Jiawei Wu graduated from King's College London and joined the Asian Demographic Research Institute of Shanghai University as a postdoctoral fellow in June 2023. He is a social demographer studying how family dynamics and sociodemographic processes shape inequalities in health and well-being across the life course, with a particular focus on older adults.
✉ jiaweiwu@shu.edu.cn
Selected Publications
Park, G.-R., & Wu, J. (2026). Boomerang Young Adults in Seoul, South Korea: Residential Pathways, Health and Social Attitudes. Population, Space and Place, 32(7), e70360. https://doi.org/10.1002/psp.70360
Wu, J., & Di Gessa, G. (2026). Informal caregiving trajectories and inflammatory biomarkers: findings from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing. The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, 81(7). https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbag081
Wu, J., & Marois, G. (2025). Family-work history and inequalities in old-age cognition in China. Social Science & Medicine, 381, 118318. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.118318
Wu, J., & Grundy, E. M. (2025). Housing adaptations and older adults’ health trajectories by level of initial health: evidence from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing. Age and ageing, 54(2). https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afaf023
Wu, J., & Marois, G. (2024). Education Policies and Intergenerational Educational Mobility in China: New Evidence for the 1986–95 Birth Cohort. Population Research and Policy Review, 43(3), 43. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11113-024-09887-2
Wu, J., & Grundy, E. (2023). ‘Boomerang’ moves and young adults’ mental well-being in the United Kingdom. Advances in Life Course Research, 56, 100531. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.alcr.2023.100531
Wu, J., Glaser, K., & Avendano, M. (2023). Does the transition to grandparenthood influence the health and well-being of older people? Evidence from the CHARLS study in China. SSM - Population Health, 21, 101328. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2022.101328
Wu, J., & Li, J. (2018). The impact of social participation on older people’s death risk: an analysis from CLHLS. China Population and Development Studies, 2(2), 173-185. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42379-018-0008-x