Research
Research
6. Yang, Yining Milly. Forthcoming 2026. "Overeducated and Underpaid: Characteristics of H-1B Visa Holders from New Administrative Records, 2014-2024." International Migration Review.
5. Yang, Yining Milly, and Grace Kao. 2025. “Special Times? How COVID-Specific Concerns Disrupted Fertility Desires in the US During the COVID-19 Pandemic.” Demographic Research, 53: 47-82.
4. Yang, Yining Milly, Emma Zang & Jessica Calarco. 2025. “Patterns in Receiving Informal Help with Childcare Among US Parents During the COVID-19 Pandemic.” Journal of Family Issues, 46(1): 230-269. DOI: 10.1177/0192513X241257242.
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3. Yang, Yining Milly & Grace Kao. 2024. “Do Resources Blunt the Impact of COVID-19 on Fertility Desires in the United States?” Population Research and Policy Review, 43, 2: 1-20. DOI: 10.1007/s11113-023-09847-2.
2. Yang, Yining Milly. 2024. “Premarital Cohabitation and the Gendered Division of Housework in China.” Chinese Journal of Sociology (Special Issue on Inequality in China, Edited by Yu Xie and James Raymo). DOI: 10.1177/2057150X241241490.
International Chinese Sociological Association Travel Award, 2024.
1. Zang, Emma, Yining Milly Yang, James Z. Lee. 2024. “Parents’ Industrial Sectors and Fields of Study: Five Decades of Evidence from an Elite Regional University in China.” Sociology. DOI: 10.1177/00380385241242044.
Yang, Yining Milly. "The Skill Paradox: Economic Threat, Legal Boundary-Making, and Labor Market Inequality in U.S. Immigration." Draft Available.
Student Paper Award (Honorable Mention), ASA, Sociology of Population Section, 2026.
Aristide Zolberg Distinguished Student Scholar Award (Honorable Mention), ASA, International Migration Section, 2026.
Nan Lin Graduate Student Paper Award (Winner), International Chinese Sociological Association, 2026.
RC28 Travel Award, Research Committee 28 on Social Stratification and Mobility, 2026.
Yang, Yining Milly, and Shichao Du (Equal Authorship). “Negotiating to Pay for the Marriage: Cohabitation and the Dowry in China.” Revise and Resubmit, Demographic Research.
Yang, Yining Milly. "Relative Investment as Family Background: Revisiting Educational Expectations of Asian American Youths." Under Review.