Bio
Dr. Yanxia Zhang is an Associate Professor in the College of Humanities and Development Studies at China Agricultural University (CAU). She received her Ph.D. in Social Policy from the University of Oxford and worked at the National University of Singapore (NUS) and the University of Brunei Darussalam (UBD), and served Asian Development Bank (ADB) as a Social Development Specialist before joining CAU in 2014. Her research interests include urbanization and poverty, social governance and the China Model, the Chinese social welfare state in transition, pension, and elderly care, changing marriage and family, and cross-national studies on child and family policies. She has published in peer-reviewed journals in the fields of sociology, social policy, demography, gender studies, and social work.
Research Interests
Urbanization and poverty
Social governance and the China Model
The Chinese social welfare state in transition
Pension and elderly care
Changing marriage and family
Cross-national studies on child and family policies
Publication
China’s Pension Paradoxes: Challenges to Creating an Equitable and Stable Pension Scheme
Joshua Freedman, Yanxia Zhang