Academic Staff

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Peer-reviewed Journal Articles

Jiang, Jin and Chunni Zhang (2025). Parental homes as feathered nets: Home-leaving trajectories of young people in China. Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World, 11. https://doi.org/10.1177/23780231251395464. [Scopus CiteScore: 5.1, 86th percentile, General Social Sciences]

Jiang, Jin, Chunni Zhang and Xiuming Pan^. (2025). Changing pathways in young people’s school-to-work transition: Evidence from the 2003–2021 Chinese General Social Surveys. Chinese Sociological Review, 57(4), 389–423. (^graduate student co-author at the time of writing). [Scopus CiteScore: 7.6, 98th percentile, Anthropology, 95th percentile, Sociology and Political Science]

Jiang, Jin and Hon-Kwong Lui. (2025). Lifetime earnings premium of higher education: Evidence from the 40-year career of the 1951–1955 birth cohort in Hong Kong. Research in Higher Education, 66(3), 21. [Scopus CiteScore: 4.4, 78th percentile, Education]

Jiang, Jin and Chunni Zhang. (2025). Are parents not integral to our family? Perceptions of young adults in the Chinese Mainland and Hong Kong. Journal of Family Studies, 31(5), 778–802. [Scopus CiteScore: 3.2, 77th percentile, Social Sciences (miscellaneous)]

5. Qian, Jiwei, Zhuoyi Wen, and Jin Jiang. (2024). Firm compliance, state enforcement and social insurance coverage in China. Journal of Current Chinese Affairs, 53(3) 477–506. [Scopus CiteScore: 3.2, 79th percentile, Political Science and International Relations] Best Paper Award, Annual Conference of Association of Chinese Political Studies (2019)

Jiang, Jin and Hon-Kwong Lui. (2024). Higher education expansion and earnings premium: A comparative study of two systems in China. China Perspectives, 136, 63–73. [Scopus CiteScore: 1.7, 84th percentile, Cultural Studies]

Jiang, Jin, Shouzhi Xia^, and Dong Zhang. (2024). Birds of a feather: Sharing democratic values eases immigration in a postmaterialist society. Political Behavior, 46, 1887–1911. (^graduate student co-author at the time of writing) (equal authorship). [Scopus CiteScore: 8.4, 96th percentile, Sociology and Political Science]

Jiang, Jin and Hon-Kwong Lui. (2023). Pursuing dreams in an Asia's global city: does host language proficiency matter for Asian minorities? Urban Studies, 60(2), 360–378. [Scopus CiteScore: 10.5, 96th percentile, Urban Studies] Promote the research and broaden its impact:

• Blog post on the website of Urban Studies: https://bit.ly/3LYZptk.
• Newspaper commentary in Sing Tao Daily (in Chinese): https://bit.ly/3HYd0AP.

Chen, Jacqueline Chen, Jin Jiang# and Tony Tam. (2023) Social competition and the contingent legitimation of pay differentials in reform-era China, Chinese Sociological Review, 55(4), 351–383. (#corresponding author). [Scopus CiteScore: 7.6, 98th percentile, Anthropology, 95th percentile, Sociology and Political Science]

• Lay summary of the research (in Chinese): https://bit.ly/3wt1VmU.

Shen, Wenqin and Jin Jiang#. (2023). Institutional prestige, academic supervision and research productivity of international PhD students: Evidence from Chinese returnees. Journal of Sociology, 59(2), 552–579. (#corresponding author). [Scopus CiteScore: 5.9, 91st percentile, Sociology and Political Science]

Kühner, Stefan, Maggie Lau, Jin Jiang, and Zhuoyi Wen. (2021). Personal income, local communities and happiness in a rich global city: evidence from Hong Kong. Journal of Asian Public Policy, 14(3), 314–332. [Scopus CiteScore: 5.2, 87th percentile, Sociology and Political Science]

Kühner, Stefan; Jin Jiang#; Zhuoyi Wen and Maggie Lau. (2021). Labour market experience, educational attainment and self-reported happiness: Crowding-out amongst young people in Hong Kong. Journal of Education and Work, 34(3), 275–291. (#corresponding author). [Scopus CiteScore: 2.7, 60th percentile, Education]

Jiang, Jin and Guoguo Ke^. (2021). China’s move to mass higher education since 1998: Analysis of higher education expansion policies. Higher Education Quarterly, 75(3), 418–437. (^graduate student co-author at the time of writing). [Scopus CiteScore: 4.5, 79th percentile, Education] Wiley Top Cited Paper Award 2021–2022

Mok, Ka Ho and Jin Jiang. (2020). Towards corporatized collaborative governance: The multiple networks model and entrepreneurial universities in Hong Kong. Studies in Higher Education, 45(10), 2110–2120. [Scopus CiteScore: 10.2, 96th percentile, Education]

