Yang Hu
@yanghu.co.uk
🤓 Associate Professor in Sociology @ucl.ac.uk
🔎 Family and work changes/inequalities in global contexts
🎓 Director MSc/MA Sociology @sriucl.bsky.social
➕ Co-dicrector @wfrn.bsky.social ECF program
🌐 www.yanghu.co.uk
🔎 Family and work changes/inequalities in global contexts
🎓 Director MSc/MA Sociology @sriucl.bsky.social
➕ Co-dicrector @wfrn.bsky.social ECF program
🌐 www.yanghu.co.uk
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Yang Hu
@yanghu.co.uk
· Dec 5
Yang Hu - What Can We Learn About Care From AI?
YouTube video by Work and Family Researchers Network
www.youtube.com
🚨Thrilled my@wfrn.bsky.social Big Ideas Talk just dropped www.youtube.com/watch?v=jykO...
🎙️MANUFACTURING CARE: WHAT CAN WE LEARN ABOUT CARE FROM AI
It was such an inspiring experience sharing a stage & delivering this alongside my super idols Ellen Galinsky & Rosabeth Moss Kanter in Montreal (1/5)
🎙️MANUFACTURING CARE: WHAT CAN WE LEARN ABOUT CARE FROM AI
It was such an inspiring experience sharing a stage & delivering this alongside my super idols Ellen Galinsky & Rosabeth Moss Kanter in Montreal (1/5)
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It's easy for some of you to just never use LLMs and just criticize people who do. I would like to be in that situation. But here I am, with my moderator volunteers, assessing hundreds of papers submitted to @socarxiv.bsky.social, trying to decide how to fairly judge whether to accept them. /1
November 2, 2025 at 2:36 PM
It's easy for some of you to just never use LLMs and just criticize people who do. I would like to be in that situation. But here I am, with my moderator volunteers, assessing hundreds of papers submitted to @socarxiv.bsky.social, trying to decide how to fairly judge whether to accept them. /1
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We are happy to announce an Open Call for papers on the topic of ‘De/Re-institutionalization of Asian Families.‘ Submissions will be open from November 1, 2026 until February 28, 2026. Please find out more about this planned collection www.demographic-research.org/files/202510...
a bunch of white papers are flying in the air
ALT: a bunch of white papers are flying in the air
media.tenor.com
October 24, 2025 at 9:08 AM
We are happy to announce an Open Call for papers on the topic of ‘De/Re-institutionalization of Asian Families.‘ Submissions will be open from November 1, 2026 until February 28, 2026. Please find out more about this planned collection www.demographic-research.org/files/202510...
💥 Apps open for 2026/27 entry @sriucl.bsky.social!
📌Sociology MSc www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-...
📌Sociology & Data Science MSc www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-...
📌Sociology & Social Inequalities MSc www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-...
📌Sociology of Childhood & Children’s Rights MA www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-...
📌Sociology MSc www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-...
📌Sociology & Data Science MSc www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-...
📌Sociology & Social Inequalities MSc www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-...
📌Sociology of Childhood & Children’s Rights MA www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-...
Sociology MSc
The Sociology MSc provides you with the critical skills needed to analyse the defining issues of our time. Through a curriculum that emphasises a plurality of perspectives and rigorous methodological ...
www.ucl.ac.uk
October 20, 2025 at 1:56 PM
💥 Apps open for 2026/27 entry @sriucl.bsky.social!
📌Sociology MSc www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-...
📌Sociology & Data Science MSc www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-...
📌Sociology & Social Inequalities MSc www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-...
📌Sociology of Childhood & Children’s Rights MA www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-...
📌Sociology MSc www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-...
📌Sociology & Data Science MSc www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-...
📌Sociology & Social Inequalities MSc www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-...
📌Sociology of Childhood & Children’s Rights MA www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-...
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Demography is science, but it's not rocket science. Journalists and related professionals could understand crude birth rate, general fertility rate, and total fertility rate - and use the terms consistently. So I made this annotated table: familyinequality.wordpress.com/2025/10/03/l...
