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Yu Xie
Researcher at Princeton University
Publications - 197
Citations - 15556
Yu Xie is an academic researcher from Princeton University. The author has contributed to research in topics: China & Population. The author has an hindex of 52, co-authored 180 publications receiving 12934 citations. Previous affiliations of Yu Xie include University of Michigan & University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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Knowledge and beliefs about national development and developmental hierarchies: The viewpoints of ordinary people in thirteen countries
Arland Thornton,Georgina Binstock,Mohammad Jalal Abbasi-Shavazi,Mohammad Jalal Abbasi-Shavazi,Dirgha J. Ghimire,Arjan Gjonça,Attila Melegh,Colter Mitchell,Mansoor Moaddel,Yu Xie,Li Shou Yang,Linda Young-DeMarco,Kathryn M. Yount +12 more
TL;DR: Data from 15 surveys in 13 diverse countries shows that most people have constructions of developmental hierarchies that are similar across countries and are similar to the developmental hierarchy constructed by the United Nations.
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Understanding inequality in China.
TL;DR: Equality in China has been generated and maintained by structural collective mechanisms, such as regions and work units, and many Chinese people today regard inequality as an inevitable consequence of economic development.
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Why do Asian Americans academically outperform Whites? – The cultural explanation revisited
Airan Liu,Yu Xie,Yu Xie +2 more
TL;DR: It is found that Asian Americans' behaviors and attitudes are less influenced by family SES than those of Whites are and that this difference helps generate Asians' premium in achievement.
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Danwei and Social Inequality in Contemporary Urban China
Yu Xie,Qing Lai,Xiaogang Wu +2 more
TL;DR: It is argued that danwei continues to be an agent of social stratification in contemporary urban China and the explanatory power of danwei's financial situation is much greater for earnings than for benefits.
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Societal projection: Beliefs concerning the relationship between development and inequality in China.
TL;DR: Heterogeneity among ordinary Chinese in their perceptions of the causal relationship between development and inequality is revealed, and socioeconomic and demographic characteristics provide no explanatory power in explaining this heterogeneity.