College-to-Work Transition and the College-Educated Working Class
Li, Yuhan, and Yao Lu. In press. “Precarity without Protest: The Muted Political Consequences of College-Graduate Employment Hardship in China.” The China Journal.
Lu, Yao, Xiaoguang Li, and Christina Ciocca Eller. In press. “Underemployed and Penalized: Education-Occupation Mismatch and Racial/Ethnic Inequality among Highly-Educated Workers”. Sociology of Education.
Lu, Yao and Xiaoguang Li. In press. “Lost in Translation: Gender Gap in Education–Occupation Mismatch among Highly Educated Workers.” Work and Occupations.
Zheng, Hui, Yao Lu, and Man Yao. 2024. “Emerging Health Disparities among College Graduates: Understanding the Health Consequences of Education-Occupation Mismatch.” Social Science and Research 120:103015.
Lu, Yao, Xiaoguang Li, and Benjamin Elbers. 2024. “Education-Occupation Linkage within the Highly-Educated Workforce: Patterns and Sources of Difference by Race/Ethnicity and Nativity.” Work, Employment, and Society 38(2):461-482.
Li, Xiaoguang and Yao Lu. 2023. "Education-Occupation Mismatch and Nativity Inequality among Highly-educated Workers in the U.S.". Demography 60(1):201-226.
Li, Xiaoguang, Yao Lu, Xiaogang Wu. 2023. "Vertical Mismatch and Horizontal Mismatch: Causes and Consequences of Mismatch among Highly-Educated Workers in China" [in Chinese]. Educational Research 6:122-137.
Lu, Yao, and Xiaoguang Li. 2021. “Vertical Education-Occupation Mismatch and Wage Inequality by Race/Ethnicity and Nativity among Highly-Educated U.S. Workers.” Social Forces 100(2):706-737.
Hou, Feng, Yao Lu, and Christoph Schimmele. 2021. "Recent Trends in Overeducation by Immigration Status: The Impact of Demographics, Supply, and Demand." International Migration 59(3):192-212.
Lu, Yao, and Feng Hou. 2020. “Immigration System, Labor Market Structures, and Overeducation of High-Skilled Immigrants in the United States and Canada.” International Migration Review 54(4):1072-1103.
Qin, Lijian, Wei Wang, and Yao Lu. 2018. “The Working and Living Conditions of College-educated Rural Migrants in China.” Asian Population Studies 14(2):172-193.
Lu, Yao, Julia Wang, and Wen-Jui Han. 2017. “Women’s Short-Term Employment Trajectories Following Birth: Patterns, Determinants, and Variations by Race/Ethnicity and Nativity.” Demography 54(1):93-118.
Political Demography: Structural Population Shifts and Democratic Change
Lu, Yao, and Zhirui Luo. In press. “Age Structure and Democratic Development: The Nonlinear and Conditional Role of Youth Bulges.” World Development.
Lu, Yao. 2024. “Political Demography: The Political Consequences of Structural Population Change.” Annual Review of Sociology 50:603-625.
Lu, Yao, and Andres Villarreal. 2021. “Emigration and Electoral Outcomes in Mexico: Democratic Diffusion, Clientelism, and Disengagement.” Social Forces 100(2):477-505.
Maia, Alexandre Gori, and Yao Lu. 2021. “Migration and Political Development: The Case of Electoral Participation and Competition in Brazil.” Demography 58(1):191-217.
Lu, Yao. 2019. “Empowerment or Disintegration? Migration, Social Institutions, and Collective Action in Rural China.” American Journal of Sociology 125(3):683-729.
Migration/Immigration, Inequality, and Politics
Feng Hou, Milly Yang, and Yao Lu. 2025. “Recent Trends in Immigration from Canada to the United States.” Statistics Canada, Economic and Social Reports 5(7):1-6.
Li, Xiaoguang and Yao Lu. 2023. "Education-Occupation Mismatch and Nativity Inequality among Highly-educated Workers in the U.S.". Demography 60(1):201-226.
Zhenxiang Chen, Yao Lu, and Donald J. Treiman. 2022. "Determinants and Consequences of Rural-to-urban Migration Patterns in China: Evidence from Sequence Analysis." Population, Space, and Place 28(2):e2493.
Lu, Yao, and Andres Villarreal. 2021. “Emigration and Electoral Outcomes in Mexico: Democratic Diffusion, Clientelism, and Disengagement.” Social Forces 100(2):477-505.
