provost, HKUST (1/9/2016-

31/8/2017).

22. “’Ethnic’ Enclaves, Migrant Settlement, and Socio-spatial Differentiation in Metropolitan

Shenzhen, 2000-2010,” Office of Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies, HKUST

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(IRS17HS12, HKD 25,000 01/07/2016 - 30/06/2018)

21. “The Dynamics of Ethnic Stratification amid China's Economic Transition.” Office of Vice

President for Research and Graduate Studies, HKUST (IRS16HS08, HKD 25,000, 01/12/2015 -

31/05/2018).

20. “Career choice and labor market performance of Chinese college graduates: evidence from the

Beijing college student panel survey.” World Bank Employment and Job Research Network,

HKUST Institute for Emerging Market Studies (WB15IEMS01-E, HK$ 150,000 1/1/2015-

31/12/2014).

19. “The Role of Marriage and the Family in Contemporary Chinese stratification.” HKUST

School-based Initiatives (HKD 45,000, June 2014-2016).

18. “Self-employment and Entrepreneurship in Post-Socialist Transition Economies: A

Comparative Study of China, Russia, and Vietnam since the 1990s" Research Grant, HKUST

Institute for Emerging Market Studies (HKD 125,000, June 2014-2016)

17. “Migration, Industrialization, and Labor Market in Inequality in China's Coastal Regions: A

Comparison between the Pearl River Delta and Yangtze River Delta” World Bank Employment

and Job Research Network, HKUST Institute for Emerging Market Studies (WB14IEMS01-A,

HK$ 125,000 1/1/2014-31/12/2014)


HK$ 205,440 (2013-2014).

15. “Social Change and Youth Life Course Transitions in Hong Kong, 1981-2011.” (HK$ 50,000.

2012-2014).


HK$ 120,000 (2012-2013).

13. HKUST Strategic Research Initiative, HKUST Office of Vice President for Research and

Development HK$ 1,000,000 (2011-2014).


HK$ 352,000 (2010-2011).

11. HKUST Institute for Advanced Studies –Social Science Distinguished Lecture Series on

Inequality and Poverty (HKD 102,000).


doctoral fellow’s salary (Oct, 2010-Sept, 2011, IP Chung Yan, PhD in Sociology, University of

Oxford).

9. HKUST Research Project Competition “Hong Kong Adolescents and Youth Life Survey: A

Pilot.” (RPC10HSS04), HKD 380,000 (June 30, 2010-August 31, 2012).

8. Special Equipment Fund, HKUST Office of Vice President for Research and Development,

HK$ 400,000 (2009-2010).

7. SHSS School Conference/Workshop Funding to organize a workshop “Inequality Beyond

Market Transition: Dynamics of Social Stratification in Contemporary China after the mid-

1990s.” HK$ 100,000.

6. HKUST SHSS “Funding for Research Equipment 2008” to establish a network computer

system in Social Science Division, HK$ 250, 000.

5. HKUST Research Project Competition “Chinese College Students Panel Survey: a Pilot

Study.” (RPC07/08.HS02), HKD 320,000 (June 30, 2008-August 31, 2010).


doctoral fellow’s salary (July, 2007-June, 2008, Principal Investigator).


doctoral fellow’s salary (July, 2006-June, 2007, Principal Investigator).

2. Direct Allocation Grant, HKUST “Educational Inequalities in Reform-era China, 1990-2000.”

(DAG 04/05.HSS12, Principal Investigator, completed). HK$ 18,000

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1. Direct Allocation Grant, HKUST “Urbanization, Market Transition, and Globalization: The

Changing Residential Patterns in Shanghai, China, 1990-2000” (DAG 03/04.HSS02, Principal

Investigator, completed) (HK$ 94,000).

Research Supported by Private Donation and Other Sources

1. “An innovative policy experiment to promote social mobility in Hong Kong: A randomized

control study on the effectiveness of an early childhood family-based and internet-based

intervention” (with Richard Wong [HKU], Pauline Sung [PolyU]) (HK$ 1,400,000 direct cost,

1/01/2017 - 31/12/2021).

