Publications
All my published papers, by year, topic, or place. Each title links to the journal; Free marks papers you can read in full without a subscription.
Forthcoming
- Forth.Mahjong Playing and Cognitive Health in Older Chinese Adults: Exploring the Moderating Roles of Smoking and Alcohol Use Minzhi Ye, Yen-Han Lee, Wen Fan, Cai Xu, Veneeza Humayun, and Yen-Chang Chang Journal of Substance UseHealth & inequality
- Forth.The Resurgence of State-Sector Employment? The COVID-19 Pandemic and Chinese Workers' Shifting Job SatisfactionFree Yue Qian and Wen Fan (equal authorship) Work and OccupationsSocial change & the life course
- Forth.When Do Companies Abandon Workplace Flexibility Interventions? The Case of the Four-day Week Juliet Schor, Wen Fan, Guolin Gu, and Jared Fitzgerald ILR ReviewFour-day workweeks
- Forth.Work–Nonwork Boundary Management Strategies, Boundary Control, and Subjective Well-being Wen Fan, Phyllis Moen, and Siyu Ji Community, Work & FamilyRemote work & flexibility
- Forth.Work-Place Mismatch, Work-Family Conflict, and Psychological Well-Being among Parents Richard Petts, Daniel L. Carlson, and Wen Fan Society and Mental HealthRemote work & flexibility
2026
- 2026Human Meanings of Evolving Employment Geographies: Work-Place Captivity and Well-Being Dynamics Wen Fan and Phyllis Moen Social Psychology Quarterly 89(2): 150–171Remote work & flexibility
- 2026Economic Risks and Mental Health during China's 2020 COVID-19 Outbreak: A Mixed-Methods ApproachFree Wen Fan and Yue Qian (equal authorship) Journal of Current Chinese Affairs 55(1): 100–125Health & inequality
- 2026Painful Hopes? The Health and Well-being Impacts of Land Expropriation in Chinese Villages Guolin Gu and Wen Fan Land Use Policy 164: 107959Social change & the life course
- 2026Did the COVID-19 Pandemic Make It Worse? Working from Home and Affective Well-being at the Intersections of Parental Status and OccupationFree Yue Qian and Wen Fan (equal authorship) ILR Review 79(2): 310–332Remote work & flexibility
2025
- 2025Work Time Reduction Via a Four-day Workweek Finds Improvements in Workers' Well-beingFree Wen Fan, Juliet Schor, Orla Kelly, and Guolin Gu Nature Human Behaviour 9: 2153–2168Four-day workweeks
- 2025Remote/Hybrid Work in Flux: Work-Place/Preference Mismatch and AdaptationsFree Wen Fan and Phyllis Moen Social Forces 104(2): 752–775Remote work & flexibility
- 2025Whose Parents Matter? Intergenerational Transmission of Earnings Arrangements in Different-Sex Couples: A Research NoteFree Wen Fan and Yue Qian Demography 62(4): 1203–1216Social change & the life course
- 2025The Future(s) of Work? Disparities around Changing Job Conditions when Remote/Hybrid or Returning to Working at WorkFree Wen Fan and Phyllis Moen Work and Occupations 52(1): 91–129Remote work & flexibility
- 2025Work-Schedule Instability and Workers' Health and Well-being Across Different Socioeconomic Strata in China Ya Guo, Wanying Ling, Wen Fan, and Senhu Wang Research in Social Stratification and Mobility 95: 101008Health & inequality
- 2025What Did the COVID-19 Pandemic Teach Us about Flexible Working Arrangements? Wen Fan and Duanyi Yang A Research Agenda for Flexible Working Arrangements edited by Clare Kelliher and Lilian De Menezes. Edward Elgar (book chapter)Remote work & flexibility
2024
- 2024Becoming a Parent: Trajectories of Family Division of Labor in Germany and the United States Wen Fan Advances in Life Course Research 60: 100611Work, family & gender
- 2024The Shifting Stress of Working Parents: An Examination of Dual Pandemic Disruptions—Remote Work and Remote SchoolingFree Wen Fan and Phyllis Moen Social Sciences 13(1): 36Remote work & flexibility
- 2024Stressful Life Events and Depressive Symptoms during COVID-19: A Gender ComparisonFree Yue Qian and Wen Fan (equal authorship) British Journal of Sociology 75(1): 38–47Health & inequality
2023
- 2023The Early-2020 COVID-19 Outbreak in China and Subsequent Flourishing: Medium-Term Effects and Intervening MechanismsFree Yue Qian and Wen Fan (equal authorship) Society and Mental Health 13(3): 208–226Health & inequality
- 2023Student Loans, Mental Health, and Substance Use: A Gender Comparison among U.S. Young Adults Yue Qian and Wen Fan Journal of American College Health 71(3): 930–941Health & inequality
- 2023State Contexts, Job Insecurity, and Subjective Well-being in the Time of COVID-19 Wen Fan and Yue Qian (equal authorship) Journal of Happiness Studies 24: 2039–2059Health & inequality
