PhD, Public Administration, Department of Social Security                             2015-2020

School of Government, Nanjing University, China

Experience:

Visiting Scholar in School of Social Work, China Center for Social Policy, Columbia University, USA (2018.08-2019.09)

Bachelor, Public Administration                                               2011-2015

School of Government, Nanjing University, China

Assistant Research Fellow                           2020-2025

School of Government, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China

Huo, X., Gao, Q., Inequality in Social Assistance Provision and Receipt. In B. Gustafsson & X. Yang (Eds.), Handbook on Inequality in China. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2025. (in press)

Huo, X., Han, H., & Gao, Q., “Does Welfare Participation Affect Adolescent Educational Aspiration? Evidence from Panel Data in China,” Child Indicators Research, 2023 Vol.16.

Huo, X., Lin, M., “Evolution of the Rural Social Security System in a Large Country over 35 years: Institutional Transformation and the Chinese Experience,” China Agricultural Economic Review, 2022, Vol.14.

Huo, X., Gao, Q., Zhai, F.H., Lin, M.G., “Effects of Welfare Entry and Exit on Adolescent Mental Health: Evidence from Panel Data in China,” Social Science & Medicine, 2020, Vol.253.

Chan, S. M., Wong, H., Au-Yeung, T.C., Huo, X., Gao, Q., “Impacts of Poverty Stigma on Negative Affect among Welfare Recipients: Path Analysis on Mainland China and Hong Kong SAR,” Journal of Asian Public Policy, 2020, Vol.15.

Huo, X., Lin, M.G., “Understanding Welfare Stigma in China: An Empirical Study of the Implementation of Urban Dibao,” China: An International Journal, 2019, Vol.17.

2022, Excellent Doctoral Dissertations of Jiangsu Province