2. Research Project Funding from Mainland Universities/Government at HKUST Nansha

Research Institute.

Data Collection Projects (as PI in HK or Co-PI in Mainland China)

1. Shanghai Urban Neighborhood Survey (SUNS) (in Shanghai University): completed 540

city-wide representative community surveys in 2004, and 5,102 household surveys including

8,631 adults and 1892 children in 180 communities (2016-2017); Wave II completed in

November 2019 (.

2. Hong Kong Panel Study of Social Dynamics (HKPSSD): The first city-wide representative

household panel survey in Hong Kong, completed the first wave in 2011 (3214 households,

7218 adults and 958 children, and the follow-up surveys in 2013 and 2015, and the 4th wave

completed in 2017, a refreshment sample in 2019, and an internet interim survey and the 5th

wave survey is scheduled in 2020, respectively.

3. Dynamics of Poverty in Hong Kong: a Supplementary Survey, completed in 2015, 892

adults from 505 families in Hong Kong (Design similar to HKPSSD).

4. Hong Kong Panel Study of Social Dynamics (HKPSSD)-Refreshment Sample Survey,

1960 adults from 1,007 households completed interviews in 2014.

5. Beijing College Student Panel Survey (via Renmin University of China): the citywide

representative survey of freshmen and junior students in 2009. 4,771 students have

completed the first wave of interview, and they are followed up in 2010, 2011, 2012, and

2013, respectively, and to be followed in 2020/2021. .

6. Chinese General Social Survey (2010-2019) (via Renmin University of China): National

representative annual survey of individuals aged 18 or above (roughly 12,000 individuals

each year).

7. The Hong Kong Social Stratification and Mobility Survey, 2006. 4,013 adults aged 18 to

60 have completed interviews.

Professional Service

Wu, CV


Founding Editor, Chinese Sociological Review (2011-);

Editorial board, Social Forces (2011-2013; 2014-2017; 2018-2021) ;

Editorial board, Sociology of Education (2015-2018), Social Science Research (2016-),

Research in Social Stratification and Mobility (2010-). Work, Employment and Society (2014-),

Chinese Journal of Sociology (2016-)

Executive member of editorial board, The China Review (2010-)

Chair, Academic Advisory Committee, Chinese General Social Survey, National Survey and

Data Center, Renmin University of China (2013-).

Research Director, Center for Data and Urban Sciences (CENDUS), Shanghai Univ. (2015-).

International Advisory Board Member, China Family Panel Studies (Peking Univ., 2012-);

Yangtze River Delta Social Transformation Survey (Fudan University, 2009-);

China Labor Force Dynamics Survey (Zhongshan University, 2011-).

Memberships: American Sociological Association,

Population Association of America,

International Sociological Association Research Committee 28 (RC28)

International Chinese Sociological Association (ICSA)

Organizer, International Chinese Sociological Association Summer Meeting at New York

University, August 9, 2019

Organizer, International Chinese Sociological Association-Asia Meeting, Hong Kong University

of Science and Technology, Dec 19-20, 2018.

Organizer, International Chinese Sociological Association Summer Meeting at Princeton

University, August 10, 2018

Organizer, International Sociological Association-Research Committee on Social Stratification

and Mobility (ISA-RC28) Spring Meeting in Hong Kong, May 10-13, 2012

Organizer, Quantitative Social Science Methods, Summer Program in Shanghai University (with

Sun Xiulin), and Winter Program in HKUST Fok Ying-Tung Research Institute, Nansha,

Guangzhou (2012-).

Dissertation/thesis external examiner, Oxford University, Chinese University of Hong Kong,

City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Baptist University.

