Professor Yeung is a professor at the Department of Sociology and the Research Leader of the Changing Family in Asia cluster in the Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore. She is on the editorial board of the Journal of Marriage and Family, and Journal of Family Issues and serves as a member of the board of trustees of the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. Her research interests include China’s family and demographic transition, intergenerational studies, family and children, inequality, and education. Professor Yeung was a co-principal investigator of the Panel Study of Income Dynamics, one of the longest running social science panel surveys. She also served on the committees of the Child Development journal and numerous other journals and scientific review committees. Prof Yeung has received numerous awards, including those from the National Science Foundation, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, and National Institute on Aging. Her most recent work includes several volumes on economic stress and Asian families, Asian fatherhood, transition to adulthood in Asia, and care in Asia. She is also working on issues related to migration and children’s well-being, and racial achievement gap.
2 Ebooks tarafından Mui Teng Yap
Wei-Jun Jean Yeung & Mui Teng Yap: Economic Stress, Human Capital, and Families in Asia
This book presents recent findings about the consequences and policy implications of economic stress for human capital development and family well-being in Asia. The scope of the chapters goes beyond …
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Kai Hong Phua & Lee Gan Goh: AGEING IN ASIA: CONTEMPORARY TRENDS AND POLICY ISSUES
Ageing in Asia contains a selection of leading social systems and programs, with interesting case-studies offering innovative and useful lessons. The book covers ageing and related developments occur …
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