Yingyi Ma
Syracuse University
18 Papers
71 Citations
Yingyi Ma is an academic researcher from Syracuse University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Higher education & Ethnic group. The author has an hindex of 8, co-authored 18 publications.
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Papers
Family Socioeconomic Status, Parental Involvement, and College Major Choices—Gender, Race/Ethnic, and Nativity Patterns:
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined family socioeconomic status and parental involvement to examine potential family influences on patterned college major choice by gender, race/ethnicity, and nativity using data from the National Education Longitudinal Study 1988-1994 (NELS: 88-94).
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To mask or not to mask amid the COVID-19 pandemic: how Chinese students in America experience and cope with stigma
Yingyi Ma,Ning Zhan +1 more
TL;DR: Wang et al. as discussed by the authors focused on their choice and impact of mask wearing during the COVID19 pandemic and found that Chinese students in the U.S. are confronted with the double jeopardy of virus and stigma.
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Gender Differences in the Paths Leading to a STEM Baccalaureate
TL;DR: This paper examined the pathways that women and men follow in attaining their STEM bachelor's degrees using NELS 88-00 and the postsecondary transcript data and found that men are more likely than women to follow the complete persistence pathway to attain STEM degrees, but women are as persistent as men once they expect a major in STEM as high school seniors.
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Which Is More Consequential: Fields of Study or Institutional Selectivity?
Yingyi Ma,Gökhan Savaş +1 more
TL;DR: This article examined income disparities among recent college graduates by intersecting gender and social class and evaluating the relative importance of fields of study and institutional selectivity, finding that women reap less earnings advantage from selective institutions but similar advantages from lucrative fields compared to men.
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College major choice, occupational structure and demographic patterning by gender, race and nativity
TL;DR: This paper found that the demographic group representations in technical and life/health science occupations at societal level have significant positive influence on choosing corresponding college major fields for students from the same groups, which may indicate that the seemingly individual choice of college major has deep structural roots at the societal level.
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