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Yue Qian

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Dr. Yue Qian (pronounced Yew-ay Chian) is a Professor of Sociology at the University of British Columbia. Her research examines gender, family, work, and inequality. http://yueqiansoc.weebly.com/

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Karen Benjamin Guzzo @karenguzzo.bsky.social · 22d

Having children is a commitment to the future.
And too many people don’t feel secure enough about their lives now or in the future to make that commitment and have the children they’d like.

And until we address that issue, birth rates are unlikely to increase. My op-ed in @newsweek.com.

Low Birth Rates Are Here To Stay | Opinion

Individuals and families need to be supported by a strong social safety net that includes paid leave and a robust child care infrastructure. There are no quick fixes.

www.newsweek.com

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Reposted by Mirya R. Holman, Yue Qian, Raúl Pacheco-Vega

Christina J. Cross @christinajcross.bsky.social · 23d

Publication day is finally here 🎊 Many thanks to my team for helping bring INHERITED INEQUALITY to life & many thanks to you all for making it #1! Please be sure to leave a review—it REALLY makes a difference.

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Reposted by Yue Qian, Jennifer Hook

WFRN.bsky.social @wfrn.bsky.social · 24d

Asia-Pacific Work-Family Researchers - We Want to Hear From You!

Planning to attend WFRN.bsky.social conference in Montreal next year? We're organising an APAC networking session and need your input!
📋 Quick 2-minute survey: lnkd.in/gaf48z87

This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn

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Dr. Xiaogao Zhou @xgzhou.bsky.social · 29d

Bryn Mawr College is hiring an Assistant Professor in Sociology with a specialization in social movements! The applications are due on September 19th. It is a fantastic place to be a scholar and educator—please spread the word! I'm happy to answer questions to the best of my ability!

Assistant Professor of Sociology

www.brynmawr.edu

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Andrew Jorgenson @akjorgenson.bsky.social · 29d

Colleagues, please help spread the word and submit an abstract! The Global Political Economy Network is a super welcoming and dynamic scholarly community with great breadth and depth. And visiting Vancouver in the summer is not too shabby either. Travel support is available!

Andrew Jorgenson @akjorgenson.bsky.social · Sep 8

Conference Alert! Submit an Abstract & Spread the Word! "Globalizing Political Economy: Launching the Global Political Economy Network", July 2026, University of British Columbia. Details: tinyurl.com/2nv8st73 #politicaleconomy #sociology #globalpoliticaleconomy #climatecrisis #globalinequality

Climate & Society Lab - Call for Papers: Globalizing Political Economy

University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada July 21 – July 23, 2026 With financial support from the World Society Foundation (Zurich, Switzerland) and the Climate & Society Lab at the Universi...

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Reposted by Andrew K. Jorgenson, Dave O’Brien, Cameron Campbell , and 4 more Andrew K. Jorgenson, Dave O’Brien, Cameron Campbell, Alan Richardson, Michael Pollard, Yue Qian, Evan Roberts

Pallavi Banerjee @pallavib.bsky.social · Sep 10

JOB ALERT FOR #SOCIOLOGIST: Come work with me. We have FOUR Assistant Professor positions in the Sociology Department at the University of Calgary.

careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/1672106...

Assistant Professors - Sociology, Faculty of Arts in Calgary, AB, ...

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Reposted by Mel Bartley, Andrew K. Jorgenson, Nancy T. Ammerman , and 6 more Mel Bartley, Andrew K. Jorgenson, Nancy T. Ammerman, Karen Benjamin Guzzo, Jo Barraket, Alessandro Nai, Joanna Tai, Yue Qian, Marco Albertini

Kathleen Broussard @kbroussard.bsky.social · Sep 8

TWO new Assistant Professor positions in Sociology at USC! Seeking candidates with expertise in the following: 1) Institutions & Inequalities and 2) Socially Informed AI and/or Data Science (links to job ads below👇). Happy to talk about what it's like to work/live here! #sociology (1/3)

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Reposted by John Kane, Yue Qian

Arieda Muço @ariedamuco.bsky.social · Aug 24

If you use Stata and you want to make nice coefficient plots, this article by @uptonorwell.bsky.social is really fantastic!

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Making Regression Coefficient Plots in Stata

Traditionally, researchers reported results of regression analyses using tables. A more visually appealing way of presenting these results is by using a coefficient plot. Unlike a typical scatterplot…

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Yang Hu @yanghu.co.uk · Aug 8

What makes a desirable spouse in China?

Our @jmfncfr.bsky.social paper (w/ Jia Yu, @yueqiansoc.bsky.social, Yang Zhou & Yu Xie) draws on a national survey experiment to net out and examine mate preferences among unmarried Chinese & their roles in shaping assortative mating doi.org/10.1111/jomf...

<em>Journal of Marriage and Family</em> | NCFR Family Science Journal | Wiley Online Library

Objective This study examines unmarried Chinese people's preferred characteristics of a spouse and how the preferences vary by gender and across socioeconomic groups. Background Extensive research.....

