#  Jen-Chen Chao 

Doctoral Student in Sociology

 

 

 



   ![Jen Chen Chao](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__320x400/public/2024-09/jenchenchao.png?itok=kgM5aq3n) 

 



 

 email <jenchenchao@fas.harvard.edu> 

 laptop\_windows [Personal website](https://jenchenchao.github.io/) 

 

 



 

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)



 

 

 





 

 

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