Publications

Selected Publications *graduate student

• Shu, Xiaoling and Yifei Zhu*. 2012. “Uneven Transitions: Cohort- and Period-related Changes in Gender Attitudes in China: 1995-2007.” Social Science Research 41(5):1100-1115.
• Shu, Xiaoling, Yifei Zhu*, and Zhanxin Zhang. 2013. “Patriarchy, Resources and Specialization: Marital Decision-Making Power in Urban China.” Journal of Family Issues34(7): 885-917. DOI 10.1177/0192513X12450001. Paper in PDF
• Cristina Gonzalez, Yamin Liu, Xiaoling Shu. 2012.  “The Faculty Promotion and Merit System in China and the United States:  The Cases of Wuhan University and the University of California, Davis.”  Center for Studies in Higher Education Research and Occasional Paper Series 13.12, UC Berkeley.
• Shu, Xiaoling and Yifei Zhu*. 2009. “The Quality of Life in China.” Social Indicators Research 92:191-225 (Lead Article in a special issue on Quality of Life in Confucian Asia).
• Shu, Xiaoling and Margaret Mooney Marini. 2008. “Coming of Age in Changing Times: Occupational Aspirations of American Youth in 1966-80.” Research in Social Stratification and Mobility 26(1):29-55.
• Shu, Xiaoling, Yifei Zhu*, and Zhanxin Zhang. 2007. “Global Economy and Gender Inequalities: The Case of the Chinese Urban Labor Market.” Social Science Quarterly88(5):1307-32 (special issue on The Role of Women in a Global Society).
• Shu, Xiaoling. 2005. “Market Transition and Gender Segregation in Urban China.” Social Science Quarterly 86(5):1299-1323 (special issue on Income/Poverty/Opportunity).
• Shu, Xiaoling. 2004. “Education and Gender Egalitarianism: The Case of China.“Sociology of Education 77(4):311-336.
• Shu, Xiaoling and Yanjie Bian. 2003. “Market Transition and Gender Gap in Earnings in Urban China.” Social Forces 81(4):1107-1145.
• Shu, Xiaoling. 2003. “Artificial Intelligence” in The Sage Encyclopedia of Social Science Research Methods (M. Lewis‐Beck, A. Bryman, and T. F. Liao eds.). Sage Publications.
• Shu, Xiaoling and Yanjie Bian. 2002. “Intercity Variation in Gender Inequalities in China.” Research in Social Stratification and Mobility19:267-307 (Special issue onThe Future of Market Transition).
• Bian Yanjie, Xiaoling Shu, and John R. Logan. 2001. “Communist Party Membership and Regime Dynamics in China.” Social Forces 79(3):805-841.
• Shu, Xiaoling and Margaret Mooney Marini. 1998. “Gender-Related Change in Occupational Aspirations.” Sociology of Education 71(1):44-68.
• Shu, Xiaoling, Pi-Ling Fan, Xiaoli Li, and Margaret Mooney Marini. 1996. “Characterizing Occupations with Data from the Dictionary of Occupational Titles.” Social Science Research 25(2):149-173.