October 4, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Demography is science, but it's not rocket science. Journalists and related professionals could understand crude birth rate, general fertility rate, and total fertility rate - and use the terms consistently. So I made this annotated table: familyinequality.wordpress.com/2025/10/03/l...
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📢WE'RE HIRING!📢
We're looking for a centre administrator to join our fantastic team! Role is for 3 days a week, with flexible hybrid working options. Interest in @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social's mission a bonus.
🕕Apply by 23.59 on 24th October 2025
Full details: tinyurl.com/5t586vuj
Please share widely!
We're looking for a centre administrator to join our fantastic team! Role is for 3 days a week, with flexible hybrid working options. Interest in @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social's mission a bonus.
🕕Apply by 23.59 on 24th October 2025
Full details: tinyurl.com/5t586vuj
Please share widely!
UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
www.ucl.ac.uk
October 10, 2025 at 8:14 AM
📢WE'RE HIRING!📢
We're looking for a centre administrator to join our fantastic team! Role is for 3 days a week, with flexible hybrid working options. Interest in @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social's mission a bonus.
🕕Apply by 23.59 on 24th October 2025
Full details: tinyurl.com/5t586vuj
Please share widely!
We're looking for a centre administrator to join our fantastic team! Role is for 3 days a week, with flexible hybrid working options. Interest in @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social's mission a bonus.
🕕Apply by 23.59 on 24th October 2025
Full details: tinyurl.com/5t586vuj
Please share widely!
Who'd thought my op-ed (and research) on the "eldest daughter syndrome" two years ago just made its way into Taylor Swift's new album (track #5 "Eldest Daughter") 🤩
theconversation.com/what-is-elde...
theconversation.com/what-is-elde...
October 7, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Who'd thought my op-ed (and research) on the "eldest daughter syndrome" two years ago just made its way into Taylor Swift's new album (track #5 "Eldest Daughter") 🤩
theconversation.com/what-is-elde...
theconversation.com/what-is-elde...
Scholarship opportunities for studying MSc/MA Sociology (shorturl.at/RiL2P) @sriucl.bsky.social:
📌Master's Bursary: shorturl.at/gKkvx
📌Global Master's Scholarship: shorturl.at/sift7
📌Humanitarian Scholarship: shorturl.at/y9qsL
📌Chevening: www.chevening.org
Applications open from October 13!
📌Master's Bursary: shorturl.at/gKkvx
📌Global Master's Scholarship: shorturl.at/sift7
📌Humanitarian Scholarship: shorturl.at/y9qsL
📌Chevening: www.chevening.org
Applications open from October 13!
September 29, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Scholarship opportunities for studying MSc/MA Sociology (shorturl.at/RiL2P) @sriucl.bsky.social:
📌Master's Bursary: shorturl.at/gKkvx
📌Global Master's Scholarship: shorturl.at/sift7
📌Humanitarian Scholarship: shorturl.at/y9qsL
📌Chevening: www.chevening.org
Applications open from October 13!
📌Master's Bursary: shorturl.at/gKkvx
📌Global Master's Scholarship: shorturl.at/sift7
📌Humanitarian Scholarship: shorturl.at/y9qsL
📌Chevening: www.chevening.org
Applications open from October 13!
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Carolina Sociology is hiring!
• Tenure-track in computational sociology or advanced quantitative methods
• Open rank in population health.
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...
• Tenure-track in computational sociology or advanced quantitative methods
• Open rank in population health.
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...
Assistant Professor
This Assistant Professor position will teach graduate and undergraduate courses, conduct research in the field of Sociology, participate in departmental service, and mentor graduate students.
unc.peopleadmin.com
September 26, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Carolina Sociology is hiring!
• Tenure-track in computational sociology or advanced quantitative methods
• Open rank in population health.
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...
• Tenure-track in computational sociology or advanced quantitative methods
• Open rank in population health.