Tenure and Promotion Review: National University of Singapore, Nanyang Technological

University, University of Macau, Hong Kong Baptist University, Peking University, Xi’an

Jiaotong University, Harvard University, etc,

Ad Hoc Reviewer Since 2008:

American Sociological Review, American Journal of Sociology, Social Forces, Demography,

Social Problems, Social Science Research, Research in Social Stratification and Mobility,

European Sociological Review, Sociology of Education, British Journal of Sociology,

Comparative Education Review, Modern China, World Development, China Quarterly, China

Review, Open Times, Stanford University Press, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore,

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Israeli Science Foundation, Chinese University Press, Routledge, US National Science

Foundation, Czech Science Foundation, European Research Council, University of Macau, etc.

Research Mentorship (M. Phil.: Master in Philosophy) Current:

Post-docs: GUO Maocan (2019-), WANG Yan (2019-)

PhD: YIN, Jun (2019-), ZHAO, Ming (2019-), NG, Ka Lun (2018-), LIU, Mengyu (2017-);

Tian Bing (2017-, Hong Kong PhD Fellowship recipient).

M Phil Students: SHEN, Minghong (2019-).

Past:

Post-doc:

IP Chung Yan (2010-12), (PhD in Sociology, Oxford University, UK), Research

Associate, Chinese University of Hong Kong

WU Yuxiao (2006-08), (PhD in Sociology, Northwestern University, USA), Professor and

Deputy Dean, School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Nanjing University.

WANG Yanrong (2017-2018) (PhD in Social Science, HKUST), Associate Professor in School

of Sociology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology.

CHEN, Wei (2017-2019) (PhD in Sociology, Shanghai University), Assistant Professor in

School of Sociology and Political Science, Shanghai University

LI, Xiaoguang (PhD in sociology, Xi’an Jiaotong University), Assistant Professor, Dept. of

Sociology, Xi’an Jiaotong University.

Ph. D:

LIN Thung-hong (2004-08), Research Fellow, Institute of Sociology, Academia Sinica, Taiwan

ZHANG, Zhuoni (2006-2011), Associate Professor, Dept. of Social and Behavioral Sciences,

City University of Hong Kong.

LI, Jun (2007-12), Director, Research Fellow, Institute of Sociology, Shanghai Academy of

Social Sciences

YE, Hua (2007-12), Associate Professor, Department of Sociology and Social Work, Zhongshan

University, Guangzhou.

ZHENG Bingdao (2010-2013), Associate Professor, Department of Public Administration,

Fudan University, Shanghai

YU, Jia (2011-2014) (co-advisor Yu Xie), Assistant Professor, Center for Social Research,

Peking University.

HE, Guangye (2012-2016), Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Nanjing University

LI, Zhonglu (2013-2016), Professor, Dept. of Sociology, Shandong University.

XU, Duoduo (2013-2016), Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Univ. of Hong Kong.

MIAO, Jia (2014-2017), Assistant Professor of Sociology, New York University Shanghai

(2019-)

ZENG, Donglin (2015-2019), Post-doc fellow, Hong Kong University of Science and

Technology.

M. Phil.:

GUO, Maocan (2004-2006), PhD student in Sociology, Harvard University

SUN, Yuanjia (2005-2007), Private sector, Shenzhen, China.

WONG, Tze Wai Kevin (2006-2008), PhD graduate from HKUST, Research Associate, CUHK

ZHANG, Zhuoni (2006-2008), PhD student in Social Science, HKUST

ZHUANG, Sijin (2006-2008), Earnest & Young, Hong Kong

LI, Jun (2007-2009), PhD student in Social Science, HKUST

YE, Hua (2007-2009), PhD student in Social Science, HKUST

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WANG, Danqing (2007-2009), (PhD, INSEAD, France) Assistant Professor (Business School),

Hong Kong Univ of Science and Technology

ZHANG, Chuncen (2007-2009), Private sector, Shanghai, China

SONG, Xi (2008-2010), (PhD, UCLA), Associate Professor, University of Pennsylvania

