Wei Zhuang

PhD Candidate, University of Manchester

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I am a PhD candidate in Social Statistics at the University of Manchester, supervised by Prof. Mark Elliot, Prof. Colette Fagan and Dr. Kathrin Morosow. My research lies at the intersection of gender, parenthood, family, and work, with a particular focus on how the division of labour within couples shapes economic inequalities and subjective well-being across the life course. I draw on large-scale longitudinal surveys and diary-based time-use data, employing advanced statistical methods such as sequence analysis, multilevel and fixed-effects modelling, and dyadic approaches.

My research is funded by the ESRC North West Social Science Doctoral Training Partnership (NWSSDTP).

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Research interests

Parenthood, families, inequality, time-use, demography, flexible working arrangements, computational social science

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Research summary

My research examines how parenthood and gender inequalities are produced and reproduced in couples’ division of paid and unpaid labour, and how these inequalities affect economic outcomes and well-being. I investigate the long-term effects of parenthood on relative earnings and labour allocation, the daily rhythms of couples’ time use, the relationship between time-use patterns and subjective time pressure, and how flexible workplace arrangements reshape household divisions of labour.