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Ching-Li Yang

Prof. Ching-Li Yang

Ching-Li Yang, Distinguished Professor

Profile

Current Position: Distinguished Professor, Department of Sociology, National Sun Yat-sen University
Research Interests: Family Formation and Dissolution, Population Aging and Social Security, Finance of Social Insurance, Family Dynamics, Healthy Life Expectancy
Teaching Interests: Demography, Sociology of the Family, Social Insurance, Social Policy, Quantitative Method
E-mail: clyang@mail.nsysu.edu.tw
Extension: 5662
Office: Room SS4030
Address: No.70 Lien-hai Road, Kaohsiung, Taiwan 804
Personal Website: https://sites.google.com/view/chingliyangtw/

Education

Ph.D., Department of Social Welfare, National Chung Cheng University, 1993–1997
M.A., Department of Social Welfare, National Chung Cheng University, 1990–1992
B.A., Division of Social Work, Department of Sociology, National Taiwan University, 1987–1990

Professional Experience

  • Deputy Chief Sustainability Officer, Office of Sustainable Development, National Sun Yat-sen University (Nov. 2025–Present)
  • Distinguished Professor, Department of Sociology, National Sun Yat-sen University (Aug. 2017–Present)
  • Vice President for Student Affairs, National Sun Yat-sen University (Aug. 2016–Jul. 2024)
  • Executive Director of University Social Responsibility (USR) Promotion, National Sun Yat-sen University (Aug. 2018–Jul. 2024)
  • Convener, USR Division, Teaching Practice Research Program, Ministry of Education (Oct. 2018–Sep. 2021)
  • President, Population Association of Taiwan (Aug. 2015–Jul. 2017)
  • Chair, Department of Sociology, National Sun Yat-sen University (Aug. 2013–Jul. 2016)
  • Professor, Department of Sociology, National Sun Yat-sen University (Feb. 2013–Jul. 2017)
  • Executive Secretary, Institute of Gerontology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University (Aug. 2008–Jul. 2010)
  • Associate Professor, Institute of Gerontology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University (Aug. 2008–Jan. 2013)
  • Professor, Department of Applied Sociology, Nanhua University (Aug. 2007–Jul. 2008)
  • Associate Professor, Department of Applied Sociology, Nanhua University (Aug. 2002–Jul. 2007)
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Sociology, Nanhua University (Aug. 1999–Jul. 2002)
  • Visiting Scholar, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Germany (Jun.–Sep. 1998; Jul.–Aug. 2000; Jul.–Aug. 2001; Jul.–Aug. 2002; Jul.–Aug. 2003)
  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Division of Humanities and Social Sciences, Academia Sinica (Feb. 1998–Jul. 1999)
  • Postdoctoral Researcher, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Germany (Nov. 1997–Apr. 1998)

Research Statement

My research interests focus on population aging, family change, and social policy.

During the 1990s, I conducted a series of studies on the impact of Taiwan's demographic transition on the pension system. In addition to reviewing the development and reforms of public pension systems in Europe and the United States, proposing a prototype for Taiwan's national pension system, and simulating the outcomes of various financial management models, I also examined the opportunities and challenges of "delayed retirement" in alleviating financial pressure. Another focus of my social policy research is population and health, including the "reproductive health" of immigrant spouses, changes in the health status of older adults, the construction of healthy life tables, and the relationship between time-to-death and healthcare expenditures. Because individuals do not live in isolation within society, but rather co-reside and share resources with family members, discussions on demographic change and social security systems should be approached from a family-centered perspective.

To understand future trends in family change, I began studying family dynamics in 1997, illustrating how marriage rates, mortality rates, fertility rates, and home-leaving rates of adult children influence household size and family structure. Throughout this research, I noticed that while marriage rates in Taiwan have changed rapidly since the postwar era, academic literature on this topic remained relatively scarce. Consequently, I undertook a series of studies on marriage and family, covering estimates of cohabitation, shifts in assortative mating patterns, the timing of marriage and childbearing, and labor force participation patterns among married women. A common conclusion across these studies is that traditional values remain deeply entrenched in Taiwan regarding the two key determinants of family formation: marriage and childbearing.

The transformations in marriage and fertility in Taiwan closely echo Peter McDonald's "gender equity theory," which posits that gender equity in "family-oriented social institutions" lags behind that in "individually oriented social institutions," thereby driving a continuous decline in marriage and fertility rates. Therefore, my recent research focuses on the following questions: Why has gender equity in family-oriented social institutions failed to keep pace? Is there a possibility for a rebound in the future? And if a recovery in marriage rates proves unlikely, how should we prepare for the advent of a "single society"?

