Bio.
Wanying Ling (凌宛莹) 
is a PhD student in the Department of Sociology at the University of Hong Kong.
My research lies at the intersection of demography, sociology, and epidemiology, focusing on three core topics: work and occupations, population health and family formation. I study standard and non-standard forms of work, examining their determinants and consequences. I also explore multidimensional measures of health and well-being, as well as their inequalities across the life course. Additionally, I am interested in the causes and consequences of family formation (such as marriage, divorce, and childbirth). I employ a wide variety of multi-source data—including census records, social surveys, interviews, biographies, and biomarkers—alongside quantitative and computational methods to investigate these topics.
My recent research interests include: skills and tasks of the Chinese occupations; generative AI in the social sciences; age-specific estimates of the labor participation rate.
Edu.
| 2023 - Present | Ph.D. in Sociology | The University of Hong Kong |
| 2020 - 2023 | M.Phil. in Demography | Renmin University of China |
| 2016 - 2020 | B.Sc. in Statistics (Minor in Sociology) | Minzu University of China |
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Contact.
- Email: lingwany@connect.hku.hk
- Address: 8.25, 8/F., The Jockey Club Tower, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong SAR