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

• Miao, Jia, and Xiaogang Wu. 2022. “Social Consequences of Homeownership: Evidence from the Home Ownership Scheme in Hong Kong” Social Forces  https://doi.org/10.1093/sf/soac011  

• Hu, Anning, Xiaogang Wu 2021 “Cultural capital and elite university attendance in China” British Journal of Sociology of Education, 42(8): 1265–1293 https://doi.org/10.1080/01425692.2021.1993788

• Xu, Duoduo and Xiaogang Wu. 2021. "From political power to personal wealth: Privatization and elite opportunity in post-reform China." Journal of Contemporary China 30 (132), 993-1013.

• 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, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rssm.2021.100584

• Zeng, Donglin, Xiaogang Wu and Zhuoni Zhang. 2021. “Residential and industrial enclaves and labor market outcomes among migrant workers in Shenzhen, China.” Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2020.1867522  

• He, Guangye and Xiaogang Wu. 2021. “Family status and women’s career mobility during urban China’s economic transition.” Demographic Research 44:189-224

• 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 88-89 (May-July) 102425

• 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

• 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

• 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.