Bert G. Kerstetter '66 University Professor of Sociology and the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies
Princeton University
The Department of Sociology is pleased to announce a forthcoming seminar titled “Marriage Exchange in China”, featuring Prof. Yu XIE. The seminar is co-organized by the Center for Population Research (CPR), CUHK. It is scheduled to take place on Thursday, 23 May 2024, from 04:00 p.m. to 05:30 p.m. (Hong Kong Time). The format of the seminar is face-to-face only. Due to the venue’s capacity restriction, participants’ places will be reserved on a first-come-first-served basis.
Abstract: In this presentation, Professor Yu XIE introduces a methodological tool, Exchange Index, for studying marriage exchange. He then presents results from two empirical studies of marriage exchange in China: beauty-status exchange and exchange of family socioeconomic status (SES) and achieved SES.