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He is interested in housing economics, particularly among immigrants and in the urban context. His research pertains to residential mobility, housing tenure choice, and urban form. His peer-reviewed publications have appeared in journals such as, Urban Studies, Real Estate Economics, and Habitat International. His research has been supported by institutions such as the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Urban China Research Network at the University at Albany, Lambda Alpha International’s Land Economics Foundation, and the Foundation for Urban and Regional Studies. |
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Peer Reviewed Publications |
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"Leaving Gateway Metropolitan Areas: Immigrants and the Housing Market," with Gary Painter, Urban Studies, forthcoming.
"Convergence or Divergence in Los Angeles: Three Distinctive Ethnic Patterns of Immigrant Residential Assimilation,"with Dowell Myers, Social Science Research, 36 (1), 254-285, 2007.
"Housing Tenure Choice of Taiwanese Immigrants: A Different Path to Residential Assimilation," Housing Studies, 21 (4), 555-584, 2006.
"Heterogeneity and dynamics in China’s emerging urban housing market: two sides of a success story from the late 1990s," Habitat International, 30 (2): 277-304, 2006. A revised version appeared in Chinese Journal of Population Science, 10 (5), 50-60, 2006 (in Chinese).
"Regional Disparities in Homeownership Trajectories: Impacts of Affordability, New Construction, and Immigration," with Dowell Myers, Gary Painter, Sung Ho Ryu, and Liang Wei, Housing Policy Debate, 16(1): 53-83, 2005.
"Homeownership Determinants for Chinese Americans: Assimilation, Ethnic Concentration, and Nativity," with Gary Painter and Lihong Yang, Real Estate Economics, 32(3): 509-539, 2004.
"Heterogeneity in Asian American Homeownership: The Impact of Household Endowments and Immigrant Status," with Gary Painter and Lihong Yang, Urban Studies, 40 (3): 505-530, 2003.
"Does Immigration Induce Urban Sprawl in the U.S.? A Demographic Analysis," Planning Forum, 8: 41-63, 2002. |
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Teaching |
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FCS 3200 - Research Methods in Family and Consumer Studies
FCS 3600 - Introduction to Consumer and Community Policy
FCS 5700 / FCS 6700 - Research for Consumer and Community Needs
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Homepage |
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http://www.fcs.utah.edu/~yu/ |
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