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...
What a blast today! Wonderful to welcome the first-ever cohort of Sociology MSc/MA students @sriucl.bsky.social. Our students' passion for (their words) "novel", "world-changing", "rigorous", and "ethical" research is truly inspiring. It's times like these that we do see great hope for the future! 💕
September 22, 2025 at 7:00 PM
What a blast today! Wonderful to welcome the first-ever cohort of Sociology MSc/MA students @sriucl.bsky.social. Our students' passion for (their words) "novel", "world-changing", "rigorous", and "ethical" research is truly inspiring. It's times like these that we do see great hope for the future! 💕
🔥 Two-week countdown! Early-career work and family researchers - we look forward to your application!
@wfrn.bsky.social
@wfrn.bsky.social
🚨Last month to apply for the 2026–2027 Work and Family Researchers Network Early Career Fellowship (WFRN ECF). wfrn.org/early-career...
✅ Dedicated ECF preconference
✅ ECF travel support fund
✅ ECF peer and professional network
✅ Career development support
✅ Bespoke mentoring
And so much more...
✅ Dedicated ECF preconference
✅ ECF travel support fund
✅ ECF peer and professional network
✅ Career development support
✅ Bespoke mentoring
And so much more...
Early Career Work and Family Fellowship Program - Work and Family Researchers Network
Early Career Work and Family Fellowship Program
The Work and Family Researchers Network is committed to mentoring the next generation of work and family scholars. Our Early Career Fellowship Program p...
wfrn.org
September 16, 2025 at 8:32 AM
🔥 Two-week countdown! Early-career work and family researchers - we look forward to your application!
@wfrn.bsky.social
@wfrn.bsky.social
🚨 Our new paper (w/ Kausiki Sarma) on housework & marital violence in India is just out!
We provide a "radical" rethinking of housework beyond labour division and gender performance.
@sriucl.bsky.social @wfrn.bsky.social @asa-family.bsky.social
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
We provide a "radical" rethinking of housework beyond labour division and gender performance.
@sriucl.bsky.social @wfrn.bsky.social @asa-family.bsky.social
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
The Mundane and the Extreme: Women’s Experiences of Housework and Marital Violence in India - Kausiki Sarma, Yang Hu, 2025
Mainstream theories tend to consider housework a form of labor and its gendered division a result of resource exchange or bargaining and an act of “doing gender...
journals.sagepub.com
September 15, 2025 at 9:46 AM
🚨 Our new paper (w/ Kausiki Sarma) on housework & marital violence in India is just out!
We provide a "radical" rethinking of housework beyond labour division and gender performance.
@sriucl.bsky.social @wfrn.bsky.social @asa-family.bsky.social
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
We provide a "radical" rethinking of housework beyond labour division and gender performance.
@sriucl.bsky.social @wfrn.bsky.social @asa-family.bsky.social
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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In terms of city or department, doesn't get much better than this
We're hiring in wonderful Copenhagen 🇩🇰
Two or more open rank sociology professorships (tt assistant, associate with tenure, or full prof with tenure).
You'll join a leading sociology department in Europe with many core fields represented!
#sociology
More 👇
jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabeli...
Two or more open rank sociology professorships (tt assistant, associate with tenure, or full prof with tenure).
You'll join a leading sociology department in Europe with many core fields represented!
#sociology
More 👇
jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabeli...
Call for two or more open-rank academic positions in Sociology
jobportal.ku.dk
September 12, 2025 at 7:26 AM
In terms of city or department, doesn't get much better than this
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📢NEW Vacancy📢
Assistant Professor in Sociology at @tcddublin.bsky.social
Specialising in quantitative sociology
⏰Deadline: 6 October
Maternity cover
MORE INFO:
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOP688/a...
APPLY HERE: www.tcd.ie/hr/vacancies/
Assistant Professor in Sociology at @tcddublin.bsky.social
Specialising in quantitative sociology
⏰Deadline: 6 October
Maternity cover
MORE INFO:
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOP688/a...
