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Hao Liang

Hao Liang

Ph.D. candidate at
Department of Sociology
Cornell University

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I am a sociologist and social demographer in training in the Department of Sociology, Cornell University and Cornell Population Center. Focusing on international migration, I am interested in ethnic minority and immigrant integration and segregation, and sociological methodology focusing on sequence analysis, causal inference and social network analysis. Most of my work focuses on Japan and the United States. CV here.

My empirical work focuses on (1) causes and consequences of residential segregation in new destinations, (2) the effects of educational credentials and educational mobility in both traditional and new destinations, and (3) the effects of premigration selectivity on immigrant integration. I am interested in both between group and within group heterogeneity.

My methodological interests lie in (1) the effects of sequences on social outcomes combining sequence analysis and causal inference, and (2) the feature of social networks on segregation using agent-based modeling and simulation.

Feel free to say hi to me via hl893@cornell.edu. I’d love to get to know about you!

Recent Publications

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Immigrants in Japan are pretty segregated.
Citation: Residential Segregation in Japan: Ethnic Stratification in a Global New Destination. Forthcoming. Population Research and Policy Review.
Using census microdata, this paper describes the trends of majority-minorty and minority-minority segregation and their associations with segregation theories in Japan from 2000 to 2020.
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Chinese immigrants move back to Chinatowns for coethnic preferences.
Citation: Beyond Gateways: Unraveling Residential Mobility and Integration in and out of Chinatowns. 2025. International Migration Review.
Using sequence analysis, this paper finds that residential mobility into and out of ethnic neighborhoods is associated with varying levels of socioeconomic resources and coethnic preferences.
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Locally educated immigrant labor does not necessarily earn more in Japan.
Citation: Cultural Fluency Required? Interrogating Ethnocentrism in the Employment of White-Collar Asian Migrants in Japan. (with Hilary Holbrow) Forthcoming. Social Science Japan Journal.
This paper shows that for immigrant labor, education in Japan does not lead to higher income levels after adjusting for various confounders, including university rankings and majors.