Il est également chercheur au «Population Studies Center», au «Survey Research Center of the Institute for Social Research» et au «Center for Chinese Studies». Pour illustrer son thème de recherche de prédilection: il dirige le programme quantitatif de méthodologie (QMP). Le professeur Xie a récemment enseigné les cours suivants:
introduction aux méthodes sociologiques;
inférence causale en sciences sociales.
Il a été de nombreuses fois récompensé notamment par la «Otis Dudley Duncan Distinguished».
Journal of the American Statistical Association (1999-2001)
Sociological Methods and Research (1989-jusqu'à nos jours: 2007)
American Journal of Sociology (1994-1996)
Sociological Methodology (1994-1997)
Sociology of Education (2003-jusqu'à nos jours: 2007).
Publications
avec Thornton, Arland, William Axinn, Marriage and Cohabitation. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 2007.
(zh) 2006, Sociological Methodology and Quantitative Analysis (Méthodologie sociologique et analyse quantitative)
avec Scott, Jacqueline L., Quantitative Social Science. Londres, Sage. 2005.
avec Kimberly Goyette. 2004. A Demographic Portrait of Asian Americans. New York, Russell Sage Foundation and Population Reference Bureau
avec Kimberlee A. Shauman, 2003, Women in Science: Career Processes and Outcomes (Femmes et Science)
avec Powers, 2000, Statistical Methods for Categorical Data Analysis (Méthodes statistiques pour l'analyse de données par catégorie)
Articles
Xie, Yu. 1988. “Franz Boas and Statistics.” Annals of Scholarship 5:269-296.
Xie, Yu. 1989. “Structural Equation Models for Ordinal Variables: An Analysis of Occupational Destination.” Sociological Methods and Research 17:325-352.
Xie, Yu. 1989. “An Alternative Purging Method: Controlling the Composition-Dependent Interaction in an Analysis of Rates.” Demography 26:711-716.
Xie, Yu. 1989. “Measuring Regional Variation in Sex Preference in China: A Cautionary Note.” Social Science Research 18:291-305.
Xie, Yu et Charles F. Manski. 1989. “The Logit Model and Response-Based Samples.” Sociological Methods and Research 17:283-302.
Xie, Yu. 1990. “What is Natural Fertility? The Remodeling of a Concept.” Population Index 56:656-663.
Xie, Yu. 1991. “Model Fertility Schedules Revisited: The Log-Multiplicative Model Approach.” Social Science Research 20:355-368.
Xie, Yu. 1992. “The Log-Multiplicative Layer Effect Model for Comparing Mobility Tables.” American Sociological Review 57:380-395.
Xie, Yu. 1992. “The Socioeconomic Status of Young Male Veterans, 1964-84.” Social Science Quarterly 73:379-396.
Xie, Yu. 1992. “The Social Origins of Scientists in Different Fields.” Research in Social Stratification and Mobility 11:259-279.
Xie, Yu et Ellen Efron Pimentel. 1992. “Age Patterns of Marital Fertility: Revising the Coale-Trussell Method.” Journal of the American Statistical Association 87:977-984.
Zhao, Xinshu et Yu Xie. 1992. “Western Influence on (People’s Republic of China) Chinese Students in the United States.” Comparative Education Review 36:509-529.
Li, Rose Maria, Yu Xie, et Hui-Sheng Lin. 1993. “Division of Family Property in Taiwan.” Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology 8:49-69.
Xie, Yu. 1994. “Log-Multiplicative Models for Discrete-Time, Discrete-Covariate Event History Data.” p.301-340 in Sociological Methodology, edited by Peter Marsden. Washington, The American Sociological Association.
Hannum, Emily et Yu Xie. 1994. “Trends in Educational Gender Inequality in China: 1949-1985.” Research in Social Stratification and Mobility 13:73-98.
Camic, Charles et Yu Xie. 1994. “The Advent of Statistical Methodology in American Social Science -- Columbia University, 1880-1915: A Study in the Sociology of Statistics.” American Sociological Review 59:773-805.
Xie, Yu et Emily Hannum. 1996. “Regional Variation in Earnings Inequality in Reform-Era Urban China.” American Journal of Sociology 101:950-992. Translated to Chinese and reprinted p.460-508 in Market Transition and Social Stratification, edited by Bian Yanjie, Pékin, Shanlian Press, 2002.
Frey, William H., Kao-Lee Liaw, Yu Xie, et Marcia J. Carlson. 1996. “Immigration ‘Pushes’ and Welfare Magnet ‘Pulls’: Impacts on State Poverty Populations.” Population and Environment 17:491-536.
Xie, Yu. 1996. “A Demographic Approach to Studying the Process of Becoming a Scientist/Engineer.” p.43-57 in Careers in Science and Technology: International Perspective, edited by National Research Council. Washington, National Academy Press.
Shauman, Kimberlee A. et Yu Xie. 1996. “Geographic Mobility of Scientists: Sex Differences and Family Constraints.” Demography 33:455-468.
