Works in Progress
Wen, Fangqi. "Assortative Mating on Only-Child Status and Accumulation of Economic Advantages in Contemporary China." Revise and Resubmit to Journal of Marriage and Family.
Wen, Fangqi and Cheng Cheng. "Why Women Own Less? Sibship Structure, Intrahousehold Transfers, and Gender Inequality in Homeownership."
Wen, Fangqi. "The Quest for a Son: How Control Over Means of Production Increased Demand for Male Offspring in China."
Cheng, Siwei, Fangqi Wen, and Wenhao Jiang. “Do Large Language Models Believe In the American Dream? An Illustration of the Promises and Pitfalls of Using LLMs to Facilitate Human-Based Surveys.”
Wen, Fangqi and Collin F. Payne. "The Mental Scar of Political Violence: Examining the Long Shadow of the Mao Era."
Wen, Fangqi, Mengxue Chen, and Collin F. Payne. "Collective Production, Personal Hunger, and Fertility After the Great Chinese Famine."
Wen, Fangqi. "Historical Legacy and Contemporary Reality: Misperceptions of Social Mobility in the United States and Europe."
Publications
Paterson, Lindsay, Fangqi Wen, Richard Breen, Cristina Iannelli, and Jung In. 2024. "A Long View of Social Mobility in Scotland and the Role of Economic Changes." British Journal of Sociology (First Published Online).
Fernandez, Juan J., Antonio M. Jaime-Castillo, and Fangqi Wen. 2024. "Information on Income Concentration and Pro-redistribution Attitudes: The Case of the Top 1% in the United States." International Sociology (First Published Online).
Wen, Fangqi, Erik H. Wang, and Michael Hout. 2024. "Social Mobility in the Tang Dynasty as the Imperial Examination Rose and Aristocratic Family Pedigree Declined, 618-907 CE." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 121(4): e2305564121.
Selected Media Coverage: South China Morning Post, Phys.org, and Futurity
Van Winkle, Zachary, and Fangqi Wen. 2023. "A Holistic Approach to Family Life Course Change across Chinese Birth Cohorts." Population and Development Review 49(2): 279-317.
Wu, Lawrence. L., and Fangqi Wen. 2022. "Hazard vs. Linear Probability Difference-in-Differences Estimators for Demographic Processes." Demography 59(5): 1911-1928.
Wen, Fangqi and Dirk Witteveen. 2021. "Does Perceived Social Mobility Shape Attitudes Toward Government and Family Educational Investment?" Social Science Research 98: 102579.
Cheng, Siwei and Fangqi Wen. 2019. "Americans Overestimate the Intergenerational Persistence in Income Ranks." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116(28): 13909-13914. [Data]
Selected Media Coverage: WSJ, Phys.org, and Science Daily
Ma, Sen and Fangqi Wen. 2016. "Who Coresides with Parents? An Analysis Based on Sibling Comparative Advantage." Demography 53(3): 623-647.
Media Coverage: N-IUSSP
Wen, Fangqi. "Assortative Mating on Only-Child Status and Accumulation of Economic Advantages in Contemporary China." Revise and Resubmit to Journal of Marriage and Family.
Wen, Fangqi and Cheng Cheng. "Why Women Own Less? Sibship Structure, Intrahousehold Transfers, and Gender Inequality in Homeownership."
Wen, Fangqi. "The Quest for a Son: How Control Over Means of Production Increased Demand for Male Offspring in China."
Cheng, Siwei, Fangqi Wen, and Wenhao Jiang. “Do Large Language Models Believe In the American Dream? An Illustration of the Promises and Pitfalls of Using LLMs to Facilitate Human-Based Surveys.”
Wen, Fangqi and Collin F. Payne. "The Mental Scar of Political Violence: Examining the Long Shadow of the Mao Era."
Wen, Fangqi, Mengxue Chen, and Collin F. Payne. "Collective Production, Personal Hunger, and Fertility After the Great Chinese Famine."
Wen, Fangqi. "Historical Legacy and Contemporary Reality: Misperceptions of Social Mobility in the United States and Europe."
Publications
Paterson, Lindsay, Fangqi Wen, Richard Breen, Cristina Iannelli, and Jung In. 2024. "A Long View of Social Mobility in Scotland and the Role of Economic Changes." British Journal of Sociology (First Published Online).
Fernandez, Juan J., Antonio M. Jaime-Castillo, and Fangqi Wen. 2024. "Information on Income Concentration and Pro-redistribution Attitudes: The Case of the Top 1% in the United States." International Sociology (First Published Online).
Wen, Fangqi, Erik H. Wang, and Michael Hout. 2024. "Social Mobility in the Tang Dynasty as the Imperial Examination Rose and Aristocratic Family Pedigree Declined, 618-907 CE." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 121(4): e2305564121.
Selected Media Coverage: South China Morning Post, Phys.org, and Futurity
Van Winkle, Zachary, and Fangqi Wen. 2023. "A Holistic Approach to Family Life Course Change across Chinese Birth Cohorts." Population and Development Review 49(2): 279-317.
Wu, Lawrence. L., and Fangqi Wen. 2022. "Hazard vs. Linear Probability Difference-in-Differences Estimators for Demographic Processes." Demography 59(5): 1911-1928.
Wen, Fangqi and Dirk Witteveen. 2021. "Does Perceived Social Mobility Shape Attitudes Toward Government and Family Educational Investment?" Social Science Research 98: 102579.
Cheng, Siwei and Fangqi Wen. 2019. "Americans Overestimate the Intergenerational Persistence in Income Ranks." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116(28): 13909-13914. [Data]
Selected Media Coverage: WSJ, Phys.org, and Science Daily
Ma, Sen and Fangqi Wen. 2016. "Who Coresides with Parents? An Analysis Based on Sibling Comparative Advantage." Demography 53(3): 623-647.
Media Coverage: N-IUSSP