- 2023Workplace Flexibility, Work–Family Interface, and Psychological Distress: Differences by Family Caregiving Obligations and GenderFree Deniz Yucel and Wen Fan Applied Research in Quality of Life 18: 1825–1847Remote work & flexibility
- 2023Ongoing Remote Work, Returning to Working at Work, or In Between during COVID-19: What Promotes Subjective Well-being?Free Wen Fan and Phyllis Moen Journal of Health and Social Behavior 64(1): 152–171Remote work & flexibility
2022
- 2022Lessons from Early COVID-19: Undergraduate Students' Academic Performance, Social Life, and Mental Health in the United StatesFree Joseph P. Nano, Mina H. Ghaly, and Wen Fan International Journal of Public Health 67: 1604806Health & inequality
- 2022Breadwinning, Occupational Sex Composition, and Stress: Examining Psychological Distress and Heavy Drinking at the Intersection of Gender and Race Wen Fan Gender & Society 36(6): 922–960Work, family & gender
- 2022Working More, Less or the Same During COVID-19? A Mixed Method, Intersectional Analysis of Remote WorkersFree Wen Fan and Phyllis Moen Work and Occupations 49(2): 143–186Remote work & flexibility
- 2022Constellations of Gender Ideology, Earnings Arrangements, and Marital Satisfaction: A Comparison Across Four East Asian Societies Wen Fan and Yue Qian Asian Population Studies 18(1): 24–40Work, family & gender
- 2022Temporal Work Arrangements and Well-being in China Wen Fan and Ruilin Chen Social Inequalities in China edited by Yaojun Li and Yanjie Bian. Imperial College Press (book chapter)Health & inequality
- 2022Easy Living: The Rise of the Home Office Wen Fan Contemporary Sociology 51(3): 177–179 (book review)Remote work & flexibility
2021
- 2021Stigma, Perceived Discrimination, and Mental Health during China's COVID-19 Outbreak: A Mixed-Methods InvestigationFree Wen Fan, Yue Qian, and Yongai Jin (first two authors equal authorship) Journal of Health and Social Behavior 62(4): 562–581Health & inequality
- 2021Educational Differences in Risk of All-cause Mortality after Acute Cardiovascular Events: Examining Cohort and Gender Variations Wen Fan and Jack Lam Research on Aging 43(9–10): 403–415Health & inequality
2020
- 2020Explaining Cross-national Variation in the Health Benefits of Tertiary Education: What Are the Roles of the Skills Gap and the Earnings Gap? Wen Fan and Siqi Han European Sociological Review 36(6): 957–975Health & inequality
- 2020Understanding Trends in the Concentration of Infant Mortality among Disadvantaged White and Black Mothers in the United States, 1983–2013: A Decomposition AnalysisFree Wen Fan and Liying Luo Demography 57: 979–1005Health & inequality
- 2020Who Loses Income during the COVID-19 Outbreak? Evidence from ChinaFree Yue Qian and Wen Fan (equal authorship) Research in Social Stratification and Mobility 68: 100522Social change & the life course
- 2020The Psychological Cost of Racial Discrimination: What Is the Role of Residential Segregation? Bongki Woo, Wen Fan, Thanh V. Tran, and David T. Takeuchi American Journal of Community Psychology 65(1–2): 78–89Health & inequality
- 2020Couples' Conjoint Work Hours and Health Behaviors: Do Gender and Sexual Identity Matter? Wen Fan Marriage and Health: The Well-Being of Same-Sex Couples edited by Hui Liu, Corinne Reczek, and Lindsey Wilkinson. Rutgers University Press (book chapter)Work, family & gender
- 2020Workplace Flexibility Wen Fan Oxford Bibliographies in Sociology edited by Lynette Spillman. Oxford University Press (invited contribution)Remote work & flexibility
2019
- 2019Men and Women at Work: Occupational Gender Composition and Affective Well-Being in the United States Yue Qian and Wen Fan Journal of Happiness Studies 20(7): 2077–2099Work, family & gender
- 2019Stress Proliferation? Precarity and Work–Family Conflict at the Intersection of Gender and Household Income Wen Fan, Jack Lam, and Phyllis Moen (equal authorship) Journal of Family Issues 40(18): 2751–2773Work, family & gender Nominee, 2020 Rosabeth Moss Kanter Award
- 2019Work–Family Conflict and Well-being among German Couples: A Longitudinal and Dyadic Approach Deniz Yucel and Wen Fan (equal authorship) Journal of Health and Social Behavior 60(3): 377–395Work, family & gender
- 2019Rising Educational Gradients in Mortality among U.S. Whites: What Are the Roles of Marital Status and Educational Homogamy? Wen Fan and Yue Qian Social Science & Medicine 235: 112365Health & inequality
- 2019The Role of Racial/Ethnic Identity in the Association between Racial Discrimination and Psychiatric Disorders: A Buffer or Exacerbator?Free Bongki Woo, Wen Fan, Thanh V. Tran, and David T. Takeuchi SSM - Population Health 7: 100378Health & inequality