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Reposted by Karen Benjamin Guzzo, Yue Qian

Corey Moss-Pech @cmpech.bsky.social · Aug 7

Sociology friends, FSU is hiring in our Demography area! I'm not on the committee, of course, but if you see me at ASA or want to discuss the job, our department, or higher ed in Florida, I'm happy to chat.

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https://jobs.omni.fsu.edu/psc/sprdhr_er/EMPLOYEE/HRMS/c/HRS_HRAM_FL.HRS_CG_SEARCH_FL.GBL?Page=HRS_APP_JBPST_FL&Action=U&FOCUS=Applicant&SiteId=1&JobOpeningId=60875&PostingSeq=1

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Yang Hu @yanghu.co.uk · Aug 6

💘 Do apps make dating more efficient?

New in @josoperrel.bsky.social August issue, Manlin Cai, @yueqiansoc.bsky.social & I draw on a temporal lens and in-depth interviews to explore the "efficiency paradox" in how immigrants experience time & efficiency in online dating.

doi.org/10.1177/0265...

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UBC Centre for Migration Studies @migration.ubc.ca · Jul 31

The CMS 2024-25 Annual Report is here!

Discover this year’s milestones, from our first Graduate Certificate cohort and the launch of the Migration Insights Series, to events uniting scholars, practitioners, and community voices.

🔗 Read the full annual report: migration.ubc.ca/wp-content/u...

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Panel Study of Income Dynamics @umpsid.bsky.social · Jul 30

“Whose Parents Matter? Intergenerational Transmission of Earnings Arrangements in Different-Sex Couples: A Research Note” was published in the July 25 issue of @readdemography.bsky.social. 🧵 (1/3)
#academicsky #PSIDdata

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Karen Benjamin Guzzo @karenguzzo.bsky.social · Jul 30

The Journal of Family Issues (JFI) is seeking a new Editor. This is a great chance to revitalize JFI and help it expand its reach. Please share widely! #familysociology #sociology #familydemography

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Text of the call for New Editor of the Journal of Family Issues

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Demography - the flagship journal of PAA @readdemography.bsky.social · Jul 25

In another August article with a leading question—“Whose Parents Matter?”—Wen Fan & Yue Qian examine 1968-2021 @umpsid.bsky.social data and find that “women earn more if their husband’s mother contributed more to the family income two years after her first birth.” read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...

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Yue Qian @yueqiansoc.bsky.social · Jul 25

Our Demography paper is out! We find that husband's parents matter for the intergenerational transmission of earnings arrangements. Efforts to reinvigorate the stalled gender revolution and promote women’s relative earnings require a recognition that men’s families play a crucial role

Demography - the flagship journal of PAA @readdemography.bsky.social · Jul 25

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UBC Centre for Migration Studies @migration.ubc.ca · Jul 25

We're Hiring! CMS is seeking a Senior Manager to lead and coordinate a dynamic portfolio of research, administrative, and programmatic activities advancing migration-related scholarship, education, and engagement.

📍 UBC Vancouver Campus
🕒 Full-time

🔗 Apply by August 7, 2025: tinyurl.com/35abkv85

Senior Manager, Centre for Migration Studies

Staff - Non Union Job Category M&P - AAPS Job Profile AAPS Salaried - Administration, Level C Job Title Senior Manager, Centre for Migration Studies Department Faculty Publications & Centres |...

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Leafia Ye @leafiaye.bsky.social · Jul 16

🚨 Job alert: The Department of Sociology at the University of Toronto is hiring an Assistant Professor in the Sociology of Race and Ethnicity.
jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...

I'll be at ASA and would be happy to chat with interested candidates. Please share widely! #Socsky

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UBC Centre for Migration Studies @migration.ubc.ca · Jun 23

🆕 Research Brief | Wedding season is here—but how do immigrants find love in a new country?

Prof. @yueqiansoc.bsky.social explores how online dating fosters immigrant belonging by promoting inter-nativity relationships and social integration.

🔗 Read the brief: migration.ubc.ca/publications...

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Heejung Chung @heejungchung.bsky.social · Jul 11

Work and families research network conference abstract submission are now open to October! Don't forget to submit your abstract! wfrn.org/2026-work-an

2026 Work and Family Researchers Network Conference - Work and Family Researchers Network

ABOUT THE EVENT Work and Family Researchers Network next conference will be June 17-20, 2026 at Concordia University in Montreal Canada. The WFRN will host preconference events on June 17, including ...

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Contexts Magazine @contexts.org · Jul 11

It's here! Our latest issue takes up big social problems, from the multi-front assault on queer and trans people to the opioid epidemic, urban segregation, and environmental racism. #sociology

Clickable table of contents: contexts.org/articles/sp25-toc/

Companion playlist: tinyurl.com/CTXsp25tunes

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Reposted by Wendy D. Manning, Yue Qian

Karen Benjamin Guzzo @karenguzzo.bsky.social · Jun 28

Another new paper on fertility intentions! Using @nchatstudy.bsky.social data, we consider whether cohabiting & married people's short-term fertility intentions are subjective perceptions of well-being.

