Prof. JIN Lei
- Social determinants of health
- life course research
- population ageing
- time use
- Social determinants of health
- life course research
- population ageing
- time use
I am interested in social stratification and inequality across later life, life course and time-use research, and broader topics in quantitative social sciences (sociology and demography). My current research examines how information and communication technology (ICT) shapes the elderly’s mental health, social networks, and time use behaviors. Apart from my primary research agenda on health and digital inequalities, I am also interested in understanding the mechanisms of how social intervention can improve children’s cognitive and non-cognitive skills in very low-income and less-developed areas. Methodologically, I adopt a multi-method approach, including design-based causal inferences, social sequence analysis, computational methods, and field experiments.
- Liu, Y. (2025). The Potential and Challenges of Social Sequence Analysis: A Review of Sequence Analysis by Raab and Struffolino. Social Research Methods Review (In Chinese), 7, 293-310.
- Yang, P., Liu, Y., & Liang, J. (2020). Preschool Class Size and Child Development: Evidence from a County Level Follow-up Survey. Peking University Education Review (In Chinese), 18(03), 60-85+188-189.
- Aging in Context – Life Course, Neighborhoods, Social Networks, NYU Shanghai CASER Workshop, Shanghai, China, 2025
- 45th International Association for Time Use Research Conference (IATUR 2023), Tokyo, Japan, 2023
- Hong Kong Sociological Association 24th Annual Conference, Hong Kong, China, 2023
- Young Scholar Forum on Chinese Education Finance (2020), Beijing, China, 2021
- 7th Forum on Empirical Education Research, Shaanxi, China, 2021
- 22nd Camphor Economic Circle (CEC) Virtual Forum, Beijing, China, 2020