Why are single-child families now common in B.C.? Prof. Yue Qian comments in the Vancouver Sun
Prof. Yue Qian speaks to the Vancouver Sun about possible reasons why parents choose to have one child only, including limited access to child care, economic pressures and housing expenses.
Prof. Yue Qian receives UBC Killam Faculty Research Prize for her research on inequality at the intersection of gender, family, and work
The UBC Killam Faculty Research Prizes acknowledge exceptional research and scholarly contributions, evaluated based on demonstrated impact and leadership in the field.
Prof. Yue Qian comments on the growing disparity between young men and women on gender roles
In The Economist, Prof. Yue Qian comments on the growing disparity between young men and women on gender roles based on a study examining survey data for 35,000 Chinese people.
Prof. Yue Qian spoke to CBC News about the disappearance of cousins and its effects on Canadian families
While extended kin can be a valuable social support, she notes that we don’t have to define family based on blood ties — we can also build “extended families” by choice.
“Online dating opens up a world of diverse partners for us.” Prof. Yue Qian publishes new paper on online dating and assortative mating
Prof. Yue Qian spoke with UBC News about her new paper examining how online dating affects how Canadians select their partners in terms of education, race, nativity and age.
Prof Yue Qian comments on the importance of mothers’ educational background in shaping children’s educational mobility for the Mirror
Prof. Qian commented on her and Prof. Yang Hu of Lancaster University work on the subject, stating that “given the persistent gendered division of labour in the family, mothers still bear the brunt of child-rearing responsibilities across many parts of the world”, making them a crucial element in children’s educational opportunities.
PhD student Manlin Cai publishes first-author paper on online dating preferences among Chinese immigrant communities in Vancouver in the Canadian Review of Sociology
Monica Manlin Cai is a PhD student in the Department of Sociology at the University of British Columbia. Her research focuses on family and work, gender, migration, and social inequality in Chinese and Canadian societies. She has recently published a first-authored paper “Mate Preferences and Platform Choices Among Chinese Immigrant Online Daters in Vancouver” in […]
Prof. Yue Qian co-authors paper on the role of gender in how education expansion matters for intergenerational mobility
The paper “Gender, equation expansion and intergenerational mobility around the world” looks at global evidence of education’s role in intergenerational mobility, and presents global evidence as calling for a gender-sensitive understanding of how education expansion matters for intergenerational mobility.
Prof. Yue Qian and PhD student Manlin Cai publish article “Mate preferences and platform choices among Chinese immigrant online daters in Vancouver” in Canadian Review of Sociology
Qian and Cai’s findings suggest that the social distance created by offline segregation is projected into online dating settings. Rapid digitalization lead to the formation of ethnic online communities, particularly popular among racialized immigrants. The success of multiculturalism in Canada will require addressing the challenges digital ethnic enclaves pose for intergroup contact and racial/ethnic equality.
Prof. Yue Qian’s study examines reduced income and emerging inequalities related to COVID-19 in China
According to the study, non-party members are more likely to have a reduced income and experience COVID-19-related financial difficulties, via South China Morning Post.