Yanwen Wang
@yanwenwang.com
Postdoc #NYUAD
Ph.D. #NUS Alumnus #UChicagoCrown #NJU
Stratification, demography, and well-being.
yanwenwang.com
Ph.D. #NUS Alumnus #UChicagoCrown #NJU
Stratification, demography, and well-being.
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Yanwen Wang
@yanwenwang.com
· Jun 16
So happy to share that I successfully passed my Ph.D. oral defense🎉🎉🎉 The happiest four year by far🥳🥳🥳 Huge thanks to Dr. Zheng Mu for the amazing support🌹🌹🌹 #PhD #Graduation
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🚨 Job alert: Postdoc at NYU Abu Dhabi. You’ll uncover how group boundaries form online using virtual experiments + digital trace data and work with a fantastic trio: Mario Molina, Minsu Park & Blaine Robbins. Apply by 1 Nov 2025. 👇🏼
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September 22, 2025 at 8:10 AM
🚨 Job alert: Postdoc at NYU Abu Dhabi. You’ll uncover how group boundaries form online using virtual experiments + digital trace data and work with a fantastic trio: Mario Molina, Minsu Park & Blaine Robbins. Apply by 1 Nov 2025. 👇🏼
apply.interfolio.com/173544
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A new beginning~ I’m grateful for everything at the moment.
September 1, 2025 at 12:22 PM
A new beginning~ I’m grateful for everything at the moment.
Congrats! First of many! Absolutely enjoyed reading it!
So thrilled to share that my first sole-authored paper has being published on Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. I explored how transnational migration potentially facilitates the gendered individualization among never-married Chinese skilled-labor women in Singapore.
August 30, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Congrats! First of many! Absolutely enjoyed reading it!
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Job alert! Join us at @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social as a postdoctoral fellow to work on your own research for three years. #sociology
www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk
August 20, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Job alert! Join us at @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social as a postdoctoral fellow to work on your own research for three years. #sociology
Honored to be cited by @unfpa.org in the State of World Population 2025. The real fertility crisis has always been that individuals are unable to have the ideal number of children—whether more, fewer, or none!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
July 31, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Honored to be cited by @unfpa.org in the State of World Population 2025. The real fertility crisis has always been that individuals are unable to have the ideal number of children—whether more, fewer, or none!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Out in JFEI🎉! Our study of 13k couples in China reveals a mix of old & new gender roles boosting happiness. While trad. income roles still work, husbands' satisfaction peaks when they provide AND do more housework. Some thrive in wife-provider roles.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Married Couples’ Life Satisfaction and Gender Divisions of Income and Housework in China - Journal of Family and Economic Issues
Household roles are critical determinants of married couples’ subjective well-being. One strand of the literature, focusing on income division, finds that couples experience higher well-being when hus...
link.springer.com
July 24, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Out in JFEI🎉! Our study of 13k couples in China reveals a mix of old & new gender roles boosting happiness. While trad. income roles still work, husbands' satisfaction peaks when they provide AND do more housework. Some thrive in wife-provider roles.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
A 0% research 100% fun day in Seoul @anni-ni.bsky.social
July 20, 2025 at 9:17 AM
A 0% research 100% fun day in Seoul @anni-ni.bsky.social
Presented my collaborative work on ethnic disparities with Dr. Zheng Mu at READI conference, Seoul. Lots of great feedback! The last conference before postdoc begins in September.
July 18, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Presented my collaborative work on ethnic disparities with Dr. Zheng Mu at READI conference, Seoul. Lots of great feedback! The last conference before postdoc begins in September.
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Very saddened to learn of the passing of Richard Alba, a towering figure in the sociology of immigration. His work shaped the understanding of assimilation, ethno-racial boundaries, and the changing American mainstream.
🔗 www.gc.cuny.edu/news/memoria...
🔗 www.gc.cuny.edu/news/memoria...
In Memoriam: Distinguished Professor Emeritus Richard Alba
An eminent demographer and sociologist, he challenged conventional thinking on how immigrants integrate into U.S. society.
www.gc.cuny.edu
July 17, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Very saddened to learn of the passing of Richard Alba, a towering figure in the sociology of immigration. His work shaped the understanding of assimilation, ethno-racial boundaries, and the changing American mainstream.
🔗 www.gc.cuny.edu/news/memoria...
🔗 www.gc.cuny.edu/news/memoria...