- 2019Job Strain, Time Strain, and Well-being: A Longitudinal, Person-Centered Approach in Two IndustriesFree Wen Fan, Phyllis Moen, Erin Kelly, Leslie Hammer, and Lisa Berkman Journal of Vocational Behavior 110: 102–116Health & inequality
2018
- 2018Micro-level Experiences of Macro-level Change: A Cohort Perspective on China's Shift Away from State-sector Employment Wen Fan, Fangsheng Zhu, and Phyllis Moen Advances in Life Course Research 35: 77–86Social change & the life course
2017
- 2017Education Delayed but Not Denied: The Chinese Cultural Revolution Cohort Returning to School Wen Fan Advances in Life Course Research 33: 53–65Social change & the life course
- 2017Native-Immigrant Occupational Segregation and Worker Health in the United States, 2004–2014 Wen Fan and Yue Qian Social Science & Medicine 183: 130–141Health & inequality
- 2017Can a Flexibility/Support Initiative Reduce Turnover Intentions and Exits? Results from the Work, Family, and Health NetworkFree Phyllis Moen, Erin Kelly, Shi-Rong Lee, J. Michael Oakes, Wen Fan, Jeremy Bray, David Almeida, Leslie Hammer, David Hurtado, and Orfeu Buxton Social Problems 64: 53–85Remote work & flexibility
2016
- 2016Turning Point or Selection? The Effect of Rustication on Subsequent Health for the Chinese Cultural Revolution Cohort Wen Fan Social Science & Medicine 157: 68–77Social change & the life course
- 2016Does a Flexibility/Support Organizational Initiative Improve High-Tech Employees' Well-Being? Evidence from the Work, Family, and Health NetworkFree Phyllis Moen, Erin Kelly, Wen Fan, Shi-Rong Lee, David Almeida, Ellen Kossek, and Orfeu Buxton American Sociological Review 81(1): 134–164Remote work & flexibility
2015
- 2015Constrained Choices: Linking Employees' and Spouses' Work Conditions to Health BehaviorsFree Wen Fan, Jack Lam, Phyllis Moen, Erin Kelly, Rosalind King, and Susan McHale Social Science & Medicine 126: 99–109Work, family & gender
- 2015Comment: Capturing Linked Lives—A Promising New MethodFree Wen Fan and Phyllis Moen Sociological Methodology 45: 51–56Social change & the life course
- 2015Long-Term Health and Socioeconomic Consequences of Early-Life Exposure to the 1959–1961 Chinese Famine Wen Fan and Yue Qian Social Science Research 49: 53–69Social change & the life course Winner, Frank Mott Award, Ohio State University
- 2015Manager Characteristics and Employee Job Insecurity around a Merger Announcement: The Role of Status and CrossoverFree Jack Lam, Kimberly Fox, Wen Fan, Phyllis Moen, Erin Kelly, Leslie Hammer, and Ellen Kossek The Sociological Quarterly 56(3): 558–580Work, family & gender
2014
- 2014Changing Work and Work-Family Conflict: Evidence from the Work, Family, and Health NetworkFree Erin Kelly, Phyllis Moen, J. Michael Oakes, Wen Fan, Cassandra Okechukwu, Kelly D. Davis, Leslie Hammer, Ellen Kossek, Rosalind Berkowitz King, Ginger Hanson, Frank Mierzwa, and Lynne Casper American Sociological Review 79(3): 485–516Remote work & flexibility Winner, 2015 Rosabeth Moss Kanter Award
- 2014Is Insecurity Worse for Well-being in Turbulent Times? Mental Health in ContextFree Jack Lam, Wen Fan, and Phyllis Moen Society and Mental Health 4(1): 55–73Health & inequality
2013
- 2013Team-Level Flexibility, Work-Home Spillover, and Health BehaviorFree Phyllis Moen, Wen Fan, and Erin Kelly Social Science & Medicine 84: 69–79Remote work & flexibility
Remote work & flexibility
- Forth.Work–Nonwork Boundary Management Strategies, Boundary Control, and Subjective Well-being Wen Fan, Phyllis Moen, and Siyu Ji Community, Work & Family, Forthcoming
- Forth.Work-Place Mismatch, Work-Family Conflict, and Psychological Well-Being among Parents Richard Petts, Daniel L. Carlson, and Wen Fan Society and Mental Health, Forthcoming
- 2026Human Meanings of Evolving Employment Geographies: Work-Place Captivity and Well-Being Dynamics Wen Fan and Phyllis Moen Social Psychology Quarterly 89(2): 150–171, 2026
- 2026Did the COVID-19 Pandemic Make It Worse? Working from Home and Affective Well-being at the Intersections of Parental Status and OccupationFree Yue Qian and Wen Fan (equal authorship) ILR Review 79(2): 310–332, 2026
- 2025Remote/Hybrid Work in Flux: Work-Place/Preference Mismatch and AdaptationsFree Wen Fan and Phyllis Moen Social Forces 104(2): 752–775, 2025
- 2025The Future(s) of Work? Disparities around Changing Job Conditions when Remote/Hybrid or Returning to Working at WorkFree Wen Fan and Phyllis Moen Work and Occupations 52(1): 91–129, 2025
