Works in Progress
Wen, Fangqi. "Privatization and Patriarchy: How Post-Socialist Work Transitions Shaped Inheritance Beliefs and Son Preference in China." Forthcoming in Chinese Journal of Sociology.
Wen, Fangqi, Rui Cao, Xueqian Chen, and Fei Xie. “Labor Pain Relief and Women's Evaluations of Childbearing: Evidence from a Conjoint Experiment in China.” Revise and Resubmit to Social Science & Medicine.
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.” Revise and Resubmit to Socius.
Wen, Fangqi and Cheng Cheng. "Why Do Women Own Less? Sibship Structure, Intra-family Support, and Gender Inequality in Homeownership."
Wen, Fangqi, Iani Sam, and Xueqian Chen. "When Little Emperors Grow Up: Intergenerational Support Between Chinese Only Children and Their Parents in Early and Middle Adulthood."
Wen, Fangqi. “Assortative Mating on Only-Child Status and Accumulation of Economic Advantages in Contemporary China.”
Wen, Fangqi, and Xueqian Chen. “Top-Tail Intergenerational Transfers Exacerbate Within-Cohort Wealth Inequality in the U.S. While Smaller Transfers Reduce It.”
Wen, Fangqi, Man Yao, and Siqi Han. (Equal Authorship). “How Is Explicit Gender Preference Justified in Recruitment? Evidence from China's Civil Service Examinations, 2005-2024.”
Wen, Fangqi, Erik H. Wang, and Michael Hout. "Assortative Mating in the Tang Dynasty (618-907 CE): Meritocracy, Aristocracy, and Bureaucracy."
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."
Publications
Paterson, Lindsay, Fangqi Wen, Richard Breen, Cristina Iannelli, and Jung In. 2025. "A Long View of Social Mobility in Scotland and the Role of Economic Changes." British Journal of Sociology 76(2): 241-259.
Fernandez, Juan J., Antonio M. Jaime-Castillo, and Fangqi Wen. 2025. "Information on Income Concentration and Pro-redistribution Attitudes: The Case of the Top 1% in the United States." International Sociology 40(1): 108-136.
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. "Privatization and Patriarchy: How Post-Socialist Work Transitions Shaped Inheritance Beliefs and Son Preference in China." Forthcoming in Chinese Journal of Sociology.
Wen, Fangqi, Rui Cao, Xueqian Chen, and Fei Xie. “Labor Pain Relief and Women's Evaluations of Childbearing: Evidence from a Conjoint Experiment in China.” Revise and Resubmit to Social Science & Medicine.
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.” Revise and Resubmit to Socius.
Wen, Fangqi and Cheng Cheng. "Why Do Women Own Less? Sibship Structure, Intra-family Support, and Gender Inequality in Homeownership."
Wen, Fangqi, Iani Sam, and Xueqian Chen. "When Little Emperors Grow Up: Intergenerational Support Between Chinese Only Children and Their Parents in Early and Middle Adulthood."
Wen, Fangqi. “Assortative Mating on Only-Child Status and Accumulation of Economic Advantages in Contemporary China.”
Wen, Fangqi, and Xueqian Chen. “Top-Tail Intergenerational Transfers Exacerbate Within-Cohort Wealth Inequality in the U.S. While Smaller Transfers Reduce It.”
Wen, Fangqi, Man Yao, and Siqi Han. (Equal Authorship). “How Is Explicit Gender Preference Justified in Recruitment? Evidence from China's Civil Service Examinations, 2005-2024.”
Wen, Fangqi, Erik H. Wang, and Michael Hout. "Assortative Mating in the Tang Dynasty (618-907 CE): Meritocracy, Aristocracy, and Bureaucracy."
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."
Publications
Paterson, Lindsay, Fangqi Wen, Richard Breen, Cristina Iannelli, and Jung In. 2025. "A Long View of Social Mobility in Scotland and the Role of Economic Changes." British Journal of Sociology 76(2): 241-259.
Fernandez, Juan J., Antonio M. Jaime-Castillo, and Fangqi Wen. 2025. "Information on Income Concentration and Pro-redistribution Attitudes: The Case of the Top 1% in the United States." International Sociology 40(1): 108-136.
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