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OverviewMy research areas crosscut social demography, migration and immigration, family and life course, gender disparity and quantitative methods. In more recent years, my research mainly comprises three major lines of work: consequences of migration to rural households, migrant integration in host societies, as well as family, gender and life course transition in China and other Eastern Asian Areas.
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Ongoing Research Grants1. Principal Investigator. 2019-2021. “Migration, Gender Power, and Adults Well-being in Rural China: From Married Couple’s Perspective with a Mixed Study Approach”. Direct Grants, CUHK Research Committee Funding. HK$ 98,900
2. Principal Investigator. 2019-2020. “Gender and Life Course Patterns in Livelihood Choice and Consequences for Rural Households and Individuals over the Transition Period in China” GRF 14619418. Funded by the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong. HK$ 386,500. 3. Principal Investigator. 2017-2019. “Boarding experiences and the consequences to children in an era of massive parental out-migration in rural China”. GRF 14642816. Funded by the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong. HK$ 448,800. |
Three Ongoing Research Lines
Consequences of Migration to Rural Households
One of my long-term research interests lies in determinants of migration and its consequences. In this line, I generally divide my research into migration and household economy with a gender perspective, and the consequences of migration to left-behind household members. Currently I am looking at how rural livelihood has been changing over the decades in post-reform era from a gender perspective in China.
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Previously I have studied immigrant assimilation and acculturation in the United States. Now I have largely moved this area of research into the internal migration in China, and examine the inter-group relationship between urban residents and rural migrants. However, I still keep my interest in studies of immigration assimilation in international setting.
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Family study has always been one of focal research interests in my academic career. Although most of my studies on family are about mainland China, I also study Hong Kong and other East-Asia families given my increasing familiarity with the society in this area. My research on family is firmly grounded in the life course perspective, as I believe it is imperative to see how family lives are linked and should be situated in the historical context.
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