Yu Xie
Affiliated Programs:
Quantitative Methodology Program (QMP)
Funded Research:
Chinese Family Panel Studies (Institute of Social Science Survey, Peking University)
Heterogeneous Treatment Effects in Social and Behavioral Sciences (NINR)
Research Training in Population Health in China and South Africa (Fogarty)
Testing Segmented Assimilation Theory with Add Health Data (NICHD)
Research Professor, Population Studies Center, University of Michigan.
Professor, Sociology, University of Michigan.
Professor, Statistics, University of Michigan.
Research Professor, Survey Research Center, University of Michigan.
Faculty Associate, Center for Chinese Studies, University of Michigan.
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin
Dr. Xie studies social stratification and social mobility. His recent research is on factors related to recruitment into scientific professions. His other research interests include statistical methods and demographic techniques. He teaches courses on methods and statistics.
Recent Publications
Books
Thornton, Arland, William Axinn, and Yu Xie. 2007. Marriage and Cohabitation. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Abstract.
Scott, Jacqueline L., and Yu Xie. 2005. Quantitative Social Science. London: Sage.
Xie, Yu, and Kimberly Goyette. 2004. A Demographic Portrait of Asian Americans. Russell Sage and Population Reference Bureau. Abstract.
Xie, Yu, and Kimberlee A. Shauman. 2003. Women in Science: Career Processes and Outcomes. Boston, MA : Harvard University Press. Abstract.
Powers, Daniel, and Yu Xie. 2000. Statistical Methods for Categorical Data Analysis. San Diego, CA : Academic Press.
Journal Articles
Brand, Jennie, and Yu Xie. Forthcoming. "Who Benefits Most from College? Evidence for Negative Selection in Heterogeneous Economic Returns to Higher Education." American Sociological Review. NIHMSID:NIHMS120069 Public Access.
Xie, Yu, and Zhu, Haiyan. 2009. "Do Sons or Daughters Give More Money to Parents in Urban China?" Journal of Marriage and the Family, 71(1): 174-186. DOI:10.1111/j.1741-3737.2008.00588.x. Licensed Access. Worldcat.
Greenman, Emily, and Yu Xie. 2008. "Is Assimilation Theory Dead? The Effect of Assimilation on Adolescent Well-Being." Social Science Research, 37(1): 109-137. PMCID:PMC2390825. DOI:10.1016/j.ssresearch.2007.07.003. Licensed Access.
Greenman, Emily, and Yu Xie. 2008. "Double jeopardy? The interaction of gender and race on earnings in the United States." Social Forces, 86(3): 1217-1244. DOI:10.1007/s11524-007-9224-0. Licensed Access.
Xie, Yu, Yang Jiang, and Emily Greenman. 2008. "Did send-down experience benefit youth? A reevaluation of the social consequences of forced urban-rural migration during China's Cultural Revolution." Social Science Research, 37(2): 686-700. PMCID:PMC2597845. DOI:10.1016/j.ssresearch.2007.08.002. Licensed Access.
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