Jiang, Jin, Ka Ho Mok, and Wenqin Shen. (2020). Riding over national and global disequilibria: International learning and academic career development of Chinese PhD returnees. Higher Education Policy, 33, 531v554. [Scopus CiteScore: 4.6, 84th percentile, Sociology and Political Science]

Kang, Yuyang^ and Jin Jiang#. (2020). Revisiting the innovation systems of cross-border cities: The role of higher education institution and cross-boundary cooperation in Hong Kong and Shenzhen. Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 42(2), 213–229. (^graduate student co-author at the time of writing, #corresponding author). [Scopus CiteScore: 5.3, 84th percentile, Education]

Jiang, Jin and Wenqin Shen. (2019). International mentorship and research collaboration: Evidence from European-trained Chinese PhD returnees. Frontiers of Education in China, 14(2), 180–205. [Scopus CiteScore: 2.3, 53rd percentile, Education]

Jiang, Jin; Jiwei Qian, and Zhuoyi Wen. (2018). Social protection for the informal sector in urban China: Institutional constraints and self-selection behaviour. Journal of Social Policy, 47(2), 335–357. [Scopus CiteScore: 4.4, 87th percentile, Social Sciences (miscellaneous)]

Mok, Ka Ho and Jin Jiang#. (2018). Massification of higher education and challenges for graduate employment and social mobility: East Asian experiences and sociological reflections. International Journal of Educational Development, 63, 44–51. (#corresponding author). [Scopus CiteScore: 4.2, 82nd percentile, Sociology and Political Science]

Mok, Ka Ho; Xiao Han, Jin Jiang# and Xiaojun Zhang. (2018) International and transnational education for whose interests? A study on the career development of Chinese students. Higher Education Quarterly, 72(3), 208–223. (#corresponding author). [Scopus CiteScore: 4.5, 79th percentile, Education] Wiley Top Cited Paper Award 2018–2019

Shen, Wenqin; Yao Gao, Bin Zhang, and Jin Jiang. (2018). Academia or enterprises: gender, research outputs, and employment among PhD graduates in China. Asia Pacific Education Review, 19(2), 285–296. [Scopus CiteScore: 5.2, 83rd percentile, Education] 

Tam, Tony and Jin Jiang. (2015). Divergent urban-rural trends in college attendance: State policy bias and structural exclusion in China. Sociology of Education, 88(2), 160–180. [Scopus CiteScore: 6.9, 94th percentile, Sociology and Political Science]

Tam, Tony and Jin Jiang. (2014). The making of higher education inequality: How do mechanisms and pathways depend on competition? American Sociological Review, 79, 807–816. [Scopus CiteScore: 13.3, 98th percentile, Sociology and Political Science]

Peer-reviewed Book Chapters and Oxford Research Encyclopaedia

Neubauer, Deane, Ka Ho Mok, and Jin Jiang. (eds.) (2018). The Sustainability of Higher Education in an Era of Post-Massification. London: Routledge.

Peer-reviewed Book Chapters and Oxford Research Encyclopaedia

Jiang, Jin. (2023). Higher education in Hong Kong: Recent developments and challenges. In Kapur, Devesh; Kong, Lily; Lo, Florence and Malone, David M. (eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Higher Education in the Asia-Pacific Region (pp. 714-734). Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Jiang, Jin. and Mok, Ka Ho (2019). Asserting global leadership in higher education: Governance with strong government in China. In Jarvis, Darryl. S.L. and Mok, Ka Ho. (eds.). Transformations in Higher Education Governance in Asia (pp. 101-121). Singapore: Springer.

Jiang, Jin. (2018). Competition for talent and unequal development of higher education: Evidence from Chang Jiang Scholars Programme. In Alfred. M. Wu and John. N. Hawkins (eds.), Massification of Higher Education in Asia: Consequences, Policy Responses and Changing Governance (pp. 21-37). Singapore: Springer.

Mok, Ka Ho and Jiang, Jin. (2018). Questing for entrepreneurial university in Hong Kong and Shenzhen: The promotion of industry-university collaboration and entrepreneurship. In Neubauer, Deane, Mok, Ka Ho, and Jiang, Jin. (eds.) The Sustainability of Higher Education in an Era of Post-Massification (pp. 115-133). London: Routledge.

Jiang, Jin. (2017). Higher education in China. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Education. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Online publication, doi: 10.1093/acrefore/9780190264093.013.207.

