Yang Yang
Assistant Professor
B.A. Beijing University, 1998
M.A. The Ohio State University, 2000
M.S. Duke University, 2004
Ph.D. Duke University, 2005
Office: Social Sciences 407
Phone: 773-834-1113
Email: yangy@uchicago.edu
Homepage: http://home.uchicago.edu/~yangy
CV: see the most up-to-date version at my homepage
Yang’s main research interests lie at the intersection of demography, sociology, health and aging. She also has long-standing interests in statistical models and methods. Her current research falls in five areas: 1) integrative sociodemographic and biological approaches to explaining sex differences in health and longevity; 2) recent mortality and fertility declines; 3) social heterogeneity in aging and life course trajectories of health and co-morbidity; 4) demographic measures of subjective quality of life and longevity; and 5) new models and methods for cohort analysis in social research.
Research Interests
Population, Sociology of Health and Medicine, Methods and Models, and Stratification
Selected Publications
"Sex and Race Disparities in Health: Cohort Variations in Life Course Patterns" (with Linda C. Lee) Social Forces 87: 2093-2124, 2009.
"Long and Happy Living: Trends and Patterns of Happy Life Expectancy in the U.S., 1970 – 2000." Social Science Research 37:1235-1252, 2008.
"The Intrinsic Estimator for Age-Period-Cohort Analysis: What It Is and How to Use It?" (with Sam Schulhofer-Wohl, Wenjiang J. Fu, and Kenneth C. Land). American Journal of Sociology 113:1697-1736, 2008.
“Trends in U.S. Adult Chronic Disease Mortality: Age, Period, and Cohort Variations.” Demography 45:387-416. 2008.
“Social Inequalities in Happiness in the U.S. 1972-2004: An Age-Period-Cohort Analysis.” American Sociological Review 73:204-226. 2008.
“Is Old Age Depressing? Growth Trajectories and Cohort Variations in Late Life Depression.” Journal of Health and Social Behavior 48:16-32. 2007.