APPLY HERE: www.tcd.ie/hr/vacancies/
Assistant Professor in Sociology at Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin
An opportunity for an academic position as a Assistant Professor in Sociology is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job openings.
www.jobs.ac.uk
September 10, 2025 at 9:32 AM
📢NEW Vacancy📢
Assistant Professor in Sociology at @tcddublin.bsky.social
Specialising in quantitative sociology
⏰Deadline: 6 October
Maternity cover
MORE INFO:
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOP688/a...
APPLY HERE: www.tcd.ie/hr/vacancies/
Assistant Professor in Sociology at @tcddublin.bsky.social
Specialising in quantitative sociology
⏰Deadline: 6 October
Maternity cover
MORE INFO:
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOP688/a...
APPLY HERE: www.tcd.ie/hr/vacancies/
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A very significant day for us as our new birth cohort study is announced, the first for quarter of a century. Big congratulations to colleagues in our @clscohorts.bsky.social for all their hard work in getting this off the ground!
UKRI announces first UK-wide birth cohort study in 25 years #ESRC #AcademicSky
UKRI announces first UK-wide birth cohort study in 25 years
A ground-breaking UK-wide scientific study will help improve the lives of future generations by studying 30,000 children born in 2026.
www.ukri.org
September 9, 2025 at 8:45 AM
A very significant day for us as our new birth cohort study is announced, the first for quarter of a century. Big congratulations to colleagues in our @clscohorts.bsky.social for all their hard work in getting this off the ground!
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And both based in SRI! Also home to UCL's BSc Sociology and MSc Sociology.
Wonderful news that we have **TWO** UCL colleagues on the Sociology #REF2029 panel - @yanghu.co.uk and USN chair
@ktwamley.bsky.social. A great endorsement of the sociological work being undertaken here. 2029.ref.ac.uk/panels/main-...
@ktwamley.bsky.social. A great endorsement of the sociological work being undertaken here. 2029.ref.ac.uk/panels/main-...
Main Panel C – Social Sciences – REF 2029
2029.ref.ac.uk
September 4, 2025 at 4:14 PM
And both based in SRI! Also home to UCL's BSc Sociology and MSc Sociology.
Look forward to serving as a member of #REF2029 sub-panel for Sociology & working with the other panel members.
A great privilege and a significant responsibility to read the wonderful works across the diverse spectrum of British Sociology!
2029.ref.ac.uk/panels/main-...
@sriucl.bsky.social
A great privilege and a significant responsibility to read the wonderful works across the diverse spectrum of British Sociology!
2029.ref.ac.uk/panels/main-...
@sriucl.bsky.social
Main Panel C – Social Sciences – REF 2029
2029.ref.ac.uk
September 4, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Look forward to serving as a member of #REF2029 sub-panel for Sociology & working with the other panel members.
A great privilege and a significant responsibility to read the wonderful works across the diverse spectrum of British Sociology!
2029.ref.ac.uk/panels/main-...
@sriucl.bsky.social
A great privilege and a significant responsibility to read the wonderful works across the diverse spectrum of British Sociology!
2029.ref.ac.uk/panels/main-...
@sriucl.bsky.social
Thrilled to have started a new chapter in my career at @sriucl.bsky.social & Quantitative Social Science (QSS) centre @ucl.ac.uk this week.
Absolutely love my supportive colleagues & the inspiring environment ❤️
We're hiring 2 new lecturers in QSS – come and join us ➡ www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
Absolutely love my supportive colleagues & the inspiring environment ❤️
We're hiring 2 new lecturers in QSS – come and join us ➡ www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
www.ucl.ac.uk
September 3, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Thrilled to have started a new chapter in my career at @sriucl.bsky.social & Quantitative Social Science (QSS) centre @ucl.ac.uk this week.
