Research Fellow
Ling Wang
Visiting Scholar at Duke University
Family & Population

Ling Wang is an independent researcher and writer specializing in population policy, fertility ethics, and demographic transition. Her work examines how state-enforced reproductive policies shape individual decision-making, cultural attitudes toward life and family, and long-term social outcomes. She integrates empirical documentation, qualitative narrative, and ethical analysis to advance understanding of fertility behavior beyond conventional quantitative models.

Her current research focuses on three areas:

  • The human and ethical consequences of China’s one-child policy and its enduring demographic legacy
  • Interdisciplinary frameworks for understanding fertility behavior, incorporating cultural, psychological, and religious dimensions
  • Cross-cultural and community-based research on fertility attitudes among Chinese immigrant populations in the United States
  • Human and ethical consequences of China's one-child policy
  • Fertility behavior
  • Cross-cultural fertility attitudes among Chinese immigrant populations
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Ling Wang