Maia, Alexandre Gori, and Yao Lu. 2021. “Migration and Political Development: The Case of Electoral Participation and Competition in Brazil.” Demography 58(1):191-217.
Hou, Feng, Yao Lu, and Christoph Schimmele. 2021. "Recent Trends in Overeducation by Immigration Status: The Impact of Demographics, Supply, and Demand." International Migration 59(3):192-212.
Lu, Yao, and Feng Hou. 2020. “Immigration System, Labor Market Structures, and Overeducation of High-Skilled Immigrants in the United States and Canada.” International Migration Review 54(4):1072-1103.
Lu, Yao and Feng Hou. 2019. "Over-education among University-educated Immigrants in Canada and the United States". Statistics Canada, Analytical Studies Branch Research Paper Series No 434.
Lu, Yao. 2019. “Empowerment or Disintegration? Migration, Social Institutions, and Collective Action in Rural China.” American Journal of Sociology 125(3):683-729.
Qin, Lijian, Wei Wang, and Yao Lu. 2018. “The Working and Living Conditions of College-educated Rural Migrants in China.” Asian Population Studies 14(2):172-193.
Lu, Yao, and Ran Tao. 2017. “Organizational Structure and Collective Action: Lineage Networks, Semi-autonomous Civic Associations, and Collective Resistance in Rural China.” American Journal of Sociology 122(6): 1726-74.
Lu, Yao, Julia Wang, and Wen-Jui Han. 2017. “Women’s Short-Term Employment Trajectories Following Birth: Patterns, Determinants, and Variations by Race/Ethnicity and Nativity.” Demography 54(1):93-118.
Lu, Yao, Wenjuan Zheng, and Wei Wang. 2017. “Migration and Popular Resistance in Rural China: Wukan and Beyond.” The China Quarterly 229:1-22.
Kaushal, Neeraj, Yao Lu, Nicole Denier, Julia Shu-Huah Wang, and Stephen Trejo. 2016. “Immigrant Employment and Earnings Growth in Canada and the U.S.: Evidence from Longitudinal Data.” Journal of Population Economics 29:1249-1277.
Lu, Yao, and Ran Tao. 2015. “Female Migration, Cultural Context, and Son Preference in Rural China.” Population Research and Policy Review 34(5):665-686.
Kaushal, Neeraj, and Yao Lu. 2015. “Recent Immigration to Canada and the United States: A Mixed Tale of Relative Selection.” International Migration Review 49(2):279-522.
Lu, Yao, Zai Liang, and Miao Chunyu. 2013. “Emigration from China in Comparative Perspective.” Social Forces 92(2):631-658.
Lu, Yao, Danching Ruan, and Gina Lai. 2013. “Social Capital and Economic Integration of Migrants in Urban China.” Social Networks 35(3):357-369.
Lu, Yao, and Feng Wang. 2013. “From General Discrimination to Segmented Inequality: Migration and Inequality in Urban China.” Social Science Research 42(6):1443-1456.
Migration, Health, and Child Development
Ruochen, Zhang, Yao Lu, and Haifeng Du. 2022. "Vulnerability and Resilience in The Wake of COVID-19: Family Resources and Children’s Well-being in China." Chinese Sociological Review 54(1):27-61.
Lu, Yao, Ruochen Zhang, and Haifeng Du. 2021. "Parental Migration, Family Instability, and Psychosocial Well-being of Left-behind Children in China: Evidence from Sequence Analysis." Child Development 92(4):416-438.
Lu, Yao, Qian He, and Jeanne Brooks-Gunn. 2020. “Diverse Experience of Immigrant Children: How Do Separation and Reunification Shape Their Development?” Child Development 91(1):146-163.
Lu, Yao, and Xiaoguang Li. 2020. "Documentation Status, Gender, and Health Selection of Immigrants: Evidence from Mexican-US Migration." Population, Space and Place 26(7): e2333.
Lu, Yao, Jean Wei-Jun Yeung, and Donald J. Treiman. 2020. "Parental Migration and Children's Psychological and Cognitive Development in China: Understanding Mediating Mechanisms." Chinese Sociological Review 52(4): 337-363.
Lu, Yao, Jean Wei-Jun Yeung, Jingming Liu, and Donald J. Treiman. 2019. “Health of Left-behind Children in China: Evidence from Mediation Analysis.” Chinese Journal of Sociology 5(4):431-452.
Lu, Yao, Jean Wei-Jun Yeung, Jingming Liu, and Donald J. Treiman. 2019. “Migration and Children's Psychosocial Development in China: When and Why Migration Matters.” Social Science Research 77:130-147.