Absolutely love my supportive colleagues & the inspiring environment ❤️
We're hiring 2 new lecturers in QSS – come and join us ➡ www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
Absolutely love my supportive colleagues & the inspiring environment ❤️
We're hiring 2 new lecturers in QSS – come and join us ➡ www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
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We have 2 posts available in our Quantitative Social Science centre at @sriucl.bsky.social.
It is a wonderful place to work, with great colleagues, exciting degrees, and good promotion prospects. The posts are open to anyone working in the broad space covered by our centre.
Deadline + link 👇
It is a wonderful place to work, with great colleagues, exciting degrees, and good promotion prospects. The posts are open to anyone working in the broad space covered by our centre.
Deadline + link 👇
WE ARE HIRING! 2 Lecturers in Quantitative Social Science. Want a friendly interdisciplinary department in one of the world's most vibrant cities? This just might be for you.
Apply by: 10 Oct
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
Apply by: 10 Oct
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
September 2, 2025 at 3:43 PM
We have 2 posts available in our Quantitative Social Science centre at @sriucl.bsky.social.
It is a wonderful place to work, with great colleagues, exciting degrees, and good promotion prospects. The posts are open to anyone working in the broad space covered by our centre.
Deadline + link 👇
It is a wonderful place to work, with great colleagues, exciting degrees, and good promotion prospects. The posts are open to anyone working in the broad space covered by our centre.
Deadline + link 👇
Wonderful opportunity to join a supportive work environment and collegial colleagues! Come and join us!
WE ARE HIRING! 2 Lecturers in Quantitative Social Science. Want a friendly interdisciplinary department in one of the world's most vibrant cities? This just might be for you.
Apply by: 10 Oct
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
Apply by: 10 Oct
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
September 1, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Wonderful opportunity to join a supportive work environment and collegial colleagues! Come and join us!
🚨Last month to apply for the 2026–2027 Work and Family Researchers Network Early Career Fellowship (WFRN ECF). wfrn.org/early-career...
✅ Dedicated ECF preconference
✅ ECF travel support fund
✅ ECF peer and professional network
✅ Career development support
✅ Bespoke mentoring
And so much more...
✅ Dedicated ECF preconference
✅ ECF travel support fund
✅ ECF peer and professional network
✅ Career development support
✅ Bespoke mentoring
And so much more...
Early Career Work and Family Fellowship Program - Work and Family Researchers Network
Early Career Work and Family Fellowship Program
The Work and Family Researchers Network is committed to mentoring the next generation of work and family scholars. Our Early Career Fellowship Program p...
wfrn.org
August 30, 2025 at 9:19 PM
🚨Last month to apply for the 2026–2027 Work and Family Researchers Network Early Career Fellowship (WFRN ECF). wfrn.org/early-career...
✅ Dedicated ECF preconference
✅ ECF travel support fund
✅ ECF peer and professional network
✅ Career development support
✅ Bespoke mentoring
And so much more...
✅ Dedicated ECF preconference
✅ ECF travel support fund
✅ ECF peer and professional network
✅ Career development support
✅ Bespoke mentoring
And so much more...
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If you are an early career scholar, consider applying to the Early Career Work and Family Fellowship Program led by the brilliant Nicole Denier and @yanghu.co.uk.
🔗 wfrn.org/early-career...
🔗 wfrn.org/early-career...
Early Career Work and Family Fellowship Program - Work and Family Researchers Network
Early Career Work and Family Fellowship Program
The Work and Family Researchers Network is committed to mentoring the next generation of work and family scholars. Our Early Career Fellowship Program p...
wfrn.org
August 22, 2025 at 9:10 AM
If you are an early career scholar, consider applying to the Early Career Work and Family Fellowship Program led by the brilliant Nicole Denier and @yanghu.co.uk.
🔗 wfrn.org/early-career...
🔗 wfrn.org/early-career...
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Join us at the next Work and Family Researchers Network conference.
📅 When: June 17-20, 2026
📍Where: Concordia University, Montreal
➡️Theme: Centering Care Across the Life Course
❗️Submission deadline: October 1, 2025
@wfrn.bsky.social
wfrn.org/2026-work-an...
