Research

1. Cultural notions of femininity, masculinity, and gender neutrality

Publications:

• Yao, Man. 2024. “Persistence of the Gender Frame: Gender Perceptions of Ambiguous Chinese and Gender-Neutral American Names in the United States.” Gender & Society.

Ongoging projects:

• Yao, Man, Claudia Buchmann, and Zhen Wang. “Framed by Gender: A Computational Approach to User Perceptions of ChatGPT.” (drafting)

• Yao, Man. “Gender Classification and Stereotypes of Chinese Names in Word Embeddings.” (drafting)

• Yao, Man. “Gender Ambiguity of Names and the Racial Learning of Chinese International Students.” (drafting)

2. Women’s (dis)advantages in education and work

Publications:

• Buchmann, Claudia, Rachel Dwyer, and Man Yao. 2024. “The Deepening Gender Divide in Credentials 2000-2020: Continuity, Change, and Implications.” RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences.

• Yao, Man. 2023. “Graduate school, Work, or Unclear? Gender Differences in the Post-college Plans among China’s Recent College Graduates.” Sociological Perspectives.

• Yao, Man, Tori I. Rehr, and Erica P. Regan. 2023. “Gender Differences in Financial Knowledge among College Students: Evidence from a Recent Multi-institutional Survey.” Journal of Family and Economic Issues.

Ongoing Projects:

• Song, Haoming and Man Yao. “The Disapproval of Homosexuality at the Intersection of Gender and Education.” (writing)

• Wen, Fangqi, Man Yao, Siqi Han. “The Rise of Gender-Restricted Job Positions in China’s Civil Service Exams: Trends and Justifications.” (data analysis)

3. Social stratification and inequality

Publications:

• Zheng, Hui, Yao Lu, and Man Yao. 2024. “Emerging Health Disparities among College Graduates: Understanding the Health Consequence of Education-Occupation Mismatch.” Social Science Research.

• Yao, Man and Siqi Han. 2024. “Who Earns the Iron Rice Bowl? Major Marketability and State Sector Jobs among college-educated workers in urban China.” Chinese Journal of Sociology.

• Downey, Douglas, Man Yao and Joseph Merry. 2023. “The Inverse Association Between Number of Siblings and Divorce: New Evidence from China and Europe.” Journal of Family Issues.