Yu Xie

Affiliated Programs:

Quantitative Methodology Program (QMP)

Funded Research:

Census Data Research Support (General Motors Corporation)

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)

University of Michigan Research Data Center (NSF)

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. Marriage and Cohabitation. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 2007.

Scott, Jacqueline L., and Yu Xie. Quantitative Social Science. London: Sage. 2005.

Xie, Yu, and Kimberly Goyette. A Demographic Portrait of Asian Americans. Russell Sage and Population Reference Bureau. 2004.

Xie, Yu, and Kimberlee A. Shauman. Women in Science: Career Processes and Outcomes. Boston, MA : Harvard University Press. 2003.

Powers, Daniel, and Yu Xie. Statistical Methods for Categorical Data Analysis. San Diego, CA : Academic Press. 2000.

Journal Articles

Greenman, Emily, and Yu Xie. "Is Assimilation Theory Dead? The Effect of Assimilation on Adolescent Well-Being." Social Science Research, 37 (1): 109-137. 2008.

Greenman, Emily, and Yu Xie. "Double jeopardy? The interaction of gender and race on earnings in the United States." Social Forces, 86(3):1217-1244. 2008.

Xie, Yu, Yang Jiang, and Emily Greenman. "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. 2008.

Zhu, Haiyan, and Yu Xie. "Socioeconomic differentials in mortality among the oldest old in China." Research on Aging, 29 (2): 125-143. 2007.

Brand, Jennie, and Yu Xie. "Identification and Estimation of Causal Effects with Time-Varying Treatments and Time-Varying Outcomes." Sociological Methodology, 37 (1): 393–434. 2007.

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Dinkelman. "Rural Electrification & Employment." PSC Research Report.

Lam & Marteleto. "Demographic Transition from Child's Perspective"

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