Yu Xie

Otis Dudley Duncan Professor, Sociology and
Statistics and Research Professor, Institute for Social Research

2074 ISR
Quantitative Methodology Program/Population Studies Center
University of Michigan
426 Thompson
P.O. Box 1248
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1248

Phone: (734)-936-0039
Fax: (734)-763-1428
E-Mail: yuxie@umich.edu
Website: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~yuxie/


Research Interests

Social Stratification, Methods and Statistics, Demography, Sociology of Science, Chinese Studies


Courses Taught

Sociology 310
Sociology 710
Statistics 617
Statistics 817


Positions

Assistant Professor (1989-1994), Associate Professor (1994-1996), and Professor (1996-present), Department of Sociology, University of Michigan. 

Professor, Department of Statistics, University of Michigan (2000-present). 

Faculty Associate (1989-2001) and Senior Research Scientist (2001-present), Population Studies Center, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan. 

Faculty Associate (1994-1996) and Senior Research Scientist (1996-present), Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan. 

Director, Quantitative Methodology Program, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan (1999- present). 

John Stephenson Perrin Professorship, University of Michigan (1996-1999). 

Frederick G.L. Huetwell Professorship, University of Michigan (1999-2004). 

Faculty Associate, Center for Chinese Studies, University of Michigan (2003-present). 

Otis Dudley Duncan Professorship, University of Michigan (2004-present). 

Associate Director, Population Studies Center, University of Michigan (1997-2001). 

Associate Chair, Department of Sociology, University of Michigan (2000-2002).


Professional Societies

Fellowship Invitation, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (1990). 

Spencer Fellowship, National Academy of Education (1991-1992). 

Young Investigator Award, National Science Foundation (1992-1997). 

Faculty Scholar Award, William T. Grant Foundation (1994-1999). 

Member, Sociological Research Association (1997). 

Chair, Section on Sociological Methodology, the American Sociological Association (2001-2003). 

Guggenheim Fellowship, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (2002-2003).

Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Science (2004). 

Academician, Academia Sinica, Taiwan (2004). 


Education

B.S.  Metallurgical Engineering, Shanghai University of Technology, 1982 

M.S.  Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1984

M.A.  The History of Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1984

Ph.D. Sociology,  University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1989
Doctoral Dissertation: "The Process of Becoming a Scientist."

 

Selected Publications

Powers, Daniel A. and Yu Xie.  2000.  Statistical Methods for Categorical Data Analysis.  New York:   Academic Press.

Xie, Yu.  1992.  "The Log-Multiplicative Layer Effect Model for Comparing Mobility Tables."  American Sociological Review 57: 380-395. 

Xie, Yu and Ellen Efron Pimentel.  1992.  "Age Patterns of Marital Fertility: Revising the Coale-Trussell Method."  Journal of the American Statistical Association 87: 977-984. 

Xie, Yu.  2000. "Demography: Past, Present, and Future." Journal of the American Statistical Association 95: 670-673. 

Zeng, Zhen and Yu Xie.  2004. "Asian Americans’ Earnings Disadvantage Reexamined: The Role of Place of Education." American Journal of Sociology 109: 1075-1108.   

Hauser, Seth and Yu Xie.  2005.  "Temporal and Regional Variation in Earnings Inequality: Urban China in Transition between 1988 and 1995."  Social Science Research: 34: 44-79.

Xie, Yu and Xiaogang Wu.  2005.  "Market Premium, Social Process, and Statisticism."  American Sociological Review70: 865-870. 

Xie, Yu.  Forthcoming.  "Otis Dudley Duncan's Legacy: the Demographic Approach to Quantitative Reasoning in Social Science."  Research in Social Stratification and Mobility. 

Chu, C. Y. Cyrus, Yu Xie, and Ruoh-rong Yu.  Forthcoming.  "Effects of Sibship Structure Revisited:  Evidence from Intra-Family Resource Transfer in Taiwan."  Sociology of Education

Brand, Jennie and Yu Xie.  Forthcoming. "Identification and Estimation of Causal Effects with Time-Varying Treatments and Time-Varying Outcomes."  Sociological Methodology


Awards

Teaching Development Award, Center for Research on Learning and Teaching, University of Michigan (1990-1991). 

Excellence in Education Award, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, University of Michigan (1992).