Mok, Ka Ho and Jiang, Jin. (2017). Massification of higher education: Challenges for admissions and graduate employment in China. In Mok, Ka Ho (ed.), Managing International Connectivity, Diversity of Learning and Changing Labour Markets: East Asian Perspectives (pp.219-243). Singapore: Springer.

Research Report

Jiang, Jin. Zhang, Dong and Mok, Ka Ho (2022). Public Policy Research Report on “The Greater Bay Area and Career Opportunity for Hong Kong Youth: Integrating Big Data Analysis and Survey Experiments”. Chief Executive's Policy Unit (CEPU), available on the official website of CEPU: https://shorturl.at/tyQZ1.

Selected Conference Papers and Seminar Presentation Since 2021

Jiang, Jin. (2025). Anxious and adrift: Unveiling the digital voices of China’s highly educated NEETs. Paper presented at Conference on Demographic Transition, Social Stratification and Health (organized by University of Macau), 16/11/2025, Macau, China. A revised version presented at Hong Kong Sociological Association (HKSA) 26th Annual Conference, 6/12/2025. Hong Kong, China.

Jiang, Jin. (2025). The hidden struggles of ‘full-time children’ in China: Computational analysis of online discourse of highly educated NEETs. Paper presented at Social Policy Association and East Asian Social Policy Research Network Joint Annual Conference, 4/7/2025, York, UK.

Jiang, Jin and Hon-Kwong Lui. (2025). Lifetime earnings premium of higher education: Evidence from the 40-year career of the 1951–1955 birth cohort in Hong Kong. Paper presented at the 11th Higher Education Research Association Conference (organized by the University of Hong Kong), 9/6/2025, Hong Kong, China.

Jiang, Jin, Chunni Zhang, and He Wang. (2025). How do women benefit from higher education? Work-family trajectories and later-life outcomes. Paper presented at the International Research Workshop on Work, Family, and Caregiving in a Global Context (co-organized by the University of Chicago and Hong Kong Baptist University), 24/4/2025, Hong Kong, China.

Jiang, Jin and Chunni Zhang. (2024). Are parents not integral to our family? Perceptions of young adults in Hong Kong and the Chinese Mainland. Paper presented at Annual Meeting of Research on East Asian Demography and Inequality (co-organized by Peking University and Princeton University), 27/7/2024, Beijing, China.

Jiang, Jin, Chunni Zhang, and He Wang. (2024). Striking a balance of career and family? Gender-differentiated effect of education on work-and-life trajectories. Paper presented at the Spring Meeting of Research Committee 28 on Social Stratification and Mobility (RC28) of the International Sociological Association (ISA), 19/5/2024, Shanghai, China.

Jiang, Jin and Chunni Zhang. (2023). Leaving the feathered nest? The home-leaving trajectories of young people in China. Paper presented at the Hong Kong Sociological Association (HKSA) 24th Annual Conference, 2/12/2023, Hong Kong, China.

Jiang, Jin and Chunni Zhang. (2023). Trajectories of leaving the parental home: Traditional values, individualistic attitudes, and youth transitions of Chinese young people. Paper presented at the 20th ISA World Congress of Sociology, 1/7/2023, Melbourne, Australia.

Jiang, Jin (2023). Partially patriarchy? Coresidence of young adults with their parents in the least affordable city. Distributed paper at the 20th ISA World Congress of Sociology, 29/6/2023, Melbourne, Australia.

Jiang, Jin, Chunni Zhang, and Xiuming Pan. (2023). Changing pathways in young adults’ school-to-work transition: Evidence from the 2003–2021 Chinese General Social Surveys. Paper presented at the 20th Anniversary of the China General Social Survey Conference cum the Urban Social Survey and Quantitative Analysis Annual Conference, organized by New York University Shanghai and Renmin University, 24/6/2023, Shanghai, China.

Jiang, Jin (2022). Do cultural norms and socio-economic status matter? Young adults’ headship of intergenerational co-residence families in Hong Kong. Paper presented at the 5th International Chinese Sociological Association (ICSA) Annual Conference, 17/12/2022, online conference.

Jiang, Jin (2022). Young adults’ gender or socio-economic status matters? Household headship of intergenerational co-residence in the least affordable Asian city. Paper presented at the HKSA 23rd Annual Conference, 3/12/2022, Hong Kong, China.

Jiang, Jin (2022). Young adults’ co-residence with parents in Western and Chinese societies: Divergent or convergent trends? Paper presented at HKSA 22nd Annual Conference, 8/1/2022.

Jiang, Jin and Dong Zhang. (2021). “Golden opportunity” of the Greater Bay Area for Hong Kong youth? Evidence from big data. Paper presented in the 17th Annual Conference of the East Asian Social Policy Research (EASP) Network, 2/7/2021, Hong Kong, China.