Yifan Shen is Assistant Professor at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in the Division of Social Science. He studies income inequality, family demography, gender inequality, education, and East Asia.
Email: [email protected]
Education:
PhD in Sociology, Brown University, 2022
MPhil in Sociology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2016
MSc in Social Research Methods, The London School of Economics and Political Science, 2013
BA in Sociology, Renmin University of China, 2012
National Chengchi University (exchange student) 2010
Email: [email protected]
Education:
PhD in Sociology, Brown University, 2022
MPhil in Sociology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2016
MSc in Social Research Methods, The London School of Economics and Political Science, 2013
BA in Sociology, Renmin University of China, 2012
National Chengchi University (exchange student) 2010
Publications:
Rauscher, E., & Shen, Y. (2022). Variation in the Relationship between School Spending and Achievement: Progressive Spending Is Efficient. American Journal of Sociology.
Shen, Y. (2021). The Nonlinear Linkage between Earnings Homogamy and Earnings Inequality Among Married Couples. Demography.
Qian, Z., & Shen, Y. (2020). Context of Interracial Childbearing in the United States. In R. Schoen (Ed.), Analyzing Contemporary
Fertility (Vol. 51, pp. 65–87). Cham: Springer International Publishing.
Rauscher, E., & Shen, Y. (2022). Variation in the Relationship between School Spending and Achievement: Progressive Spending Is Efficient. American Journal of Sociology.
Shen, Y. (2021). The Nonlinear Linkage between Earnings Homogamy and Earnings Inequality Among Married Couples. Demography.
- Winner, American Sociological Association (ASA) Population Section Student Paper Award (2022).
- Winner, International Chinese Sociological Association (ICSA) Nan Lin Best Graduate Student Paper Award (2021).
Qian, Z., & Shen, Y. (2020). Context of Interracial Childbearing in the United States. In R. Schoen (Ed.), Analyzing Contemporary
Fertility (Vol. 51, pp. 65–87). Cham: Springer International Publishing.
Fellowships, Grants, Awards:
2021 MAST Center Small Grant Program for Emerging Scholars, Marriage Strengthening Research & Dissemination Center
2021 Dissertation Fellowship, Brown University
2021 Summer Research Awards, Population Studies and Training Center, Brown University
2018 International Fellowship, Population Studies and Training Center, Brown University
2017 Manning Graduate Fellowship, Brown University
2021 MAST Center Small Grant Program for Emerging Scholars, Marriage Strengthening Research & Dissemination Center
2021 Dissertation Fellowship, Brown University
2021 Summer Research Awards, Population Studies and Training Center, Brown University
2018 International Fellowship, Population Studies and Training Center, Brown University
2017 Manning Graduate Fellowship, Brown University
Occasional Peer Reviewer:
Social Forces, Demography, Sociological Methods & Research, Advances in Life Course Research
Services:
Student Representative on Graduate Student Committee, Population Studies and Training Center, Brown University (2018-19; 2021-22)
Member-At-Large, Methodology Society, The London School of Economics and Political Science (2012-13)
Membership:
American Sociological Association, Population Association of America, International Sociological Association Research Committee on Social Stratification (RC28), Sequence Analysis Association, International Union for the Scientific Study of Population, International Chinese Sociological Association
Social Forces, Demography, Sociological Methods & Research, Advances in Life Course Research
Services:
Student Representative on Graduate Student Committee, Population Studies and Training Center, Brown University (2018-19; 2021-22)
Member-At-Large, Methodology Society, The London School of Economics and Political Science (2012-13)
Membership:
American Sociological Association, Population Association of America, International Sociological Association Research Committee on Social Stratification (RC28), Sequence Analysis Association, International Union for the Scientific Study of Population, International Chinese Sociological Association