Prof Lai Wei
Assistant Professor, HKU-100 Scholar
9.20, 9/F., The Jockey Club Tower, Centennial Campus


PhD in Sociology, Princeton University
BA in Sociology, Tsinghua University
Social Stratification
Intergenerational Mobility
Sociological Methodology
Causal Inference
Computational Social Science
He currently has two lines of research. The first is an attempt at developing causal inference methods to evaluate the causes, consequences, and mechanisms of social stratification. Underlying this agenda is a new methodological program called “causal intervention”. The second focuses on how the transformation of the educational system and the labor market environment affected intergenerational mobility in the United States.
Charlotte Elizabeth Procter Honorific Fellowship, Princeton University 2023-2024
Nan Lin Award, Honorable Mention, ICSA 2023
Aage B. Sørensen Award at RC28 Spring Conference 2022
Liying Luo and Lai Wei. "For Whom Does Education Convey Health Benefits? A Two-Generation Life Course Approach." Forthcoming, Journal of Health and Social Behavior
Lai Wei. "When the Wall is Broken: Rural-to-Urban Migration, Perceived Inequality, and Subjective Social Status in China." Research in Social Stratification and Mobility82 (2022): 100731.
Lai Wei, Elaine Yao, and Han Zhang. "Authoritarian Responsiveness and Political Attitudes during COVID-19: Evidence from Weibo and a Survey Experiment." Chinese Sociological Review (2021): 1-37.
