Yanwen Wang
Postdoctoral Associate
Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Education: BA Nanjing University; MA University of Chicago; PhD National University of Singapore
Research Areas: Stratification; demography; well-being
Yanwen Wang is a Postdoctoral Associate in the Division of Social Science at New York University Abu Dhabi. He received his PhD in Sociology from the National University of Singapore in 2025.
Wang is a quantitative sociologist and demographer working at the intersection of family demography, social stratification, and race/ethnicity in multiethnic societies across Asia and beyond. His research examines ethnic and caste boundaries through intermarriage in China and Nepal, the ways individuals sort into partnerships — long structured by education and status, and increasingly by values, beliefs, and life orientations — and changing patterns of family life, including pathways to childlessness, parenting norms, and the consequences of family arrangements for subjective well-being.
Wang's work has been published or is forthcoming in journals such as Demography, Social Science Research, Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, Advances in Life Course Research, Family Relations, and the Journal of Family and Economic Issues.