Xiaogang Wu

Professor of Sociology, Yufeng Global Professor of Social Science

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, Urban Studies

Publications

• Miao, Jia, and Xiaogang Wu. 2023. “Social Consequences of Homeownership: Evidence from the Home Ownership Scheme in Hong Kong” Social Forces 101 (3), 1460-1484.

• Zeng, Donglin, Xiaogang Wu and Zhuoni Zhang. 2022. “Residential and Industrial Enclaves and Labor Market Outcomes among Migrant Workers in Shenzhen, China.” Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 48 (3), 750-772.

• Zeng, Donglin and Xiaogang Wu. 2022. “Neighborhood Collective Efficacy in Stressful Events: The Stress-buffering Effect” Social Science & Medicine 306, 115154.

• Wu, Xiaogang, Xiaoguang Li, Yao Lu, and Michael Hout. 2021. “Two Tales of One City: Unequal Vulnerability and Resilience to COVID-19 by Socioeconomic Status in Wuhan, China.” Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, Vol 72, 100584.

• He, Guangye and Xiaogang Wu. 2021. “Family Status and Women’s Career Mobility during Urban China’s Economic Transition.” Demographic Research 44:189-224.

• Wu, Xiaogang 2019. “Inequality and Social Stratification in Post-socialist China," Annual Review of Sociology 45: 363-382.

• 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.

• Hu, Anning and Xiaogang Wu, 2019. “Science or Liberal Arts? Cultural Capital and College Major Choice in China” The British Journal of Sociology 70 (1), 190-213.

•He, Guangye and Xiaogang Wu. 2018. “Dynamics of the Gender Earnings Inequality in Reform-era Urban China.” Work, Employment and Society 32 (4), 726-746.