Xiaogang Wu

Xiaogang Wu

Professor of Sociology

Education

Ph.D. 2001 (Sociology), University of California, Los Angeles; 

M.A. 1994 (Sociology), Peking University, China;

B.A. 1991 (Sociology), Renmin University of China.

Areas of Research/Interest

China, Education, Inequality and Stratification; Social Demography, Survey and Quantitative Methods

Publications

• Wu, Xiaogang 2019. “Inequality and Social Stratification in Post-socialist China." Annual Review of Sociology 45: 363-382.
• 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.
• Miao, Jia, Xiaogang Wu, Xiulin Sun. 2019. “Neighborhood, social cohesion, and the Elderly's depression in Shanghai” Social Science & Medicine 229:134-143

• 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

• 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
• He, Guangye, Xiaogang Wu. 2017. "Marketization, Occupational Segregation, and Gender Earnings Inequality in Urban China." Social Science Research 65:99-111

• 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

• 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.