Associate Professor Hu Shu

Selected Publications

Peer-reviewed Articles:

Hu, S., & Gu, X. (2026).
Between autonomy and interdependence: The changing parental role in adult children’s family formation in China. Social Science Research, 133, 103279. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssresearch.2025.103279

Hu, S., & Das, D. (2024).
Gender, Work, and Leisure in Old Age in China and India.Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10823-024-09497-7

Mu, Z., & Hu, S. (equal authorship) (2024).
Parental education and children’s subjective wellbeing in China: The roles of educational attainment and educational assortative mating. Chinese Sociological Review, 56(4), 466–495. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/21620555.2024.2361653.

Mu, Z., & Hu, S. (2023).
Unequal childhoods in China: Parental education and children’s time use. Journal of Community Psychology, 51(2), 695–723. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcop.22710

Hu, S., & Mu, Z. (2021).
Extended gender inequality? Intergenerational coresidence and division of household labor. Social Science Research, 93, 102497. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssresearch.2020.102497

Hu, S., & Mu, Z. (2020).
Some Time is Better Spent than Other Time: Chinese Adolescents’ Time Use and Developmental Outcomes. Child Indicators Research, 13(5), 1739–1765. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12187-020-09718-8

Hu, S. (2019).
“It’s for Our Education”: Perception of Parental Migration and Resilience Among Left-behind Children in Rural China. Social Indicators Research, 145(2), 641–661. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11205-017-1725-y

Hu, S., & Das, D. (2019).
Quality of life among older adults in China and India: Does productive engagement help? Social Science & Medicine, 229, 144–153. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2018.06.028

Hu, S., & Yeung, W.-J. J. (2019).
Education and Childrearing Decision-Making in East Asia. Chinese Sociological Review, 51(1), 29–56. https://doi.org/10.1080/21620555.2019.1571903

Hu, S. (2018).
Parents’ Migration and Adolescents’ Transition to High School in Rural China: The Role of Parental Divorce. Journal of Family Issues, 39(12), 3324–3359. https://doi.org/10.1177/0192513x18778083

Yeung, W.-J. J., & Hu, S. (2016).
Paradox in marriage values and behavior in contemporary China. Chinese Journal of Sociology, 2(3), 447–476. https://doi.org/10.1177/2057150X16659019

Yeung, W.-J. J., & Hu, S. (2013).
Coming of Age in Times of Change: The Transition to Adulthood in China. The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 646(1), 149–171. https://doi.org/10.1177/0002716212468667

Yang, L., and Hu, S. (2010).
Study on Adjustment Mechanism of Urban Minimum Living Standards (城镇居民最低生活保障标准调整机制研究). China Soft Science (中国软科学), 9, 33-46. (in Chinese)

Editorial Commentaries:

Hu, S. (2025)
Time use and gender inequality among older adults in developing Asia. Asian Population Studies, 21(2), 131–136. https://doi.org/10.1080/17441730.2024.2429831

Dommaraju, P., & Hu, S. (2024)
Gavin Jones’ scholarship on divorce in Asia: Understanding trends, patterns, and implications. Asian Population Studies, 20(1), 26–32. https://doi.org/10.1080/17441730.2023.2267225

Peer-reviewed Working Paper:

Hu, S., & Das, D. (2018).
Work in Old Age and Quality of Life: Gender Divide in China and India (Asia Research Institute Working Paper Series No. 267). https://ari.nus.edu.sg/publications/wps-267-work-in-old-age-and-quality-of-life-gender-divide-in-china-and-india/

Book and Book Chapters:

Hu, S. (2021).
Schools as De Facto Childcare Centers: Adolescents’ Lives and Educational Paths in Rural China. In P. A. Kong, E. Hannum, & G. A. Postiglione (Eds.), Rural Education in China’s Social Transition (pp. 153–172). Routledge.

Yeung, W.-J. J., & Hu, S. (2018).
Continuity and Change in Singapore’s Population and Families. In W.-J. J. Yeung & S. Hu (Eds.), Family and population changes in Singapore: A unique case in the global family change (pp. 1–26). Routledge.

Mu, Z., & Hu, S. (2018).
Origin and Transition of Singapore Families. In W.-J. J. Yeung & S. Hu (Eds.), Family and population changes in Singapore: A unique case in the global family change (pp. 27–52). Routledge.

Hu, S. (2014).
Study Population. In A. C. Michalos (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research (pp. 6412–6414). Springer Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0753-5_2893

Hu, S. (2014).
Pretesting. In A. C. Michalos (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research (pp. 5048–5052). Springer Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0753-5_2256

Yang, L., & Hu, S. (2013).
Research on Rural Poverty Line in China (中国农村贫困线研究). China Economic Publishing House (中国经济出版社). (in Chinese)

Editorial work on book:

Yeung, W.-J. J., & Hu, S. (2018).
Family and population changes in Singapore: A unique case in the global family change. Routledge.

Book Review:

Hu, S. (2019).
Sharon Ee Ling Quah, Perspectives on Marital Dissolution: Divorce Biographies in Singapore. International Sociology, 34(2), 222–225. https://doi.org/10.1177/0268580919831636b