XU, Pianpian (2008-2010), PhD student in Sociology, Yale University

ZHENG, Bingdao (2008-2010), PhD student in Social Science, HKUST

YU, Jia (2009-2011), PhD Student in Social Science, HKUST

YU, Shanshan (2009-2011), Private sector, Guangzhou, China

HE, Guangye (2010-2012), PhD student in Social Science, HKUST

XU, Duoduo (2011-2013), PhD student in Social Science, HKUST

LI, Zhonglu (2011-2013), PhD student in Social Science, HKUST

MIAO, Jia (2012-2014), PhD student in Social Science, HKUST

WU, Lingwei (2012-2014), PhD student in Social Science, HKUST

FAN, Xinguang (2012-2014), PhD student, University of Washington, Seattle, now Assistant

Professor, Dept. of Sociology, Peking University

LIU, Wenli (2015-2017), Private Sector, Shenzhen

LIU, Mengyu (2015-2017), PhD student, Division of Social Science, HKUST

SHI, Jiaxin (2016-2018), PhD Student, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Germany.

LIU, Canhui (2017-2019), PhD Student, Dept. of Sociology, University of Cambridge, UK

MA in Social Science/MS in Global China Studies (research mentorship):

ZHOU, Muzhi (2011-2013), M Phil/PhD student in Sociology, University of Oxford, now a

post-doc fellow at University of Oxford.

YIN, Jun (2016-2017), M Phil Student in Social Science, HKUST

GUO, Jiao (2018-2019). PhD Student in Sociology, University of Hong Kong

Visiting PhD Student:

Jaap Nieuwenhuis (Spring, 2014), PhD student, Department of Human Geography and Planning,

Utrecht University, worked at Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment,

Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands, now Assistant Professor in Dept. of Sociology,

Zhejiang University.

Other University/School/Division Service (Selected)

University and Beyond

Board Member, University Service Center(USC), Chinese University of Hong Kong (2016-)

Member, Selection Panel for Hong Kong PhD Fellowship, UGC (2016-2017, 2018-2019)

Member, Social Science Panel, UGC Research Assessment Exercise (2013-2014)

Member of the Senate, HKUST (2016-)

Member, University Honorary Award Committee (2014-2015)

Executive Committee Member, HKUST Institute for Emerging Market Studies (2013-2015)

Member, the Senate Standing Committee for Academic Review Procedure (2012-2014)

SHSS Representative on Task Force on Evaluation of Faculty Performance in Teaching and

Learning (2012)

SHSS Representative on University Post-graduate Studies Committee (2009-).

SHSS Representative on the University Student Disciplinary Committee (2008-2012).

School

Chair, Appointments and Substantiation (Tenure) Committee, School of Humanities and Social

Science (, 2011-2014, 2016-2017, 2018-2020).

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Academic Director, MS in Global China Studies (2015-2017)

Founding Director, the Center for Applied Social and Economic Research (CASER), (2009-)

Member, Social Science Division Head Search Committee (2011-2012)

Academic Director, MA in Social Science Program (2010-2012)

Member, SHSS Research Committee (2008-2010)

Associate Director, Demography and Sustainable Development (CDSD), Fok Ying Tung

Graduate School at Nansha, Guangzhou, China (7/2006-6/2009).

Division

Chair, Appointments and Substantiation Committee, Division of Public Policy (2018-2019)

Chair, Merit Review Committee, Division of Social Science (2018-2019, 2019-2020)

Member, Search and Appointment Committee, Division of Social Science (2015-2016, 2016-

2017, 2018-2019)

Member, Merit Review Committee, Division of Social Science (2015-2016, 2016-2017).

Member, Research Committee, Division of Social Science (2015-2016)

Chair, Merit Review Committee, Division of Social Science (2012-2013, 2018-2019 [Spring])

Post-graduate Student Coordinator, Executive Committee Member, Division of Social Science

(2010-2012)

Chair, Divisional Research Seminar Series Committee (2008-2009, 2009-2010)

Faculty Recruitment Committee (2007-2008, 2008-2009, 2009-2010)

Postgraduate Recruitment Committee (2003-2012), Chair (2010-2012)

Division Recruitment Committee for 14 Instructional Assistants/Visiting Scholars.