- 2025What Did the COVID-19 Pandemic Teach Us about Flexible Working Arrangements? Wen Fan and Duanyi Yang A Research Agenda for Flexible Working Arrangements edited by Clare Kelliher and Lilian De Menezes. Edward Elgar (book chapter), 2025
- 2024The Shifting Stress of Working Parents: An Examination of Dual Pandemic Disruptions—Remote Work and Remote SchoolingFree Wen Fan and Phyllis Moen Social Sciences 13(1): 36, 2024
- 2023Workplace Flexibility, Work–Family Interface, and Psychological Distress: Differences by Family Caregiving Obligations and GenderFree Deniz Yucel and Wen Fan Applied Research in Quality of Life 18: 1825–1847, 2023
- 2023Ongoing Remote Work, Returning to Working at Work, or In Between during COVID-19: What Promotes Subjective Well-being?Free Wen Fan and Phyllis Moen Journal of Health and Social Behavior 64(1): 152–171, 2023
- 2022Working More, Less or the Same During COVID-19? A Mixed Method, Intersectional Analysis of Remote WorkersFree Wen Fan and Phyllis Moen Work and Occupations 49(2): 143–186, 2022
- 2022Easy Living: The Rise of the Home Office Wen Fan Contemporary Sociology 51(3): 177–179 (book review), 2022
- 2020Workplace Flexibility Wen Fan Oxford Bibliographies in Sociology edited by Lynette Spillman. Oxford University Press (invited contribution), 2020
- 2017Can a Flexibility/Support Initiative Reduce Turnover Intentions and Exits? Results from the Work, Family, and Health NetworkFree Phyllis Moen, Erin Kelly, Shi-Rong Lee, J. Michael Oakes, Wen Fan, Jeremy Bray, David Almeida, Leslie Hammer, David Hurtado, and Orfeu Buxton Social Problems 64: 53–85, 2017
- 2016Does a Flexibility/Support Organizational Initiative Improve High-Tech Employees' Well-Being? Evidence from the Work, Family, and Health NetworkFree Phyllis Moen, Erin Kelly, Wen Fan, Shi-Rong Lee, David Almeida, Ellen Kossek, and Orfeu Buxton American Sociological Review 81(1): 134–164, 2016
- 2014Changing Work and Work-Family Conflict: Evidence from the Work, Family, and Health NetworkFree Erin Kelly, Phyllis Moen, J. Michael Oakes, Wen Fan, Cassandra Okechukwu, Kelly D. Davis, Leslie Hammer, Ellen Kossek, Rosalind Berkowitz King, Ginger Hanson, Frank Mierzwa, and Lynne Casper American Sociological Review 79(3): 485–516, 2014 Winner, 2015 Rosabeth Moss Kanter Award
- 2013Team-Level Flexibility, Work-Home Spillover, and Health BehaviorFree Phyllis Moen, Wen Fan, and Erin Kelly Social Science & Medicine 84: 69–79, 2013
Four-day workweeks
- Forth.When Do Companies Abandon Workplace Flexibility Interventions? The Case of the Four-day Week Juliet Schor, Wen Fan, Guolin Gu, and Jared Fitzgerald ILR Review, Forthcoming
- 2025Work Time Reduction Via a Four-day Workweek Finds Improvements in Workers' Well-beingFree Wen Fan, Juliet Schor, Orla Kelly, and Guolin Gu Nature Human Behaviour 9: 2153–2168, 2025
Work, family & gender
- 2024Becoming a Parent: Trajectories of Family Division of Labor in Germany and the United States Wen Fan Advances in Life Course Research 60: 100611, 2024
- 2022Breadwinning, Occupational Sex Composition, and Stress: Examining Psychological Distress and Heavy Drinking at the Intersection of Gender and Race Wen Fan Gender & Society 36(6): 922–960, 2022
- 2022Constellations of Gender Ideology, Earnings Arrangements, and Marital Satisfaction: A Comparison Across Four East Asian Societies Wen Fan and Yue Qian Asian Population Studies 18(1): 24–40, 2022
- 2020Couples' Conjoint Work Hours and Health Behaviors: Do Gender and Sexual Identity Matter? Wen Fan Marriage and Health: The Well-Being of Same-Sex Couples edited by Hui Liu, Corinne Reczek, and Lindsey Wilkinson. Rutgers University Press (book chapter), 2020
- 2019Men and Women at Work: Occupational Gender Composition and Affective Well-Being in the United States Yue Qian and Wen Fan Journal of Happiness Studies 20(7): 2077–2099, 2019
- 2019Stress Proliferation? Precarity and Work–Family Conflict at the Intersection of Gender and Household Income Wen Fan, Jack Lam, and Phyllis Moen (equal authorship) Journal of Family Issues 40(18): 2751–2773, 2019 Nominee, 2020 Rosabeth Moss Kanter Award
- 2019Work–Family Conflict and Well-being among German Couples: A Longitudinal and Dyadic Approach Deniz Yucel and Wen Fan (equal authorship) Journal of Health and Social Behavior 60(3): 377–395, 2019
- 2015Constrained Choices: Linking Employees' and Spouses' Work Conditions to Health BehaviorsFree Wen Fan, Jack Lam, Phyllis Moen, Erin Kelly, Rosalind King, and Susan McHale Social Science & Medicine 126: 99–109, 2015
- 2015Manager Characteristics and Employee Job Insecurity around a Merger Announcement: The Role of Status and CrossoverFree Jack Lam, Kimberly Fox, Wen Fan, Phyllis Moen, Erin Kelly, Leslie Hammer, and Ellen Kossek The Sociological Quarterly 56(3): 558–580, 2015
