Milly Yining Yang

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Education: 
M.A. in Sociology, Yale University, 2023
B.A. with honors in Sociology and Economics (Statistics Minor), Grinnell College, 2021
Areas of Interest: 
High-Skilled Immigration, Family Demography, Labor Market
Email: 
milly.yang@yale.edu
Website: 
http://www.milly-yang.com

Milly Yang is a PhD Candidate in Sociology at Yale University. Her research broadly encompasses immigration and family demography. Her past research projects have focused on fertility and child care during COVID-19 in the United States and union formation in China. Milly’s dissertation examines high-skilled immigration in the United States. Specifically, this mixed-method project investigates how prolonged temporary legal status affects the labor market experiences of high-skilled migrants.

 

Milly’s research has been published in academic journals such as Sociology, Population Research and Policy Review, Journal of Family Issues, and Chinese Journal of Sociology. Milly received her B.A. in sociology and economics from Grinnell College.
 

Publications

Yang, Yining Milly & Grace Kao. 2024. “Do Resources Blunt the Impact of COVID-19 on Fertility Desires in the United States?” Population Research and Policy Review, 43, 2: 1-20. DOI: 10.1007/s11113-023-09847-2.

Yang, Yining Milly. 2024. “Premarital Cohabitation and the Gendered Division of Housework in China.” Chinese Journal of Sociology (Special Issue on Inequality in China, Edited by Yu Xie and James Raymo). DOI: 10.1177/2057150X241241490.

Yang, Yining Milly, Emma Zang & Jessica Calarco. 2024 “Patterns in Receiving Informal Help with Childcare Among US Parents During the COVID-19 Pandemic.” Journal of Family Issues. DOI: 10.1177/0192513X241257242.

Zang, Emma, Yining Milly Yang, James Z. Lee. 2024. “Parents’ Industrial Sectors and Fields of Study: Five Decades of Evidence from an Elite Regional University in China.” Sociology. DOI: 10.1177/00380385241242044.