Ph. D. Qualify Exam Committee: LIANG Yucheng, ZHANG Xia, Charles MAN, Mac Chung,

WANG Jia, WANG Yanrong

M Phil Thesis Committee: CHAN Hoi Pui, SHEN Jing, GUAN Kai, TANG Jialong, ZHANG

Lei, JIANG Ying, CHEN Shuo, YEUNG Lai-shan Alice, GU Yanfeng, LUO Weixiang, LIN

Yu-ling, XIAO Dongliang, WANG Jia, WANG Yanrong, WEN Fangqi, XIE Langjing, DONG

Hao, ZANG Xiaolu

Ph.D. Thesis Exam Committee: Dong Hao, HUANG Xianbi, LI Yu, ZHANG Lijuan, LIANG

Yucheng, Charles Man, WANG Jia, WANG Yanrong, DONG Hao, XU Ruozhi.

Other Professional and Community Service (since 2007)

Session Organizer, “Neighborhoods in Megacities” the IV ISA Forum of Sociology, Porto

Alegre, Brazil, July 14-18, 2020

Organizer, International Sociological Association –Research Committee on Social Stratification

and Mobility (RC28) Meeting, May 10-13, 2012.

Co-organizer with the Central Policy Unit of HKSAR for an International Conference on “Social

Inequality and Mobility in Chinese Societies.” 16-17, December, 2011.

Co-organizer with the Central Policy Unit of HKSAR for Symposium on “Youth and Social

Change in Chinese Societies”, (17/12/2010).

Invited talk to staff from the Chief Executive's Office and concerned policy bureaus (26/8/2010)

Invited talk to part-time members of the Central Policy Unit, HKSAR (24/7/2010)

Invited talk to newly appointed part-time members of the Central Policy Unit, HKSAR

(1/23/2010)

Invited panelist, “Equality and Opportunity” session, Public Policy Research Forum, organized

by the Central Policy Unit and Research Grants Council, 6 November 2009.

Invited member, informal discussion group in the Central Policy Unit (3/2009-present)

Invited talk, HKSAR Government, the Central Policy Unit “Researcher’s Forum” 31/10/2008

Invited lectures to 16th-19th Hainan Executive Development Program (HEDP) for senior

government officials of the Hainan Province, organized by HKUST Office of University

Development and Public Affairs (2006 to 2010), on “Labor Issues in Transitional China”

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(2006-2007) and on “Social Trends in Hong Kong, 1981-2006” (2008-2009).

Chair and discussant, International Sociological Association Research Committee 28 Spring

meeting in Beijing, China, May 14-16, 2009.

Invited speaker, the Beijing Conference of Harvard Project for Asia and International Relations

(HPAIR), August 17-20, 2007.

Chair and discussant, International Sociological Association Research Committee 28 Spring

Meeting in Brno, the Czech Republic May 14-27, 2007.

Selected Academic Conference Presentations (since 2008)

2018.4 “Foreign Domestic Helpers Hiring and Time Allocation of Married Women in Hong

Kong”, paper presented in the Annual meeting of the Population Association of America,

Denver, Colorado. April 26-28th

2018.4. “Changing Institutional Structures and Socioeconomic Inequality in China, 1978-2015”

invited speaker at “Reform and Opening: 40 Years and Counting Sixth Annual Conference”

April 26-27, Center for the Study of Contemporary China, University of Pennsylvania

2016. 5. “Ethnic Autonomy and Ethnic Inequality: An Empirical Assessment of Ethnic Policy in

China.” Paper presented in the Spring Meeting of the International Sociological Association’s

Research Committee on Social Stratification and Mobility (RC28), May 26-28th, National

University of Singapore.