Health & inequality
- Forth.Mahjong Playing and Cognitive Health in Older Chinese Adults: Exploring the Moderating Roles of Smoking and Alcohol Use Minzhi Ye, Yen-Han Lee, Wen Fan, Cai Xu, Veneeza Humayun, and Yen-Chang Chang Journal of Substance Use, Forthcoming
- 2026Economic Risks and Mental Health during China's 2020 COVID-19 Outbreak: A Mixed-Methods ApproachFree Wen Fan and Yue Qian (equal authorship) Journal of Current Chinese Affairs 55(1): 100–125, 2026
- 2025Work-Schedule Instability and Workers' Health and Well-being Across Different Socioeconomic Strata in China Ya Guo, Wanying Ling, Wen Fan, and Senhu Wang Research in Social Stratification and Mobility 95: 101008, 2025
- 2024Stressful Life Events and Depressive Symptoms during COVID-19: A Gender ComparisonFree Yue Qian and Wen Fan (equal authorship) British Journal of Sociology 75(1): 38–47, 2024
- 2023The Early-2020 COVID-19 Outbreak in China and Subsequent Flourishing: Medium-Term Effects and Intervening MechanismsFree Yue Qian and Wen Fan (equal authorship) Society and Mental Health 13(3): 208–226, 2023
- 2023Student Loans, Mental Health, and Substance Use: A Gender Comparison among U.S. Young Adults Yue Qian and Wen Fan Journal of American College Health 71(3): 930–941, 2023
- 2023State Contexts, Job Insecurity, and Subjective Well-being in the Time of COVID-19 Wen Fan and Yue Qian (equal authorship) Journal of Happiness Studies 24: 2039–2059, 2023
- 2022Lessons from Early COVID-19: Undergraduate Students' Academic Performance, Social Life, and Mental Health in the United StatesFree Joseph P. Nano, Mina H. Ghaly, and Wen Fan International Journal of Public Health 67: 1604806, 2022
- 2022Temporal Work Arrangements and Well-being in China Wen Fan and Ruilin Chen Social Inequalities in China edited by Yaojun Li and Yanjie Bian. Imperial College Press (book chapter), 2022
- 2021Stigma, Perceived Discrimination, and Mental Health during China's COVID-19 Outbreak: A Mixed-Methods InvestigationFree Wen Fan, Yue Qian, and Yongai Jin (first two authors equal authorship) Journal of Health and Social Behavior 62(4): 562–581, 2021
- 2021Educational Differences in Risk of All-cause Mortality after Acute Cardiovascular Events: Examining Cohort and Gender Variations Wen Fan and Jack Lam Research on Aging 43(9–10): 403–415, 2021
- 2020Explaining Cross-national Variation in the Health Benefits of Tertiary Education: What Are the Roles of the Skills Gap and the Earnings Gap? Wen Fan and Siqi Han European Sociological Review 36(6): 957–975, 2020
- 2020Understanding Trends in the Concentration of Infant Mortality among Disadvantaged White and Black Mothers in the United States, 1983–2013: A Decomposition AnalysisFree Wen Fan and Liying Luo Demography 57: 979–1005, 2020
- 2020The Psychological Cost of Racial Discrimination: What Is the Role of Residential Segregation? Bongki Woo, Wen Fan, Thanh V. Tran, and David T. Takeuchi American Journal of Community Psychology 65(1–2): 78–89, 2020
- 2019Rising Educational Gradients in Mortality among U.S. Whites: What Are the Roles of Marital Status and Educational Homogamy? Wen Fan and Yue Qian Social Science & Medicine 235: 112365, 2019
- 2019The Role of Racial/Ethnic Identity in the Association between Racial Discrimination and Psychiatric Disorders: A Buffer or Exacerbator?Free Bongki Woo, Wen Fan, Thanh V. Tran, and David T. Takeuchi SSM - Population Health 7: 100378, 2019
- 2019Job Strain, Time Strain, and Well-being: A Longitudinal, Person-Centered Approach in Two IndustriesFree Wen Fan, Phyllis Moen, Erin Kelly, Leslie Hammer, and Lisa Berkman Journal of Vocational Behavior 110: 102–116, 2019
- 2017Native-Immigrant Occupational Segregation and Worker Health in the United States, 2004–2014 Wen Fan and Yue Qian Social Science & Medicine 183: 130–141, 2017
- 2014Is Insecurity Worse for Well-being in Turbulent Times? Mental Health in ContextFree Jack Lam, Wen Fan, and Phyllis Moen Society and Mental Health 4(1): 55–73, 2014
Social change & the life course
- Forth.The Resurgence of State-Sector Employment? The COVID-19 Pandemic and Chinese Workers' Shifting Job SatisfactionFree Yue Qian and Wen Fan (equal authorship) Work and Occupations, Forthcoming
- 2026Painful Hopes? The Health and Well-being Impacts of Land Expropriation in Chinese Villages Guolin Gu and Wen Fan Land Use Policy 164: 107959, 2026
- 2025Whose Parents Matter? Intergenerational Transmission of Earnings Arrangements in Different-Sex Couples: A Research NoteFree Wen Fan and Yue Qian Demography 62(4): 1203–1216, 2025
