Qin Gao, Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Columbia University; M.A., Peking University; B.A., China Youth College for Political Science
Dr. Gao’s research centers on social policies and their impact on families and their children in an international context. Her current research projects include: 1) the Chinese social benefit system in transition and its impact on poverty, income inequality, and family economic well-being; 2) the impact of welfare reform and in particular, the Earned Tax Income Credit policy, on the consumption patterns of low-income families and their children in the US; and 3) cross-national comparative social policy analysis among China, South Korea, and Vietnam. She has taught research methods and social policy courses in the MSW program and advanced statistics in the Ph.D. program.
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Peer-reviewed Journal Articles:
Gao, Q., Garfinkel, I. & Zhai, F. (in press). Anti-poverty effectiveness of the Minimum Living Standard Assistance policy in urban China. Review of Income and Wealth.
Zhai, F. & Gao, Q. (2009). Child maltreatment among Asian Americans: Characteristics and explanatory framework. Child Maltreatment, 14(2): 207-224.
Gao, Q. (2008). The Chinese Social Benefit System in Transition: Reforms and Impacts on Income Inequality. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Vol. 1136: 342-347.
Zhai, F. & Gao, Q. (2008). Center-Based Early Childhood Education and Care in China: Policies, Trends, and Implications. Asian Social Work and Policy Review, 2(3): 127-148.
Kaushal, N., Gao, Q., & Waldfogel, J. (2007). Welfare reform and family expenditures: How are single mothers adapting to the new welfare and work regime? Social Service Review, 81(3), 369-396.
Lewis, C., Garfinkel, I. & Gao, Q. (2007). Incarceration and unwed fathers in fragile families. Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare, 34(3), 77-94.
Rich, L., Garfinkel, I. & Gao, Q. (2007). Child support enforcement policy and unmarried fathers’ employment in the underground and regular economies. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 26(4), 765-784.
Gao, Q. (2006). The social benefit system in urban China: Reforms and trends from 1988 to 2002. Journal of East Asian Studies, 6(1), 31-67.
Peer-reviewed Book Chapters:
Gao, Q., Kaushal, N., & Waldfogel, J. (in press). How have expansions in the Earned Income Tax Credit affected family expenditures? In Ziliak, J. (ed.), Ten Years after: Evaluating the Long-Term Effects of Welfare Reform on Children, Families, Welfare, and Work. Cambridge University Press.
Gao, Q. & Riskin, C. (in press). Generosity and participation: Variations in urban China’s Minimum Livelihood Guarantee policy. In Kennedy, D. & Stiglitz, J. E. (eds.), China’s Transition to a Market Economy, Volume 1: Designing Institutions for a Different Kind of Capitalism. Oxford University Press.
Riskin, C. & Gao, Q. (in press). The changing nature of urban poverty in China. In Anand, S., Segal, P. & Stiglitz, J. E. (eds.), Debates in the Measurement of Global Inequality. Oxford University Press.
Gao, Q. & Riskin, C. (2009). Market versus social benefits: Explaining China’s changing inequality. In Davis, D. & Wang, F. (eds.), Creating Wealth and Poverty in Contemporary China. Stanford University Press.
Gao, Q. (2008). Social benefits in urban China: Determinants and impacts on income inequality in 1988 and 2002. In Wan, G. (ed.), Understanding Inequality and Poverty in China: Methods and Applications. Palgrave Macmillan.
SELECTED GRANTS
2009-2011 Lois and Samuel Silberman Fund Faculty Grant Program, “Cultural Values, Childrearing Practices, and Child Maltreatment among Asian Americans in New York City.” Principal Investigator. $40,000.
2009-2010 Global Public Policy Network, “Social Benefits and Income Inequality in Post-
Socialist China and Vietnam.” Principal Investigator. Co-Investigators: Martin Evans and Irwin Garfinkel. $30,000.
2008-2009 Fordham University Faculty Research Grant, “Anti-Poverty Effectiveness of the Minimum Living Standard Assistance Policy in Urban China.” Principal Investigator. $4,000.
2007-2008 Chiang Ching-Kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange Junior Scholar Grant, “The Chinese Social Benefit System in Transition: Impacts and Implications for Future Reforms.” Principal Investigator. $25,000.
2007-2008 Horowitz Foundation Social Policy Award, “The Chinese Social Benefit System in Transition: Size, Domains, and Redistributive Effects.” Principal Investigator. $3,000.
2007-2008 University of Kentucky Center for Poverty Research Young Investigator Development Grant, “The Earned Income Tax Credit, Family Expenditures, and Child Well-being.” Principal Investigator. $5,000.
2006-2007 Fordham University Faculty Research Grant, “Reforming the Chinese Social Benefit System: Transitions, Impacts, and Policy Implications.” Principal Investigator. $5,000.
SELECTED HONORS AND AWARDS
12/2008 Emerging Social Work Leader Award, National Association of Social Workers – New York City Chapter
11/2007 2008 Frank R. Breul Memorial Prize, awarded to the best article published in Social Service Review in 2007 (with co-authors Neeraj Kaushal and Jane Waldfogel, “Welfare reform and family expenditures: How are single mothers adapting to the new welfare and work regime?”)
08/2006 Invited Plenary Session Speaker, the International Association for Research in Income and Wealth 29th General Conference
SELECTED PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS
Gao, Q., Yoo, J., Yang, S. & Zhai, F. (2009). Basic Livelihood Security Systems in China and South Korea: Comparisons and Implications. Paper presented at the 2009 APPAM International Conference on “Asian Social Protection in Comparative Perspective,” Jan. 7-9, 2009, Singapore.
Gao, Q., Evans, M. & Garfinkel, I. (2008). Social benefits and income inequality in post-socialist China and Vietnam. Paper presented at the 30th Annual Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) Research Conference, Nov. 2008, Los Angeles, CA; and the 2009 APPAM International Conference on “Asian Social Protection in Comparative Perspective,” Jan. 7-9, 2009, Singapore.
Gao, Q. & Riskin, C. (2008). Generosity and participation: Variations in urban China’s Minimum Living Standard Assistance policy. Paper presented at the Brooks World Poverty Institute and Initiative for Policy Dialogue China Task Force Meeting on Regulation, June 2008, Manchester, UK.
Gao, Q., Garfinkel, I., Zhai, F. (2007). How effective is the Minimum Living Standard Assistance policy in urban China? Paper presented at the 29th Annual Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) Research Conference, Nov. 2007, Washington, D.C.; and the International Association for Research in Income and Wealth (IARIW) and the National Bureau of Statistics of China (NBS) International Conference on Experiences and Challenges in Measuring National Income and Wealth in Transition Economies, Sept. 2007, Beijing, China.
Gao, Q., Kaushal, N., & Waldfogel, J. (2007). Expansions in the Earned Income Tax Credit and family expenditures. Paper presented at University of Kentucky Center for Poverty Research Small Grants Conference, May 2007, Lexington, KY.
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