2013. 8 “Ethnic Stratification amid China’s Economic Transition: Evidence from the Xinjiang

Uyghur Autonomous Region.” the thematic session on ‘‘Inequality in China’’ at the annual

meeting of the American Sociological Association, New York City, August 9–12, 2013.

2012. 5 “Economic Growth, Income Inequality and Subjective Well-being: Evidence from

China.” Paper presented in the Population Association of America Annual Meeting in San

Francisco, May 2 to May 4, 2012.

2011.4 “Fertility Decline and Educational Gender Inequality in China.” Paper presented in the

Population Association of America Annual Meeting in Washington, DC, March 31 to April 2,

2011.

2010.2 “Social Stratification in China’s Higher Education: Preliminary Findings from a College

Student Survey.” University of Michigan-Survey Research Center.

2009 “State Socialism, Industrialism, and Market Transition: Trends in Intergenerational Social

Mobility in Contemporary China.” Paper presented in the International Sociological Association

Research Committee 28 Spring meeting in Beijing, China, May 14-16, 2009, and an invited

session “China after 30 Years of Reform” in American Sociological Association Annual

Meeting in San Francisco, August 9-12, 2009.

2008.8 “Gender Gap in Education and Employment in Urban China, 1982-2005.” Paper

presented in ISA-RC28 Summer Meeting in Stanford Univ, Palo Alto, CA, August 6-9, 2008.

2008 “Rural-Urban Educational Inequality in China.” American Educational Research

Association Annual Meeting in New York City, March 25-28, 2008; ISA-RC28 Spring Meeting

in European University Institute, Italy, May 15-18, 2008; American Sociological Association

Annual Meeting, Thematic Session “Work and Inequality in Contemporary China” August 1-4,

2008.

2008. 3 “Income Inequality and Distributive Justice in Hong Kong and Mainland China: A

Comparative Analysis” in the Conference on “Social Inequality and Social Mobility in Hong

Kong,” Chinese University of Hong Kong, March 14, 2008.

Invited Talks to Academic Institutions (Selected)

Louisiana State University, University of Western Ontario, McGill University, Yale University,

University of Pittsburg, Stanford University, University of Tokyo, Academia Sinica, Singapore

Management University, National University of Singapore, National Taiwan University,

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University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Oxford University, University of Sheffield, Columbia

University, NYU Shanghai,

New York University, Columbia University, Princeton University, University of Pennsylvania,

University of Mannheim, Haverford College

Zhongshan University, China European International Business School, Shanghai University,

Fudan University, Peking University, Wuhan University, Huazhong University of Science and

Technology, Huazhong Normal University, Huazhong University of Agriculture, East China

University of Law and Political Science, Southeast University, Nanjing University, Hong Kong

Baptist University, University of Hong Kong, University of Macau.

Teaching Experience

NYU Shanghai (Undergraduate)：

“Social Changes in Contemporary China” (SOCS-SHU 270, Fall, 2017, 2018)

“Chinese Social Stratification in Comparative Perspective” (Spring, 2018)

HKUST (Undergraduate):

“Contemporary China: Continuity and Change”; “Social Inequality and Social Mobility”

“Introduction to Contemporary China”; “An Introduction to Chinese Society” (2003-2019)

HKUST (Postgraduate)

“Quantitative Analysis in Social Science”; “Statistics for Social Science”;

“Principles of Social Sciences”;“Social Science Research Practicum”/“Social Statistics”

“Seminar on Social Stratification”; “Seminar on Chinese Society”

“Social Stratification in China” “Chinese Social Stratification in Comparative Perspectives”

(2003-2017)

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (Undergraduate)

“Social Research Method” “Social Statistics”, “Contemporary Chinese Society” (2001-2003)

Ad Hoc Instructor (selected),

Guest Speaker, Summer Program, School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Nanjing University

(2014-2018).

Instructor, Summer Workshop on Writing Papers in Quantitative Social Science, Shanghai

University (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020).

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