- 2020Who Loses Income during the COVID-19 Outbreak? Evidence from ChinaFree Yue Qian and Wen Fan (equal authorship) Research in Social Stratification and Mobility 68: 100522, 2020
- 2018Micro-level Experiences of Macro-level Change: A Cohort Perspective on China's Shift Away from State-sector Employment Wen Fan, Fangsheng Zhu, and Phyllis Moen Advances in Life Course Research 35: 77–86, 2018
- 2017Education Delayed but Not Denied: The Chinese Cultural Revolution Cohort Returning to School Wen Fan Advances in Life Course Research 33: 53–65, 2017
- 2016Turning Point or Selection? The Effect of Rustication on Subsequent Health for the Chinese Cultural Revolution Cohort Wen Fan Social Science & Medicine 157: 68–77, 2016
- 2015Comment: Capturing Linked Lives—A Promising New MethodFree Wen Fan and Phyllis Moen Sociological Methodology 45: 51–56, 2015
- 2015Long-Term Health and Socioeconomic Consequences of Early-Life Exposure to the 1959–1961 Chinese Famine Wen Fan and Yue Qian Social Science Research 49: 53–69, 2015 Winner, Frank Mott Award, Ohio State University
United States
- Work–Nonwork Boundary Management Strategies, Boundary Control, and Subjective Well-being Wen Fan, Phyllis Moen, and Siyu Ji Community, Work & Family, ForthcomingRemote work & flexibility
- Work-Place Mismatch, Work-Family Conflict, and Psychological Well-Being among Parents Richard Petts, Daniel L. Carlson, and Wen Fan Society and Mental Health, ForthcomingRemote work & flexibility
- Human Meanings of Evolving Employment Geographies: Work-Place Captivity and Well-Being Dynamics Wen Fan and Phyllis Moen Social Psychology Quarterly 89(2): 150–171, 2026Remote work & flexibility
- Did the COVID-19 Pandemic Make It Worse? Working from Home and Affective Well-being at the Intersections of Parental Status and OccupationFree Yue Qian and Wen Fan (equal authorship) ILR Review 79(2): 310–332, 2026Remote work & flexibility
- Remote/Hybrid Work in Flux: Work-Place/Preference Mismatch and AdaptationsFree Wen Fan and Phyllis Moen Social Forces 104(2): 752–775, 2025Remote work & flexibility
- Whose Parents Matter? Intergenerational Transmission of Earnings Arrangements in Different-Sex Couples: A Research NoteFree Wen Fan and Yue Qian Demography 62(4): 1203–1216, 2025Social change & the life course
- The Future(s) of Work? Disparities around Changing Job Conditions when Remote/Hybrid or Returning to Working at WorkFree Wen Fan and Phyllis Moen Work and Occupations 52(1): 91–129, 2025Remote work & flexibility
- The Shifting Stress of Working Parents: An Examination of Dual Pandemic Disruptions—Remote Work and Remote SchoolingFree Wen Fan and Phyllis Moen Social Sciences 13(1): 36, 2024Remote work & flexibility
- Stressful Life Events and Depressive Symptoms during COVID-19: A Gender ComparisonFree Yue Qian and Wen Fan (equal authorship) British Journal of Sociology 75(1): 38–47, 2024Health & inequality
- Student Loans, Mental Health, and Substance Use: A Gender Comparison among U.S. Young Adults Yue Qian and Wen Fan Journal of American College Health 71(3): 930–941, 2023Health & inequality
- State Contexts, Job Insecurity, and Subjective Well-being in the Time of COVID-19 Wen Fan and Yue Qian (equal authorship) Journal of Happiness Studies 24: 2039–2059, 2023Health & inequality
- Workplace Flexibility, Work–Family Interface, and Psychological Distress: Differences by Family Caregiving Obligations and GenderFree Deniz Yucel and Wen Fan Applied Research in Quality of Life 18: 1825–1847, 2023Remote work & flexibility
- Ongoing Remote Work, Returning to Working at Work, or In Between during COVID-19: What Promotes Subjective Well-being?Free Wen Fan and Phyllis Moen Journal of Health and Social Behavior 64(1): 152–171, 2023Remote work & flexibility
- Lessons from Early COVID-19: Undergraduate Students' Academic Performance, Social Life, and Mental Health in the United StatesFree Joseph P. Nano, Mina H. Ghaly, and Wen Fan International Journal of Public Health 67: 1604806, 2022Health & inequality
- Breadwinning, Occupational Sex Composition, and Stress: Examining Psychological Distress and Heavy Drinking at the Intersection of Gender and Race Wen Fan Gender & Society 36(6): 922–960, 2022Work, family & gender
- Working More, Less or the Same During COVID-19? A Mixed Method, Intersectional Analysis of Remote WorkersFree Wen Fan and Phyllis Moen Work and Occupations 49(2): 143–186, 2022Remote work & flexibility
