Yu Xie

TL;DR: The default P-value threshold for statistical significance is proposed to be changed from 0.05 to 0.005 for claims of new discoveries in order to reduce uncertainty in the number of discoveries.

TL;DR: This article proposed to change the default P-value threshold for statistical significance for claims of new discoveries from 0.05 to 0.005, which is the threshold used in this paper.

TL;DR: It is established that China’s income inequality since 2005 has reached very high levels, with the Gini coefficient in the range of 0.53–0.55, and it is argued that China's current high income inequality is significantly driven by structural factors attributable to the Chinese political system and the rural-urban divide.

TL;DR: In this article, a comprehensive study of gender differences in science careers provides a systematic account of how US youths are selected into and out of science education in early life and how social forces affect career outcomes later in the science labour market.

TL;DR: Analysis of data from four large, nationally representative, cross-sectional surveys of postsecondary faculty in 1969, 1973, 1988, and 1993 suggests that sex Differences in research productivity stem from sex differences in structural locations and respond to the secular improvement of women's position in science.