Research Projects
The Chinese Welfare State
Using various national household survey datasets as well as administrative data and a cross-national comparative perspective, this research aims to understand the Chinese welfare state both conceptually and empirically and places the Chinese case in the global context.
Aging, Care & Health
This research focuses broadly on aging, care, and health among Chinese and Asian American older adults and examines the social and economic determinants of health and other outcomes of older adults.
Recent News
Doctoral Fellow Yi Wang presents at the International Conference on Universal Child Grants
Visiting Scholar Candice Yandam Shares her Background and Projects Year at Columbia
Candice Yandam, a Ph.D. Candidate in Economics at Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University is a visiting scholar at the Columbia School of Social Work and the Columbia China Center for Social Policy from March 1st to May 31st, 2019. She shared her background, interests, and Columbia expectations in a recent written interview.
Visiting Scholar Hung Wong Shares his Background and Projects Year at Columbia
Hung Wong, an associate professor at Department of Social Work in the Chinese University of Hong Kong is a visiting scholar at the Columbia School of Social Work and the Columbia China Center for Social Policy from January to December 2019. He shared his background, interests, and Columbia expectations in a recent written interview.