Publications

Books
Powers, Daniel A. and Yu Xie.  2000.  Statistical Methods for Categorical Data Analysis.  New York: Academic Press.
Xie, Yu and Kimberlee A. Shauman.  2003.  Women in Science: Career Processes and Outcomes.  Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. 
Reviewed in Science (2003), Nature (2004), Choice (2004), and Contemporary Sociology (2005). 
2005 Choice Magazine Outstanding Academic Title. 
Xie, Yu and Kimberly Goyette.  2004.  A Demographic Portrait of Asian Americans.  New York: Russell Sage Foundation and Population Reference Bureau. 
Scott, Jacqueline L. and Yu Xie (editors).  2005.  Quantitative Social Science, Sage Benchmarks in Social Research Methods.  London: Sage. 
Xie, Yu.  2006.  Sociological Methodology and Quantitative Research.  Social Sciences Academic Press.  Beijing, China (Chinese). 

Thornton, Arland, William Axinn, and Yu Xie.  2007.  Marriage and Cohabitation.  Chicago: University of Chicago Press.  
Xie, Yu (Editor).  2007.  Sociological Methodology Vol. 37.  Washington D.C.: American Sociological Association.  

Research Papers
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 and 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 and 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 and 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, and 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.”  Pp.301-340 in Sociological Methodology, edited by Peter Marsden.  Washington, D.C.: The American Sociological Association.
Hannum, Emily and Yu Xie.  1994.  “Trends in Educational Gender Inequality in China: 1949-1985.”  Research in Social Stratification and Mobility 13:73-98. 
Camic, Charles and 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 and 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 pp.460-508 in Market Transition and Social Stratification, edited by Bian Yanjie, Beijing: Shanlian Press, 2002. 
Frey, William H., Kao-Lee Liaw, Yu Xie, and 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.”  Pp.43-57 in Careers in Science and Technology: International Perspective, edited by National Research Council.  Washington, D.C: National Academy Press. 
Shauman, Kimberlee A. and Yu Xie.  1996.  “Geographic Mobility of Scientists: Sex Differences and Family Constraints.”  Demography 33:455-468. 
Xie, Yu and 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 and 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.”  Pp.231-236 in Sociological Methodology, edited by Adrian Raftery.  Washington, D.C.: The American Sociological Association.
Hannum, Emily and 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 and 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 and Yu Xie.  1999.  “Educational Expectations of Asian-American Youth: Determinants and Ethnic Differences.”  Sociology of Education 72:22-36. 
Mouw, Theodore and Yu Xie.  1999.  “Bilingualism and the Academic Achievement of Asian Immigrants: Accommodation with or without Assimilation?”  American Sociological Review 64:232-252. 
Goyette, Kimberly and 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.  and 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 pp. 190-196 in Statistics in the 21th Century, edited by Adrian E. Raftery, Martin A. Tanner, and Martin T. Wells.  New York: Chapman and Hall.  2002. 
Xie, Yu.  2000.  “Assessment of the Long-Term Benefits of Head Start.”  Pp.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.”  Pp.169-178 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. 
Raymo, James M. and Yu Xie.  2000.  “Temporal and Regional Variation in the Strength of Educational Homogamy.”  American Sociological Review 65:773-781.
Xie, Yu.  2001.  “Demographic Models.”  Pp.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, and Yu Xie.  2002.  “Mothers’ Reports of Children’s Family Formation Behavior.”  Social Science Research 31:257-283. 
Shauman, Kimberlee, and Yu Xie.  2003.  “Explaining Sex Differences in Publication Productivity among Postsecondary Faculty.”  Pp.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, and Arland Thornton.  2003.  “Economic Potential and Entry into Marriage and Cohabitation.”  Demography 40:351-367.  
Wu, Xiaogang and Yu Xie.  2003.  “Does the Market Pay Off?  Earnings Returns to Education in Urban China.”  American Sociological Review 68: 425-442. 
Xie, Yu, and Kimberly Goyette.  2003.  “Social Mobility and Educational Choices of Asian Americans.”  Social Science Research 32:467-498. 
Bennett, Pamela and 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.”  Pp. 30-33 in Encyclopedia of Social Science Research Methods, edited by Michael Lewis-Beck, Alan Bryman and Tim Futing Liao. Thousand Oaks, Ca: Sage.
Zeng, Zhen and Yu Xie.  2004. “Asian Americans’ Earnings Disadvantage Reexamined: The Role of Place of Education.” American Journal of Sociology 109:1075-1108.   
Hauser, Seth and Yu Xie.  2005.  “Temporal and Regional Variation in Earnings Inequality: Urban China in Transition between 1988 and 1995.”  Social Science Research: 34:44-79.
Xie, Yu.  2005.  “Methodological Contradictions of Contemporary Sociology.”  Michigan Quarterly Review 44: 506-511.  
Sakamoto, Arthur, and Yu Xie.  2005.  “The Socioeconomic Attainments of Asian Americans.”  Pp.54-77 in Asian Americans: Contemporary Trends and Issues, edited by Pyong Gap Min, second edition.  Thousands Oaks, CA: Pine Forge Press. 
Xie, Yu and Xiaogang Wu.  2005.  “Market Premium, Social Process, and Statisticism.”  American Sociological Review 70:865-870. 
Xie, Yu.  2006.  “Theories into Gender Segregation in Scientific Careers.”  Pp.105-110 in Women in Scientific Careers: Unleashing the Potential, edited by Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development.  OECD Publishing. 
Zhu, Haiyan, and Yu Xie.  2007. “Socioeconomic Differentials in Mortality among the Oldest Old in China.”  Research on Aging 29: 125-143. 
Chu, C. Y. Cyrus, Yu Xie, and Ruoh-rong Yu.  2007.  “Effects of Sibship Structure Revisited:  Evidence from Intra-Family Resource Transfer in Taiwan.”  Sociology of Education 80:91-113. 
Xie, Yu.  2007.  “Otis Dudley Duncan’s Legacy: the Demographic Approach to Quantitative Reasoning in Social Science.”  Research in Social Stratification and Mobility 25:141-156. 
Xie, Yu and Susan Murphy.  2007.  “Discussion of ‘Principal Stratification Designs to Estimate Input Data Missing Due to Death” by C. E. Frangakis, D. B. Rubin, M..W. An, and E. MacKenzie.   Biometrics 63:655-658.   
Brand, Jennie and Yu Xie.  2007. “Identification and Estimation of Causal Effects with Time-Varying Treatments and Time-Varying Outcomes.”  Sociological Methodology.  37:393-434. 
Emily, Greenman, and Yu Xie.  2008.  “Is Assimilation Theory Dead?  The Effect of Assimilation on Adolescent Well-Being.”  Social Science Research.  37: 109-137.
Emily, Greenman, and Yu Xie. 2008. “Double Jeopardy? The Interaction of Gender and Race on Earnings in the U.S.”  Social Forces 86: 1217-1244. 
Xie, Yu, Yang Jiang, and Emily, Greenman. 2008.  “Did Send-Down Experience Benefit Youth? A Reevaluation of the Social Consequences of Forced Urban-Rural Migration during China’s Cultural Revolution.” Social Science Research.
Zeng, Zhen, and Yu Xie.  Forthcoming.  “A Preference-Opportunity-Choice Framework
With Applications to Intergroup Friendship.”  American Journal of Sociology. 
Xie, Yu, and Xiaogang Wu.  Forthcoming.   “Danwei Profitability and Earnings Inequality in Urban China.”  The China Quarterly.