Dr. Man Xu

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Prof. Man Xu is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Government and Public Administration. She received her Ph.D. in Public Affairs from the Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota in 2021, with a concentration in Public Policy and a minor in Population Studies through the Minnesota Population Center. From 2021 to 2023, she served as a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Social Research and Public Policy at New York University Abu Dhabi. Her research follows three main lines of inquiry. The first examines disparities during the family-formation transition and the effects of social policies in the United States. The second focuses on inequality in market contexts—such as labor market outcomes and the social determinants of health—with particular attention to measurement error, non-response bias, and related methodological challenges in identifying the causal determinants of disparities. The third line explores racial and class inequality in non-market domains, including public procurement and funding in U.S. higher education.

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