University of Wisconsin–Madison

Tag: Ang Yu

Counterfactual Slopes and Their Applications in Social Stratification

Sociological Methodology (2025) Authors: Ang Yu and Jiwei Zhao Abstract: This article addresses two prominent theses in social stratification research, the great equalizer thesis and Mare’s school transition thesis. Both theses describe the role of an intermediate educational transition in the association between socioeconomic status and an outcome variable. However, the descriptive regularities of the …

Yu and Elwert Develop Approach to Better Understand Causes Behind Group Disparities

Understanding roots of social inequalities Social scientists have long worked to better understand the roots of societal inequalities between groups. For example, why do members of one group on average do better in school, or why does another group have a lower average income? There is a large literature that has tried to find the …