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by Emma Zang

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Join us in advancing cutting-edge, data-driven research on inequality and population health! Please spread the word!
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by Emma Zang

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The official posting will appear soon on our lab website, but interested candidates are encouraged to reach out now with a CV and a writing sample (with an associated sample code). You can reach me at [email protected]. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until we find the right fit.
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by Emma Zang — Reposted by Nicholas A. Christakis

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Z-CAFÉ will soon open a new postdoctoral position. We’re looking for scholars passionate about family, health, demography, policy, and aging, broadly defined, who also bring strong statistical and computational skills.
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by Emma Zang

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Looking forward to the amazing Deborah Carr visiting us next Monday!
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by Emma Zang

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Excited to attend this year's Remote Work Conference at Stanford (www.remoteworkconference.org)! Look forward to connecting with scholars who are interested in flexible work and those in the Stanford area!
2025 Conference Schedule
The Schedule
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by Emma Zang

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This would likely be a side project, but I think it could be extremely interesting (and important). If this sparks your curiosity too, please reach out or drop me a message—I’d love to chat!

by Emma Zang

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I’d love to start talking with families whose children or parents have been in facilities recently acquired by private equity companies. I’m also looking to connect with researchers—especially those with qualitative expertise—who might be interested in exploring this with me.
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by Emma Zang

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As both a scholar who studies caregiving and a parent, I find this trend fascinating—and a bit concerning. There’s already a growing body of research on private equity in healthcare, but much less on its impact on the everyday experiences of families.
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by Emma Zang

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Lately I’ve been hearing parents talk about how private equity firms are increasingly buying up daycares and nursing homes in Connecticut.
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by Emma Zang

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As someone who studies family, law, and inequality, I found these stories both personal and urgent—they remind us how policies ripple through everyday lives and futures.

I hope you’ll take a moment to read it and support student journalism: thenewjournalatyale.com/2025/09/disr...
Disrupted Customs | The New Journal
Chinese international students are the foremost targets of Trump’s student visa restrictions. Now, their place at Yale and their ability to speak freely seem more precarious.
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by Emma Zang

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I was recently interviewed for this thoughtful piece in The New Journal about Chinese international students navigating today’s political climate. The article captures both the courage and vulnerability of students whose education and voices are shaped by forces far beyond the classroom.
Disrupted Customs | The New Journal
Chinese international students are the foremost targets of Trump’s student visa restrictions. Now, their place at Yale and their ability to speak freely seem more precarious.
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by Emma Zang

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Yes I realized!

by Emma Zang

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Yes trying to be more active here haha
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by Emma Zang

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Thank you Cameron!!

by Emma Zang

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A wonderful collaboration with colleagues at Yale Medicine, Yale Biostatistics, and Johns Hopkins Biostatistics.

by Emma Zang

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In this paper, first-authored by my former Yale master’s student (now a Biostats PhD at UChicago), we propose a Bayesian hierarchical modeling approach with poststratification as a clear alternative, with the added perk of enabling larger, combined analytic samples.
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by Emma Zang

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Sampling weights in large surveys like NHATS often cause confusion when combining cohorts.
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by Emma Zang — Reposted by Cameron Campbell

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New in American Journal of Epidemiology! doi.org/10.1093/aje/...
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by Emma Zang

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I’d be thrilled to see familiar names in the pool, and I’m also happy to chat with prospective applicants.

by Emma Zang

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This is a rare opportunity to help shape the future of quantitative social science at Yale. The search committee is chaired by Nicholas Christakis, with Johan Ugander (Statistics) and myself serving as members.
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by Emma Zang — Reposted by Nicholas A. Christakis, Cameron Campbell, Gema Zamarro , and 1 more

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🚨 We’re hiring! Yale Sociology is searching for a Senior Quantitative Sociologist to join our department.

Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/174709
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Reposted by Emma Zang

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We're hiring for a senior appointment at the rank of Associate Professor or Professor!

Apply here: facultypositions.stanford.edu/en-us/job/49...
Stanford | Faculty Positions: Details - Senior appointment in the Department of Sociology at the rank of Associate Professor or Professor
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Reposted by Emma Zang, Brian Keegan, Marco Albertini , and 1 more

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Carolina Sociology is hiring!

• Tenure-track in computational sociology or advanced quantitative methods
• Open rank in population health.

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Assistant Professor
This Assistant Professor position will teach graduate and undergraduate courses, conduct research in the field of Sociology, participate in departmental service, and mentor graduate students.
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by Emma Zang — Reposted by Cameron Campbell

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Grateful my article made “Most Popular of the Week” at Foreign Policy. A reminder that beyond wars and geopolitics, the lived experiences of ordinary people in China also resonate deeply with readers.
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by Emma Zang

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Excited to share that my lab’s new website (zcafe.net) is live!
We’re building Z-CAFÉ to study health, family, and inequality in a changing world, using data science tools. The site is the place to watch for upcoming openings (pre-docs, postdocs, RAs).
Check it out and stay tuned!
Z-CAFE Lab - Home
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by Emma Zang — Reposted by Cameron Campbell

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China’s birthrate is plunging, but this isn’t just a demographic crisis. It’s a crisis of faith in the future.

Why many young Chinese no longer believe in marriage, parenthood, or long-term planning —

My new op-ed in Foreign Policy & ChinaFile:
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China’s Birth Crisis Is a Crisis of Faith in the Future
In recent years, the government has offered tax breaks, housing incentives, and fertility treatment coverage to encourage family formation. But these measures are unlikely to work. China’s birth rate has fallen from 2.5 births per woman in 1990 to just 1 birth per woman in 2023. The country’s declining birth rate is not only an economic problem but a cultural one. For many young people, the real barrier is not the cost of raising children. Rather, it is the conviction that parenthood no longer makes sense in a future that feels uncertain and unworthy of investment. Unless policies address this deeper malaise, subsidies and bonuses will do little to stem the decline.
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by Emma Zang

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New Yale study: Sex-selective abortion bans don’t change sex ratios—but they do harm health. Among Asian immigrant mothers, bans increased low birth weight + preterm births.

(news.yale.edu/2025/08/29/s...)
Study: Sex-selective abortion bans harm maternal and infant health
A new study by Yale sociologist Emma Zang links sex-selective abortion bans to negative birth outcomes for Asian immigrant mothers.
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by Emma Zang

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The Yale Population Studies Workshop is live! Check out our fall lineup here: isps.yale.edu/population-s... Speakers span sociology, economics, medicine, and political science. Both Yale and non-Yale folks are welcome to sign up for the email listserv!
Population Studies Workshop | Institution for Social and Policy Studies
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by Emma Zang

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China just rolled out a new childcare subsidy to tackle its record-low birth rate. I spoke with CNN about what this means—and why cash alone might not be enough.

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China used to fine couples for having too many babies. Now it can’t pay them enough | CNN
Pessimistic about the future, young people in China don’t want to have children – a growing trend that worries the government as it tries to avert a population crisis of its own making.
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by Emma Zang

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I'm happy to share that I've joined the Asia Society Policy Institute as a Fellow. Looking forward to engaging more with policy issues related to China and working alongside others who care about bridging research and policy. Grateful for the opportunity to learn, contribute, and grow in this space.
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