Yao Lu
Assistant Professor
Department of Sociology
Columbia University
New York, NY 10027 Phone: 212-854-5442
Fax: 212-854-2963
Office: 614 Knox
E-mail: yao.lu@columbia.edu
BIOGRAPHY
Yao Lu's research focuses on social stratification and demography from a comparative perspective. She is particularly interested in understanding various causes and consequences of migration and immigration in the context of societal changes in a variety of settings, including China, Indonesia, South Africa, and the United States. Currently she is also working on a national survey project to collect data on migration and health in China. EDUCATION 2008 Ph.D., Sociology, UCLA 2008 M.S., Biostatistics, School of Public Health, UCLA 2003 B.S., Fudan University, China
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS Lu, Yao. In Press. “Rural-urban Migration and Health” Social Science and Medicine. McCarthy, William, Ritesh Mistry, Yao Lu, Minal Patel, and Hong Zheng, and Barbara Dietsch. In Press. “Could Density of Geocoded Tobacco Retailers near Schools Influence Risk of Students Smoking?” American Journal of Public Health. Lu, Yao. 2009. “Sibship Size, Family Organization, and Education in South Africa: Black-White Variations.” Research in Social Stratification and Mobility 27(2):110-125. Lu, Yao and Donald J. Treiman. 2008 . “The Effect of Family Size on Educational Attainment in China: Period Variations.” American Sociological Review 73(5):813-834. 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. Treiman, Donald J., William M. Mason, Yao Lu, Yi Pan, Yaqiang Qi, and Shige Song. 2006. "Observations on the Design and Implementation of Sample Surveys in China.” Social Transformations in Chinese Societies 1(1):81-101.
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