Lu, Yao, Nicole Denier, Julia Shu-Huah Wang, and Neeraj Kaushal. 2017. “Unhealthy Assimilation or Persistent Health Advantage? A Longitudinal Analysis of Immigrant Health in the United States.” Social Science & Medicine 195:105-114.
Lu, Yao, Neeraj Kaushal, Nicole Denier, and Julia Shu-Huah Wang. 2017. “Health of Newly Arrived Immigrants in Canada and the United States: Differential Selection on Health.” Health & Place 48:1-10.
Lu, Yao, and Ran Tao. 2015. “Female Migration, Cultural Context, and Son Preference in Rural China.” Population Research and Policy Review 34(5):665-686.
Lu, Yao. 2015. “Internal Migration, International Migration, and Physical Growth of Left-Behind Children: A Study of Two Settings.” Health & Place 36:118-126.
Lu, Yao. 2014. “Parental Migration and Education of Left-behind Children: A Comparison of Two Settings.” Journal of Marriage and Family 76:1082-1098.
Lu, Yao, and Lijian Qin. 2014. “Healthy Migrant and Salmon Bias Hypotheses: A Study of Health and Internal Migration in China.” Social Science & Medicine 102:41-48.
Lu, Yao, and Hao Zhou. 2013. “Academic Achievement and Loneliness of Migrant Children in China: School Segregation and Segmented Assimilation.” Comparative Education Review 57(1):85-166.
Lu, Yao. 2013. “Household Migration, Remittances, and Their Impact on Health in Indonesia.” International Migration 51: 202-215.
Lu, Yao. 2012. “Education of Children Left Behind in Rural China.” Journal of Marriage and Family 74(2):328-341.
Lu, Yao, Peifeng Hu, and Donald J. Treiman. 2012. “Migration and Depressive Symptoms in Migrant-Sending Areas: Findings from The Survey of Internal Migration and Health in China.” International Journal of Public Health 57(4):691-698.
Lu, Yao. 2012. “Household Migration, Social Support, and Psychosocial Health: The Perspective from Migrant-Sending Areas.” Social Science and Medicine 74:135-142.
Lu, Yao and Donald J. Treiman. 2011. “Migration, Remittances, and Educational Stratification among Blacks in Apartheid and Post-Apartheid South Africa.” Social Forces 89(4):1119-1144.
Lu, Yao. 2010. “Mental Health and Risk Behaviors of Rural-Urban Migrants: Longitudinal
Evidence from Indonesia.” Population Studies 64(2):147-163.
Lu, Yao. 2010. “Rural-urban Migration and Health: Evidence from Longitudinal Data in Indonesia.” Social Science & Medicine 70(3): 412-419.
Lu, Yao. 2008. “Test of the ‘Healthy Migrant Hypothesis’: A Longitudinal Analysis of Health Selectivity of Internal Migration in Indonesia.” Social Science and Medicine 67(8):1331-1339.
Lu, Yao. 2007. “Educational Status of Temporary Migrant Children in China: Determinants and Regional Variations.” Asian and Pacific Migration Journal 16(1):29-55.
Comparative Studies of Migration and Immigration
Feng Hou, Milly Yang, and Yao Lu. 2025. “Recent Trends in Immigration from Canada to the United States.” Statistics Canada, Economic and Social Reports 5(7):1-6.
Hou, Feng, Yao Lu, and Christoph Schimmele. 2021. "Recent Trends in Overeducation by Immigration Status: The Impact of Demographics, Supply, and Demand." International Migration 59(3):192-212.
Lu, Yao, and Feng Hou. 2020. “Immigration System, Labor Market Structures, and Overeducation of High-Skilled Immigrants in the United States and Canada.” International Migration Review 54(4):1072-1103.
Lu, Yao and Feng Hou. 2019. "Over-education among University-educated Immigrants in Canada and the United States". Statistics Canada, Analytical Studies Branch Research Paper Series No 434.
Lu, Yao, Neeraj Kaushal, Nicole Denier, and Julia Shu-Huah Wang. 2017. “Health of Newly Arrived Immigrants in Canada and the United States: Differential Selection on Health.” Health & Place 48:1-10.
Kaushal, Neeraj, Yao Lu, Nicole Denier, Julia Shu-Huah Wang, and Stephen Trejo. 2016. “Immigrant Employment and Earnings Growth in Canada and the U.S.: Evidence from Longitudinal Data.” Journal of Population Economics 29:1249-1277.
