"At this time, I have two research projects: one is a comparative study of the mathematics achievements of the Chinese and American 8th graders. Based on data from the National Education Longitudinal Study: 1988-94 and data from my own 1999 Survey of the 8th graders in Wuhan, China, I will explore the relationship among students' mathematical performance, their family income, and the educational expectations of their parents in these two countries.

The second project is about girls in mathematics and science. In my previous research, I have found that among the children of the one-child generation in Chinese cities, there is no gender difference in mathematical performance among 5th and 8th graders. For this project, I want to see if the only girls continue to perform equally well as their male counterparts at college entrance examinations."

Dr. Tsui's Recent Publications:

2002 Ming Tsui. “Managing Transition: Unemployment and Job Hunting in Urban China.” Pacific Affairs, forthcoming, No. 75:4 (Winter, 2002).

2002 Ming Tsui and Lynne Rich, “The Only-Child and Educational Opportunities for Girls in Urban China.” Gender and Society, Vol. 16, No. 1. (February, 2002): 74-92.

2001 Ming Tsui, “Divorce, Women's Status, and the Communist State in China.” Asian Thought and Society, Vol. XXVI, No. 77 (May-Aug. 2001):103-125.