- Easy Living: The Rise of the Home Office Wen Fan Contemporary Sociology 51(3): 177–179 (book review), 2022Remote work & flexibility
- Educational Differences in Risk of All-cause Mortality after Acute Cardiovascular Events: Examining Cohort and Gender Variations Wen Fan and Jack Lam Research on Aging 43(9–10): 403–415, 2021Health & inequality
- Understanding Trends in the Concentration of Infant Mortality among Disadvantaged White and Black Mothers in the United States, 1983–2013: A Decomposition AnalysisFree Wen Fan and Liying Luo Demography 57: 979–1005, 2020Health & inequality
- The Psychological Cost of Racial Discrimination: What Is the Role of Residential Segregation? Bongki Woo, Wen Fan, Thanh V. Tran, and David T. Takeuchi American Journal of Community Psychology 65(1–2): 78–89, 2020Health & inequality
- Couples' Conjoint Work Hours and Health Behaviors: Do Gender and Sexual Identity Matter? Wen Fan Marriage and Health: The Well-Being of Same-Sex Couples edited by Hui Liu, Corinne Reczek, and Lindsey Wilkinson. Rutgers University Press (book chapter), 2020Work, family & gender
- Men and Women at Work: Occupational Gender Composition and Affective Well-Being in the United States Yue Qian and Wen Fan Journal of Happiness Studies 20(7): 2077–2099, 2019Work, family & gender
- Stress Proliferation? Precarity and Work–Family Conflict at the Intersection of Gender and Household Income Wen Fan, Jack Lam, and Phyllis Moen (equal authorship) Journal of Family Issues 40(18): 2751–2773, 2019Work, family & gender Nominee, 2020 Rosabeth Moss Kanter Award
- Rising Educational Gradients in Mortality among U.S. Whites: What Are the Roles of Marital Status and Educational Homogamy? Wen Fan and Yue Qian Social Science & Medicine 235: 112365, 2019Health & inequality
- The Role of Racial/Ethnic Identity in the Association between Racial Discrimination and Psychiatric Disorders: A Buffer or Exacerbator?Free Bongki Woo, Wen Fan, Thanh V. Tran, and David T. Takeuchi SSM - Population Health 7: 100378, 2019Health & inequality
- Job Strain, Time Strain, and Well-being: A Longitudinal, Person-Centered Approach in Two IndustriesFree Wen Fan, Phyllis Moen, Erin Kelly, Leslie Hammer, and Lisa Berkman Journal of Vocational Behavior 110: 102–116, 2019Health & inequality
- Native-Immigrant Occupational Segregation and Worker Health in the United States, 2004–2014 Wen Fan and Yue Qian Social Science & Medicine 183: 130–141, 2017Health & inequality
- Can a Flexibility/Support Initiative Reduce Turnover Intentions and Exits? Results from the Work, Family, and Health NetworkFree Phyllis Moen, Erin Kelly, Shi-Rong Lee, J. Michael Oakes, Wen Fan, Jeremy Bray, David Almeida, Leslie Hammer, David Hurtado, and Orfeu Buxton Social Problems 64: 53–85, 2017Remote work & flexibility
- Does a Flexibility/Support Organizational Initiative Improve High-Tech Employees' Well-Being? Evidence from the Work, Family, and Health NetworkFree Phyllis Moen, Erin Kelly, Wen Fan, Shi-Rong Lee, David Almeida, Ellen Kossek, and Orfeu Buxton American Sociological Review 81(1): 134–164, 2016Remote work & flexibility
- Constrained Choices: Linking Employees' and Spouses' Work Conditions to Health BehaviorsFree Wen Fan, Jack Lam, Phyllis Moen, Erin Kelly, Rosalind King, and Susan McHale Social Science & Medicine 126: 99–109, 2015Work, family & gender
- Manager Characteristics and Employee Job Insecurity around a Merger Announcement: The Role of Status and CrossoverFree Jack Lam, Kimberly Fox, Wen Fan, Phyllis Moen, Erin Kelly, Leslie Hammer, and Ellen Kossek The Sociological Quarterly 56(3): 558–580, 2015Work, family & gender
- Changing Work and Work-Family Conflict: Evidence from the Work, Family, and Health NetworkFree Erin Kelly, Phyllis Moen, J. Michael Oakes, Wen Fan, Cassandra Okechukwu, Kelly D. Davis, Leslie Hammer, Ellen Kossek, Rosalind Berkowitz King, Ginger Hanson, Frank Mierzwa, and Lynne Casper American Sociological Review 79(3): 485–516, 2014Remote work & flexibility Winner, 2015 Rosabeth Moss Kanter Award
- Is Insecurity Worse for Well-being in Turbulent Times? Mental Health in ContextFree Jack Lam, Wen Fan, and Phyllis Moen Society and Mental Health 4(1): 55–73, 2014Health & inequality
- Team-Level Flexibility, Work-Home Spillover, and Health BehaviorFree Phyllis Moen, Wen Fan, and Erin Kelly Social Science & Medicine 84: 69–79, 2013Remote work & flexibility
China
- Mahjong Playing and Cognitive Health in Older Chinese Adults: Exploring the Moderating Roles of Smoking and Alcohol Use Minzhi Ye, Yen-Han Lee, Wen Fan, Cai Xu, Veneeza Humayun, and Yen-Chang Chang Journal of Substance Use, ForthcomingHealth & inequality
