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Zhenchao Qian, Trevon Logan
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences January 2025, 11 (2) 1-24; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2025.11.2.01
Zhenchao Qian
aProfessor of sociology and research associate of Population Studies and Training Center at Brown University, United States
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bThe ENGIE-Axium Endowed Professor in the Department of Economics at The Ohio State University, United States
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