📅 When: June 17-20, 2026
📍Where: Concordia University, Montreal
➡️Theme: Centering Care Across the Life Course
❗️Submission deadline: October 1, 2025
@wfrn.bsky.social
wfrn.org/2026-work-an...
2026 Work and Family Researchers Network Conference - Work and Family Researchers Network
ABOUT THE EVENT
Work and Family Researchers Network next conference will be June 17-20, 2026 at Concordia University in Montreal Canada. More than 400 scholars and stakeholders will convene to discus...
wfrn.org
August 22, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Join us at the next Work and Family Researchers Network conference.
📅 When: June 17-20, 2026
📍Where: Concordia University, Montreal
➡️Theme: Centering Care Across the Life Course
❗️Submission deadline: October 1, 2025
@wfrn.bsky.social
wfrn.org/2026-work-an...
📅 When: June 17-20, 2026
📍Where: Concordia University, Montreal
➡️Theme: Centering Care Across the Life Course
❗️Submission deadline: October 1, 2025
@wfrn.bsky.social
wfrn.org/2026-work-an...
What makes a desirable spouse in China?
Our @jmfncfr.bsky.social paper (w/ Jia Yu, @yueqiansoc.bsky.social, Yang Zhou & Yu Xie) draws on a national survey experiment to net out and examine mate preferences among unmarried Chinese & their roles in shaping assortative mating doi.org/10.1111/jomf...
Our @jmfncfr.bsky.social paper (w/ Jia Yu, @yueqiansoc.bsky.social, Yang Zhou & Yu Xie) draws on a national survey experiment to net out and examine mate preferences among unmarried Chinese & their roles in shaping assortative mating doi.org/10.1111/jomf...
<em>Journal of Marriage and Family</em> | NCFR Family Science Journal | Wiley Online Library
Objective
This study examines unmarried Chinese people's preferred characteristics of a spouse and how the preferences vary by gender and across socioeconomic groups.
Background
Extensive research.....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 8, 2025 at 12:41 PM
What makes a desirable spouse in China?
Our @jmfncfr.bsky.social paper (w/ Jia Yu, @yueqiansoc.bsky.social, Yang Zhou & Yu Xie) draws on a national survey experiment to net out and examine mate preferences among unmarried Chinese & their roles in shaping assortative mating doi.org/10.1111/jomf...
Our @jmfncfr.bsky.social paper (w/ Jia Yu, @yueqiansoc.bsky.social, Yang Zhou & Yu Xie) draws on a national survey experiment to net out and examine mate preferences among unmarried Chinese & their roles in shaping assortative mating doi.org/10.1111/jomf...
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Work and families research network conference abstract submission are now open to October! Don't forget to submit your abstract! wfrn.org/2026-work-an
2026 Work and Family Researchers Network Conference - Work and Family Researchers Network
ABOUT THE EVENT
Work and Family Researchers Network next conference will be June 17-20, 2026 at Concordia University in Montreal Canada. The WFRN will host preconference events on June 17, including ...
wfrn.org
July 11, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Work and families research network conference abstract submission are now open to October! Don't forget to submit your abstract! wfrn.org/2026-work-an
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Our Demography paper is out! We find that husband's parents matter for the intergenerational transmission of earnings arrangements. Efforts to reinvigorate the stalled gender revolution and promote women’s relative earnings require a recognition that men’s families play a crucial role
In another August article with a leading question—“Whose Parents Matter?”—Wen Fan & Yue Qian examine 1968-2021 @umpsid.bsky.social data and find that “women earn more if their husband’s mother contributed more to the family income two years after her first birth.” read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...
July 25, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Our Demography paper is out! We find that husband's parents matter for the intergenerational transmission of earnings arrangements. Efforts to reinvigorate the stalled gender revolution and promote women’s relative earnings require a recognition that men’s families play a crucial role