- The Resurgence of State-Sector Employment? The COVID-19 Pandemic and Chinese Workers' Shifting Job SatisfactionFree Yue Qian and Wen Fan (equal authorship) Work and Occupations, ForthcomingSocial change & the life course
- Economic Risks and Mental Health during China's 2020 COVID-19 Outbreak: A Mixed-Methods ApproachFree Wen Fan and Yue Qian (equal authorship) Journal of Current Chinese Affairs 55(1): 100–125, 2026Health & inequality
- Painful Hopes? The Health and Well-being Impacts of Land Expropriation in Chinese Villages Guolin Gu and Wen Fan Land Use Policy 164: 107959, 2026Social change & the life course
- Work-Schedule Instability and Workers' Health and Well-being Across Different Socioeconomic Strata in China Ya Guo, Wanying Ling, Wen Fan, and Senhu Wang Research in Social Stratification and Mobility 95: 101008, 2025Health & inequality
- The Early-2020 COVID-19 Outbreak in China and Subsequent Flourishing: Medium-Term Effects and Intervening MechanismsFree Yue Qian and Wen Fan (equal authorship) Society and Mental Health 13(3): 208–226, 2023Health & inequality
- Temporal Work Arrangements and Well-being in China Wen Fan and Ruilin Chen Social Inequalities in China edited by Yaojun Li and Yanjie Bian. Imperial College Press (book chapter), 2022Health & inequality
- Stigma, Perceived Discrimination, and Mental Health during China's COVID-19 Outbreak: A Mixed-Methods InvestigationFree Wen Fan, Yue Qian, and Yongai Jin (first two authors equal authorship) Journal of Health and Social Behavior 62(4): 562–581, 2021Health & inequality
- Who Loses Income during the COVID-19 Outbreak? Evidence from ChinaFree Yue Qian and Wen Fan (equal authorship) Research in Social Stratification and Mobility 68: 100522, 2020Social change & the life course
- Micro-level Experiences of Macro-level Change: A Cohort Perspective on China's Shift Away from State-sector Employment Wen Fan, Fangsheng Zhu, and Phyllis Moen Advances in Life Course Research 35: 77–86, 2018Social change & the life course
- Education Delayed but Not Denied: The Chinese Cultural Revolution Cohort Returning to School Wen Fan Advances in Life Course Research 33: 53–65, 2017Social change & the life course
- Turning Point or Selection? The Effect of Rustication on Subsequent Health for the Chinese Cultural Revolution Cohort Wen Fan Social Science & Medicine 157: 68–77, 2016Social change & the life course
- Long-Term Health and Socioeconomic Consequences of Early-Life Exposure to the 1959–1961 Chinese Famine Wen Fan and Yue Qian Social Science Research 49: 53–69, 2015Social change & the life course Winner, Frank Mott Award, Ohio State University
Other countries & cross-national
- When Do Companies Abandon Workplace Flexibility Interventions? The Case of the Four-day Week Juliet Schor, Wen Fan, Guolin Gu, and Jared Fitzgerald ILR Review, ForthcomingFour-day workweeks
- Work Time Reduction Via a Four-day Workweek Finds Improvements in Workers' Well-beingFree Wen Fan, Juliet Schor, Orla Kelly, and Guolin Gu Nature Human Behaviour 9: 2153–2168, 2025Four-day workweeks
- Becoming a Parent: Trajectories of Family Division of Labor in Germany and the United States Wen Fan Advances in Life Course Research 60: 100611, 2024Work, family & gender
- Constellations of Gender Ideology, Earnings Arrangements, and Marital Satisfaction: A Comparison Across Four East Asian Societies Wen Fan and Yue Qian Asian Population Studies 18(1): 24–40, 2022Work, family & gender
- Explaining Cross-national Variation in the Health Benefits of Tertiary Education: What Are the Roles of the Skills Gap and the Earnings Gap? Wen Fan and Siqi Han European Sociological Review 36(6): 957–975, 2020Health & inequality
- Work–Family Conflict and Well-being among German Couples: A Longitudinal and Dyadic Approach Deniz Yucel and Wen Fan (equal authorship) Journal of Health and Social Behavior 60(3): 377–395, 2019Work, family & gender
Not specific to one country
- What Did the COVID-19 Pandemic Teach Us about Flexible Working Arrangements? Wen Fan and Duanyi Yang A Research Agenda for Flexible Working Arrangements edited by Clare Kelliher and Lilian De Menezes. Edward Elgar (book chapter), 2025Remote work & flexibility
- Workplace Flexibility Wen Fan Oxford Bibliographies in Sociology edited by Lynette Spillman. Oxford University Press (invited contribution), 2020Remote work & flexibility
- Comment: Capturing Linked Lives—A Promising New MethodFree Wen Fan and Phyllis Moen Sociological Methodology 45: 51–56, 2015Social change & the life course
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