Leping Wang

Post-doc @VanderbiltU | PhD @BU_Tweets | MA @NYUSociology |Medical Sociology, Aging and the Life Course, Social Networks, Inequality, Quantitative Methods

[Leping Wang @LepingWangSoc]

My first single-authored pub is out! In this paper, I contribute a life course perspective to the heterogeneous relationship between human capital and the upward occupational mobility of Chinese rural migrant workers, and reveal the cohort effect @BU_CISS
https://t.co/CcyLiRUXrk

[Leping Wang @LepingWangSoc]

We gratefully acknowledge Celeste Currington, Gary Koeske, Nazli Kibria, Christopher Maggio, and our dear mentor, the late John Stone

💻 Replication code: https://t.co/WQL8iLaees @BU_Tweets @VanderbiltU @VandyOPA @BU_CISS @VandyPostdoc (6/6)

[Leping Wang @LepingWangSoc]

💡What to make of "neither agree nor disagree" responses to Qs about racial attitudes?

Our original survey in US & Netherlands shows the racism/non-racism binary overlooks a crucial category: "ambivalent racism"

@IS_sociology paper w/@JonathanMijs: https://t.co/NjgqPSyntu (1/6)

[Leping Wang @LepingWangSoc]

🔎Takeaway: Racism takes a different shape across countries, is rooted in distinct racial histories, cultural contexts, and welfare systems.

Ambivalent racism represents a meaningful category that helps reveal racial bias people may not admit outright (5/6)

[Jonathan Mijs @JonathanMijs]

How has public belief in the importance of merit🥇 and privilege💸 changed over time?

Data viz shows widening gap b/w perceived importance of family wealth (privilege) and hard work (merit) in majority of countries in the West

🗞️https://t.co/lxJU6ikwbM
💻https://t.co/VUobd9HmIr

[Lijun Song 宋丽君 @lijunsong]

Postdoctoral Position at Vanderbilt University. The position is a one-year appointment (with potential extension), supported by an NIA R56 award, and focuses on quantitative research on aging, marital status, social networks, and health.
Link: https://t.co/sdMB85OWLY

[Leping Wang @LepingWangSoc]

@jasonwong_yh @YiangLi3 Thank you, Jason, happy new year! And congratulations @YiangLi3 !!

[Deborah Carr @DeborahCarr723]

I discuss our new paper in The Gerontologist @geronsociety supported by @RRFAging. Learn why Social Security rules are out of step with contemporary families. @LepingWangSoc

[Bella DePaulo @belladepaulo]

Married people get around $1,000 more per month in Social Security income than never-married people! TY for your important research, Deborah Carr @DeborahCarr723 Leping Wang @LepingWangSoc & Pamela J Smock
https://t.co/Jm0S6nZx7v

[Leping Wang @LepingWangSoc]

@belladepaulo @DeborahCarr723 Thank you so much for sharing our work, Dr. DePaulo!

[Leping Wang @LepingWangSoc]

Happy to share a pdf copy if you cannot access the full text :)

[Leping Wang @LepingWangSoc]

Our new paper found off-time marital transition, featured by premature widowhood in China, is associated with higher likelihood of loneliness, whereas on-time marital transition, featured by midlife divorce in the U.S., is associated with less loneliness.
https://t.co/Vdrtdf7OyD

[Leping Wang @LepingWangSoc]

@CaiQixin Thank you so much, Qixin! Hope you are doing well :) Will you be at ASA?

[Leping Wang @LepingWangSoc]

Super grateful for the mentorship and feedback from Jonathan Mijs, Debby Carr, Neha Gondal, Michel Anteby, and Ashley Mears!

[Leping Wang @LepingWangSoc]

How do evaluations in junior faculty hiring reproduce inequality? In this study, I propose a "Merit-Fit-Diversity" framework to unpack the academic gatekeeping process across sociology and business departments, and across private and public universities:  https://t.co/xYg0V9803L

[Leping Wang @LepingWangSoc]

@jasonwong_yh Thank you so much Jason!

[Leping Wang @LepingWangSoc]

We show the disparities in social security benefits persist even after accounting for life course characteristics including human capital, labor supply, health, and socio-demographics. Grateful for such a rewarding collaboration with two fantastic mentors!

[Deborah Carr @DeborahCarr723]

Social Security benefits rules disadvantage divorced and prematurely-widowed older adults (esp. women). Learn why in new WLS analysis (with L. Wang & P. Smock) @BU_Tweets @PopAssocAmerica @CCF_Families @geronsociety @ASA_SALC @asa_families @UWSoc https://t.co/yia4IPPEs2

[Leping Wang @LepingWangSoc]

@DeborahCarr723 No worries at all Debby! And thank you again for the opportunity to work on such a fun project together 😊