Happy to attend SEAA (Society for East Asian Anthropology) in Seoul. Awesome panel about gender, individualization, and migration @anni-ni.bsky.social #SEAA
July 16, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Happy to attend SEAA (Society for East Asian Anthropology) in Seoul. Awesome panel about gender, individualization, and migration @anni-ni.bsky.social #SEAA
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On that note, what are your favorite article titles? I very much like these ones:
July 7, 2025 at 10:00 PM
On that note, what are your favorite article titles? I very much like these ones:
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The June issue has posted—2 research notes and 13 articles, including research on legalization and employment & assimilation outcomes of immigrant workers, how changing demographic rates shape kinship networks, mothers’ work schedules over three decades...& more. read.dukeupress.edu/demography/i...
Volume 62 Issue 3 | Demography | Duke University Press
read.dukeupress.edu
June 30, 2025 at 4:47 PM
The June issue has posted—2 research notes and 13 articles, including research on legalization and employment & assimilation outcomes of immigrant workers, how changing demographic rates shape kinship networks, mothers’ work schedules over three decades...& more. read.dukeupress.edu/demography/i...
I consider, citing someone I admire meaningfully is an accomplishment in itself.
June 30, 2025 at 11:12 AM
I consider, citing someone I admire meaningfully is an accomplishment in itself.
Sasha & Charlie, two community cats, are acknowledged in my dissertation. They have held a special place in my heart during and beyond my time in Singapore. I want these memories to live on forever.
June 21, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Sasha & Charlie, two community cats, are acknowledged in my dissertation. They have held a special place in my heart during and beyond my time in Singapore. I want these memories to live on forever.
So happy to share that I successfully passed my Ph.D. oral defense🎉🎉🎉 The happiest four year by far🥳🥳🥳 Huge thanks to Dr. Zheng Mu for the amazing support🌹🌹🌹 #PhD #Graduation
June 16, 2025 at 11:21 AM
So happy to share that I successfully passed my Ph.D. oral defense🎉🎉🎉 The happiest four year by far🥳🥳🥳 Huge thanks to Dr. Zheng Mu for the amazing support🌹🌹🌹 #PhD #Graduation
There are always a few works that, though not popular, are tremendously helpful to my manuscript. I owe them a lot!
June 8, 2025 at 4:44 AM
There are always a few works that, though not popular, are tremendously helpful to my manuscript. I owe them a lot!
Happy to share my work (coauthored with Dr. Zheng Mu) on interethnic marriage in China at ICSA Chengdu. Had a wonderful experience and enjoyed every moment of our Singapore panel.
June 1, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Happy to share my work (coauthored with Dr. Zheng Mu) on interethnic marriage in China at ICSA Chengdu. Had a wonderful experience and enjoyed every moment of our Singapore panel.
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Which occupations carry the highest risk of sexual harassment—and who is doing the harassing?
Our new study finds two distinct patterns depending on whether harassment comes from inside or outside the workplace.
CEPR WP: cepr.org/publications...
Ungated: drive.google.com/file/d/1jPOV...
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Our new study finds two distinct patterns depending on whether harassment comes from inside or outside the workplace.
CEPR WP: cepr.org/publications...
Ungated: drive.google.com/file/d/1jPOV...
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April 1, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Which occupations carry the highest risk of sexual harassment—and who is doing the harassing?
Our new study finds two distinct patterns depending on whether harassment comes from inside or outside the workplace.
CEPR WP: cepr.org/publications...
Ungated: drive.google.com/file/d/1jPOV...
🧵 1/
Our new study finds two distinct patterns depending on whether harassment comes from inside or outside the workplace.
CEPR WP: cepr.org/publications...
Ungated: drive.google.com/file/d/1jPOV...
🧵 1/
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When and how do bright kids from poor backgrounds fall behind? Everyone should read this paper by @johnjerrim.bsky.social & Maria Palma Carvajal: great data, corrects past work, nails the method, and is super readable.
doi.org/10.1016/j.rs...
doi.org/10.1016/j.rs...
May 13, 2025 at 7:47 AM
When and how do bright kids from poor backgrounds fall behind? Everyone should read this paper by @johnjerrim.bsky.social & Maria Palma Carvajal: great data, corrects past work, nails the method, and is super readable.
doi.org/10.1016/j.rs...
doi.org/10.1016/j.rs...