Qin Gao

Qin Gao , PhD, MPhil, MA, is Professor of Social Policy and Social Work at the Columbia University School of Social Work and a Faculty Affiliate of the Columbia Population Research Center and Weatherhead East Asian Institute. She is also an Academic Board Member of the China Institute for Income Distribution and Beijing Normal University, and a Public Intellectual Fellow of the National Committee on United States-China Relations. Dr. Gao's research examines poverty, income inequality, and...See more

Qin Gao , PhD, MPhil, MA, is Professor of Social Policy and Social Work at the Columbia University School of Social Work and a Faculty Affiliate of the Columbia Population Research Center and Weatherhead East Asian Institute. She is also an Academic Board Member of the China Institute for Income Distribution and Beijing Normal University, and a Public Intellectual Fellow of the National Committee on United States-China Relations. Dr. Gao's research examines poverty, income inequality, and social welfare policies and programs in China and their cross-national comparisons. Dr. Gao also studies gender inequality and soical protection for rural-to-urban migrants in China. She has published widely in leading interdisciplinary journals such as The China Quarterly , Journal of Contemporary China , Journal of Social Policy , Review of Income and Wealth, Social Service Review , and World Development. See less