Education:
Ph.D., University of California - Los Angeles - 1993 (Sociology)
M.A., Chinese Academy of Social Sciences - 1986 (Sociology)
B.A., Sichuan University (China) - 1983 (Philosophy)
Areas of Expertise:
Economic sociology, organizational studies and China study. Peng teaches introductory statistics, advanced statistics, mathematical economics and operations management.
Books and Publications
Huang, P., Y. Gao, and Y. Peng. "Capitalization Without Proletarianization in China's Agricultural Development." Modern China 38.2: 139-73. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2012
"Causal Analysis in Social Sciences." Sociological Research [Shehuixue Yanjiu] 153: 1-32. In Chinese; lead article. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2011
"The Structure of Empirical Social Research." Sociological Research [Shehuixue Yanjiu] 146: 180-210. In Chinese. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2010
"When Formal Laws and Informal Norms Collide: Lineage Networks Versus Birth Control Policy in China." American Journal of Sociology 116.3: 770-805. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2010
Village China Under Socialism and Reform, by Huaiyin Li. American Journal of Sociology 115: 1619-21. (Books and Publications: Book Review) 2010
"Foreign Direct Investment and SOE Performance in China: Evidence From the Third Industrial Census." Research in the Sociology of Work 19: 105-27. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2009
"When Formal Laws and Informal Norms Collide: Lineage Versus Birth Control Policy in China." Chinese Journal of Sociology (shehui) 29.1: 37-65. In Chinese. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2009
'What Has Spilled Over From Chinese Cities Into Rural Industry?" Modern China 33.3: 287-319. Lead article. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2007
Davis, D., P. Landry, Y. Peng and J. Xiao. "Gendered Pathways to Rural Schooling: The Interplay of Wealth and Local Institutions." The China Quarterly 189: 60-82. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2007
Huang, P. and Y. Peng. "The Prospect of Chinese Family Farms at the Conjuncture of Three Historical Trends." Social Sciences in China (Zhongguo Shehui Kexue) 2007.4: 74-88. In Chinese. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2007
"Lineage Networks, Rural Entrepreneurs, and Max Weber." Research in the Sociology of Work 15: 327-55. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2005
"Kingship Networks and Entrepreneurship in China's Transitional Economy." American Journal of Sociology 109.5: 1045-74. Lead article. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2004
"Chinese Villages and Townships as Industrial Corporations: Ownership, Governance and Competition." American Journal of Sociology 106.5: 1338-70. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2001
