Jen-Chen Chao

Doctoral Student in Sociology
Jen Chen Chao
jenchenchao@fas.harvard.edu
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Research interests: Economic Inequality, Social Stratification, Education, Gender and Work, Quantitative Methods, Organization, Social Demography

Jen-Chen Chao is a PhD student in Sociology at Harvard University and a Doctoral Trainee at the Center for Population and Development Studies. He primarily uses quantitative methods to study economic inequalities, with a focus on the roles of education, demographic changes, and the labor market. He also has a keen interest in understanding how social policies can reduce inequalities. In his current project, Jen-Chen is investigating how changes in the distributions and economic rewards of different fields of study have shaped the gender wage gap in the U.S. Before starting at Harvard, Jen-Chen received both his BA and MA in Sociology from National Taiwan University.

Previous Degrees:
M.A., Sociology, National Taiwan University (2022) 
B.A., Sociology, National Taiwan University (2019)