Lu, Yao. 2015. “Internal Migration, International Migration, and Physical Growth of Left-Behind Children: A Study of Two Settings.” Health & Place 36:118-126.
Kaushal, Neeraj, and Yao Lu. 2015. “Recent Immigration to Canada and the United States: A Mixed Tale of Relative Selection.” International Migration Review 49(2):279-522.
Lu, Yao. 2014. “Parental Migration and Education of Left-behind Children: A Comparison of Two Settings.” Journal of Marriage and Family 76:1082-1098.
Lu, Yao, Zai Liang, and Miao Chunyu. 2013. “Emigration from China in Comparative Perspective.” Social Forces 92(2):631-658.
Covid-19, Inequality, and Public Attitudes
Lu, Yao, Neeraj Kaushal, Xiaoning Huang, Michael Gaddis, and Ariela Schachter. 2024. “Examining Attitudes toward Asians throughout the COVID-19 Pandemic with Repeated Cross-Sectional Survey Experiments”. Sociological Science 11:777-788.
Kaushal, Neeraj, Yao Lu, Robert Y. Shapiro, and Jennifer So. 2022. "American Attitudes toward COVID-19: More Trumpism than Partisanship." American Politics Research 50(1):67-82.
Kaushal, Neeraj, Yao Lu, and Xiaoning Huang. 2022. "Workplace Prejudices during COVID-19: Evidence from Survey Experiments." PLoS ONE 17(4):e0265437.
Ruochen, Zhang, Yao Lu, and Haifeng Du. 2022. "Vulnerability and Resilience in The Wake of COVID-19: Family Resources and Children’s Well-being in China." Chinese Sociological Review 54(1):27-61.
Lu, Yao, Neeraj Kaushal, Xiaoning Huang, and Michael S. Gaddis. 2021. “Priming COVID-19 Salience Increases Prejudice and Discriminatory Intent Against Asians and Hispanics.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118(36).
Wu, Xiaogang, Xiaoguang Li, Yao Lu, and Michael Hout. 2021. "Two Tales of One City: Health Disparities by Socioeconomic Status During COVID-19 in Wuhan, China." Research in Social Stratification and Mobility 72:1-8.
Social and Political Development in China
Li, Yuhan, and Yao Lu. In press. “Precarity without Protest: The Muted Political Consequences of College-Graduate Employment Hardship in China.” The China Journal.
Cheng, Linda, Yao Lu, and Han Zhang. 2024. “Patriarchal Erasure and Manufactured Passivity: Asymmetric Government and News Media Attention to Protests in China.” Mobilization: An International Quarterly 29(3):309-331.
Zhang, Han, Yao Lu, and Rui Bai. 2024. “Underrepresentation and Misrepresentation: Selection and Description Bias in Protest Reporting by Government and News Media on Weibo.” China Quarterly 257:75-99.
Li, Xiaoguang, Yao Lu, Xiaogang Wu. 2023. "Vertical Mismatch and Horizontal Mismatch: Causes and Consequences of Mismatch among Highly-Educated Workers in China" [in Chinese]. Educational Research 6:122-137.
Lu, Yao. 2019. “Empowerment or Disintegration? Migration, Social Institutions, and Collective Action in Rural China.” American Journal of Sociology 125(3):683-729.
Lu, Yao, and Ran Tao. 2017. “Organizational Structure and Collective Action: Lineage Networks, Semi-autonomous Civic Associations, and Collective Resistance in Rural China.” American Journal of Sociology 122(6): 1726-74.
Lu, Yao, Wenjuan Zheng, and Wei Wang. 2017. “Migration and Popular Resistance in Rural China: Wukan and Beyond.” The China Quarterly 229:1-22.
Lu, Yao, and Ran Tao. 2015. “Female Migration, Cultural Context, and Son Preference in Rural China.” Population Research and Policy Review 34(5):665-686.
Lu, Yao, Zai Liang, and Miao Chunyu. 2013. “Emigration from China in Comparative Perspective.” Social Forces 92(2):631-658.
Lu, Yao, Danching Ruan, and Gina Lai. 2013. “Social Capital and Economic Integration of Migrants in Urban China.” Social Networks 35(3):357-369.
Lu, Yao, and Feng Wang. 2013. “From General Discrimination to Segmented Inequality: Migration and Inequality in Urban China.” Social Science Research 42(6):1443-1456.
Lu, Yao and Donald J. Treiman. 2008. “The Effect of Sibship Size on Educational Attainment in China: Period Variations.” American Sociological Review 73(5):813-834.