Scholars@Duke
Ying Shi

Overview

Education:
MS. Economics, Duke University, 2013
MSc. Economics and Philosophy, London School of Economics, 2011
BA. Mathematical Economics, Rice University, 2007

Publications:
  • Shi, Y. "Cross-cutting Messages and Voter Turnout: Evidence from a Same-Sex Marriage Amendment” [Forthcoming - Political Communication]
  • Shi, Y. and Moody, J. "Most Likely to Succeed: Long-Run Returns to Adolescent Popularity" [Forthcoming - Social Currents]

Working Papers:
  • Who Benefits from Selective Schools? Evidence from High-Achieving Math and Science Students in North Carolina"

  • "A Class of Their Own: Explaining High School Attainment Gaps by Socioeconomic Status, Race, and Gender" (with Brian Clark)

  • "The Puzzle of Missing Female Engineers: Academic Preparation, Ability Beliefs, and Preferences"


Works in Progress:
  • "Skill Begets Skills: Human Capital Accumulation and Specialization Among Childhood Immigrants" (with Marcos A. Rangel)

  • A Factor Analysis of the Transition to College: Explaining Gaps by Gender, Race, and Socioeconomic Status" (with Brian Clark)

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Recent Publications

Most Likely to Succeed: Long-Run Returns to Adolescent Popularity.

Journal Article Social currents · February 2017 Sociological explanations for economic success tend toward measures of embeddedness in longstanding social institutions, such as race and gender, or personal skills represented mainly by educational attainment. In this paper we seek a distinctively social ... Full text Cite

Cross-cutting Messages and Voter Turnout: Evidence from a Same-Sex Marriage Amendment

Journal Article Political Communication · July 2, 2016 Does disagreement stimulate political participation, or discourage it? Some researchers find that exposure to cross-cutting views demobilizes voters. Selection bias in the way individuals expose themselves to disagreement and other sources of endogeneity p ... Full text Cite
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