The answer? Yes! 1/

link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

As fertility rates in the U.S. and elsewhere continue to fall, standard demographic theories that focus on objective micro- and macroeconomic conditions seem unable to explain these trends. New approaches, such as the Narrative of the Future framework and the “uncertainty” paradigm, have emphasized the potential for subjective perceptions to be important for fertility decision-making, net of objective characteristics. We use a unique new source of data—the National Couples’ Health and Time Study, a nationally representative sample of cohabiting and married adults interviewed between September 2020 and April 2021—to examine short-term fertility intentions and better understand if and how including a general subjective evaluation (overall life satisfaction) and domain-specific subjective evaluations (economic stress and relationship satisfaction) are related to fertility intentions. We find that most respondents did not intend to have a child in the next year, though about one in seven respondents were unsure about if/when to have a(nother) child. Net of objective characteristics, overall life satisfaction was positively associated with short-term intentions to have a child, and greater economic stress was linked to uncertainty about short-term intentions. We did not observe a link in multivariable models between relationship satisfaction and intentions. Further, models stratified by parenthood indicated that both objective characteristics and subjective perceptions were more strongly linked to first-birth intentions than higher-parity intentions. Our results add to the growing body of work suggesting that (a) subjective perceptions have modest but significant links to fertility decision-making and (b) uncertainty in decision-making is important to consider.

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Yue Qian @yueqiansoc.bsky.social · Jun 25

This is beautiful!

Yue Qian @yueqiansoc.bsky.social · Jun 23

This research brief "Love and Belonging: How Immigrants Find Romantic Partners in Canada” (migration.ubc.ca/publications...) may be of interest to @asa-family.bsky.social @popassocamerica.bsky.social @news.ubc.ca @migrationcollab.bsky.social @ncfr.bsky.social @contexts.org @theglobeandmail.com

Love and Belonging: How Immigrants Find Romantic Partners in Canada - Centre for Migration Studies

Dr. Yue Qian explores how online dating fosters immigrant belonging by promoting inter-nativity relationships and social integration.

migration.ubc.ca

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Yue Qian @yueqiansoc.bsky.social · Jun 23

❤️ @migration.ubc.ca for featuring my research! My project on immigrants' relationship formation is driven by my belief that calling Canada home isn’t just about work, but also about love & connection. Supporting immigrants in building meaningful relationships fosters well-being, belonging & thriving

UBC Centre for Migration Studies @migration.ubc.ca · Jun 23

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Yue Qian @yueqiansoc.bsky.social · May 4

Our article is open access doi.org/10.1177/0265.... We thank #sshrc and @ubcmigration.bsky.social for their funding support!

The efficiency paradox: A temporal lens into online dating among Chinese immigrants in Canada - Manlin Cai, Yue Qian, Yang Hu, 2025

Online dating is widely assumed to enhance the overall efficiency of relationship formation through expanding the pool of potential partners. Yet little is know...

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Yue Qian @yueqiansoc.bsky.social · May 4

Manlin Cai, @yanghu.co.uk & I have a new article @josoperrel.bsky.social doi.org/10.1177/0265... Online dating is assumed to be efficient (i.e. time-saving). Is it? We show an efficiency paradox: the efficiency promise runs counter to users' lived realities and amplifies perceptions of inefficiency

The efficiency paradox: A temporal lens into online dating among Chinese immigrants in Canada - Manlin Cai, Yue Qian, Yang Hu, 2025

Online dating is widely assumed to enhance the overall efficiency of relationship formation through expanding the pool of potential partners. Yet little is know...

doi.org

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Reposted by Elaine Hill, Yue Qian

Florencia Torche @ftorche.bsky.social · Apr 16

** Researchers using US Natality Data: Code to read & label restricted-access CDC natality data into Stata/R now includes 2019–2023 (in addition to 2010–18): florenciatorche.github.io/ReadNatality...
Please share—no need for us all to write the same code!
Thanks to @RussellSageFdn for funding

Reading Natality Data

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WFRN.bsky.social @wfrn.bsky.social · Apr 8

Breaking News! WFRN.bsky.social to relocate the 2026 conference to Montréal. June 17-20 at Concordia University. Why did the Executive Board and scholars make this decision?: wfrn.org/news/an-impo...

WFRN.bsky.social (@wfrn.bsky.social)

The Work and Family Researchers Network is the premier 501(c)(3) nonprofit professional association for work-family scholars and leaders.

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Yue Qian @yueqiansoc.bsky.social · Apr 4

Hi Nathan, I just went to read the abstract of your new article! It’s so fascinating!! I may use it in my family class next term. It’s such a great article and I want to pair it with Ruggles’ historical account of change in American families 😃 congrats on publishing this great research!!

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