Xie, Yu et Kimberly Goyette. 1997. “The Racial Identification of Biracial Children With One Asian Parent: Evidence from the 1990 Census.” Social Forces 76:547-570.
Xie, Yu et Kimberlee A. Shauman. 1997. “Modeling the Sex-Typing of Occupational Choice:Influences of Occupational Structure.” Sociological Methods and Research 26:233-261.
Xie, Yu. 1998. “The Essential Tension between Parsimony and Accuracy.” p.231-236 in Sociological Methodology, edited by Adrian Raftery. Washington, The American Sociological Association.
Hannum, Emily et Yu Xie. 1998. “Occupational Differences between Han Chinese and National Minorities in Xinjiang, 1982-1990.” Demography 35:323-333.
Lin, Ge and Yu Xie. 1998. “The Loglinear Modeling of Interstate Migration: Some Additional Considerations.” American Sociological Review 63: 900-907.
Xie, Yu et Kimberlee A. Shauman. 1998. “Sex Differences in Research Productivity Revisited: New Evidence about an Old Puzzle.” American Sociological Review 63:847-870.
Xie, Yu. 1999. “The Tension between Generality and Accuracy.” Sociological Methods and Research 27:428-435.
Goyette, Kimberly et Yu Xie. 1999. “Educational Expectations of Asian-American Youth:Determinants and Ethnic Differences.” Sociology of Education 72:22-36.
Mouw, Theodore et Yu Xie. 1999. “Bilingualism and the Academic Achievement of Asian Immigrants:Accommodation with or without Assimilation?” American Sociological Review 64:232-252.
Goyette, Kimberly et Yu Xie. 1999. “The Intersection of Immigration and Gender: Labor Force Outcomes of Immigrant Women Scientists.” Social Science Quarterly 80:395-408.
Raymo, James M. et Yu Xie. 2000. “Income of the Urban Elderly in Post-Reform China: Political Capital, Human Capital, and the State.” Social Science Research 29:1-24.
Xie, Yu. 2000. “Demography: Past, Present, and Future.” Journal of the American Statistical Association 95:670-673. Reprinted p.190-196 in Statistics in the 21th Century, edited by Adrian E. Raftery, Martin A. Tanner, et Martin T. Wells. New York: Chapman and Hall. 2002.
Xie, Yu. 2000. “Assessment of the Long-Term Benefits of Head Start.” p.139-167 in Into Adulthood:A Study of the Effects of Head Start, by Sherri Oden, Lawrence J. Schweinhart, and David P. Weikart. Ypsilanti, MI: High/Scope Press.
Xie, Yu. 2000. “Endogenous Switching Regression Models.” p.169-178 in Into Adulthood: À Study of the Effects of Head Start, by Sherri Oden, Lawrence J. Schweinhart, et David P. Weikart. Ypsilanti, MI: High/Scope Press.
Raymo, James M. et Yu Xie. 2000. “Temporal and Regional Variation in the Strength of Educational Homogamy.” American Sociological Review 65:773-781.
Xie, Yu. 2001. “Demographic Models.” p.3449-3452 in International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavior Sciences, edited by Paul B. Baltes and Neil J. Smelser. Oxford, England: Elsevier Science.
Axinn, William, Arland Thornton, Li-Shou Yang, Linda Young-DeMarco, et Yu Xie. 2002. “Mothers’ Reports of Children’s Family Formation Behavior.” Social Science Research 31:257-283.
Shauman, Kimberlee, et Yu Xie. 2003. “Explaining Sex Differences in Publication Productivity among Postsecondary Faculty.” p.175-208 in Equal Rights, Unequal Outcomes: Women in American Research Universities, edited by Lilli S. Hornig. New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers.
Xie, Yu, James Raymo, Kimberly Goyette, et Arland Thornton. 2003. “Economic Potential and Entry into Marriage and Cohabitation.” Demography 40:351-367.
Wu, Xiaogang et Yu Xie. 2003. “Does the Market Pay Off? Earnings Returns to Education in Urban China.” American Sociological Review 68: 425-442.
Xie Yu, et Kimberly Goyette. 2003. “Social Mobility and Educational Choices of Asian Americans.” Social Science Research 32:467-498.
Pamela Bennett et Yu Xie. 2003. “Racial Differences in College Enrollment Revisited: The Role of Historically Black Colleges and Universities.” American Sociological Review 68:567-580.
Xie, Yu. 2003. “Association Model.” p.30-33 in Encyclopedia of Social Science Research Methods, edited by Michael Lewis-Beck, Alan Bryman et Tim Futing Liao. Thousand Oaks, Ca: Sage.
Zeng, Zhen et Yu Xie. 2004. “Asian Americans’ Earnings Disadvantage Reexamined: The Role of Place of Education.” American Journal of Sociology 109:1075-1108.
Hauser, Seth et Yu Xie. 2005. “Temporal and Regional Variation in Earnings Inequality: Urban China in Transition between 1988 and 1995.” Social Science Research: 34:44-79.
