Rate My Professor Jia Miao

Miao's research focuses on urban sociology, social demography, population aging, health inequality, child development, and survey and quantitative methods. Her key publications include "Does homeownership improve health outcomes? Evidence from Hong Kong" with Tyler Haupert (Cities, 2024); "Early childhood development and social mobility in China" with Xiaogang Wu and Xin Li (ECNU Review of Education, 2024); "Social consequences of homeownership: Evidence from the Home Ownership Scheme in Hong Kong" with Xiaogang Wu (Social Forces, 2023); "Promoting ageing in place in Hong Kong: Neighbourhood social environment and depression among older adults" with Xiaogang Wu and Donglin Zeng (Journal of Asian Public Policy, 2022); and "Can neighborhoods protect residents from mental distress during the COVID-19 pandemic? Evidence from Wuhan" with Donglin Zeng and Zhilei Shi (Chinese Sociological Review, 2021). She has co-edited Understanding Inequality in China: The Contribution of the Chinese General Social Survey (2024) and Bluebook of Chinese Parenting and Child Development (2024). Miao has received the Shanghai Leading Talents Program Young Scholar scheme (2021-present) and Shanghai Eastern Scholar Program Young Scholar Scheme (2021-2024). She is on the editorial board of Journal of Cities and Society (2023-present), a founding faculty member and Executive Committee member of the Center for Applied Social and Economic Research (CASER) at NYU Shanghai (2020-present), and has served on various academic committees, including search committees and as a judge for the Undergraduate Research Symposium.