Book Chapters

  • Yang, Ching-Li, 2020. The Inevitable Bankruptcy? Challenges and Prospects of Taiwan’s Old-Age Pension System. In En-Chieh Chao (ed.) Studying the South; The South Studying: On the Ethics of Social Action, pp. 299–331. Taipei: Rive Gauche Publishing. [in Chinese]
  • Yang, Ching-Li, Kuan-Jeng Chen and Tai-Cheng Li, 2012. Persistence and Transition of Family Structure in Contemporary Taiwan, 1984–2005. In Chin-Chun Yi and Ying-Hwa Chang (eds.) Social Change in Taiwan, 1985–2005: Family and Marriage, Taiwan Social Change Survey Symposium Series Ⅲ, Vol. One, pp. 1–28. Taipei: Institute of Sociology, Academia Sinica. [in Chinese]
  • Yang, Ching-Li and Hung-Jeng Tsai. (2009) The Changes of Fertility and Marriage Rates in Taiwan. In Ya-Chen Chen (Ed.), Women in Taiwan: Sociocultural Perspectives (pp. 61–81). Indianapolis: University of Indianapolis Press.
  • Yang, Ching-Li, 2005. “The Population Problems in Taiwan.” In Chiu, Hei-Yuan and Ly-Yun Chang (Eds.) Social Problems in Taiwan, pp. 38–64. Taipei: Chuliu Publisher. [in Chinese]
  • Yang, Ching-Li, Edward J. C. Tu and Kuan-Jeng Chen 1997. “The Population transition and speed of aging in Taiwan”, pp. 15–38, in Population Aging and Health Care of the Elderly, edited by Te-Shiung Sun, Mei-Lin Lee, and Li Chi. Taipei: ROC Population Association. [in Chinese]
  • Chen, Kuan-Jeng and Ching-Li Yang 1996. “Population transition and social security in Taiwan”, pp. 277–307, in Population, Employment and Welfare, edited by Eddie Chaonan Chen, Paul K. C. Liu, and Te-Shiung Sun. Taipei: Institute of Economics, Academia Sinica. [in Chinese]

Journal Articles

  • Yang, Ching-Li, Yu-Shan Huang and Min-Ju Liu 2025. “Practicing Gender Equality in Families with Hypogamous Couples: A Perspective of Diverse Egalitarianism.” Journal of Social Sciences and Philosophy, 37(4): 795–836. [in Chinese]
  • Weng, Kang-Jung and Ching-Li Yang 2024. “The Effect of Absolute and Relative Education between Spouses on the Division of Domestic Work in Taiwan.” Review of Social Sciences, 18(1): 81–120. [in Chinese]
  • Yang, Yi-Jing and Ching-Li Yang 2024. “The Parenting Strategies and Parent-Child Relationship of Night Market Workers.” Taiwan Journal of Sociology of Education, 24(1): 83–137. [in Chinese]
  • Yang, Ching-Li, Yu-Shan Huang and Kang-Jung Weng 2023. “Individual Characteristics, Family Relations, and Social Participation for Middle-Aged Always-Single Persons in Taiwan.” Journal of Population Studies, 66: 75–128. [in Chinese]
  • Weng, Kang-Jung, Ching-Li Yang and Syuan-Li Renn 2020. “Attitude-Behavior Gap of Gender Equality in the Division of Household Labor.” Journal of Population Studies, 61: 97–139. [in Chinese]
  • Yang, Ching-Li, Kang-Jung Weng and Syuan-Li Renn 2020. Does Taiwan have a Gender Revolution? Assessment Based on Gender Role Attitude, Housework Division and Marriage Matching. Athens Journal of Social Sciences, 7(3): 165–184.
  • Tseng, Yi-Ching and Ching-Li Yang 2015. “Design and Financial Assessment of Partial Old-Age Pension Plans for the Labor Insurance in Taiwan.” Taiwanese Journal of Social Welfare, 12(2): 103–143. [in Chinese]
  • Chen, Kuanjeng, Wan-Chun Chuang and Chingli Yang 2015. “Factors Influencing Gradual Retirement among Middle-Aged and Older Workers in Taiwan.” Journal of Human Resource Management, 15(1): 87–108. [in Chinese]
  • Huang, S.-W., & Yang, C.-L. 2013. Gender Difference in Social Participation Among the Retired Elderly People in Taiwan. American Journal of Chinese Studies, 20(1), 61–74.
  • Yang, Ching-li, I-chi Huang, Hung-jeng Tsai and Hsiang-ping Wang 2012. “Comparisons of Fertility Rate and Birth Quality between Native and Foreign-Born Women in Taiwan.” Taiwanese Journal of Social Sciences and Philosophy, 24(1): 83–120. [in Chinese]
  • Zeng Yi, Philip Morgan, Zhenglian Wang, Danan Gu, and Chingli Yang 2012. “A Multistate Life Table Analysis of Union Regimes in the United States: Trends and Racial Differentials, 1970–2002.” Population Research and Policy Review, 31(2): 207–234.
  • Lee, Tai-Cheng, Ching-Li Yang and Te-Mu Wang 2011. “Population Aging and NHI Expenditures in Taiwan.” National Taiwan University Journal of Population Studies, 43: 1–35. [in Chinese]
  • Chen, Kuanjeng and Ching-Li Yang 2008. “Design Matrix and Data Analysis: An Application of Linear Algebra.” National Taiwan University Journal of Population Studies, 37: 45–71. [in Chinese]
  • Yang, Chingli and Dajeng Lee 2008. “Estimation and Adjustment of Population data for Taiwan: 1905–1943 and 1951–1997.” Survey Research-Method and Application, 23: 119–154. [in Chinese]
  • Yang, Chia-Fen, Ching-Li Yang and Hsiang-Ping Wang 2008. “The differentials of 358 cities and county’s death rates for suicide in Taiwan, 1996–2005.” Formosan Education and Society, 15: 1–22. [in Chinese]
  • Yang, Chingli and Yi-Jhen Dong 2007. “Taiwanese Household Projection Scenarios, 1990–2050”, Taiwanese Journal of Sociology, 38: 135–173. [in Chinese]
  • Yang, Chingli, Dajeng Lee and Kuanjeng Chen 2006. “Assortive Mating in Taiwan: Changes and Persistence”, National Taiwan University Journal of Population Studies, 33: 1–32. [in Chinese]
  • Yang, Chingli, Hsiaoping Fen. 2005. “Population Problems in Taiwan: Myth and Coping Strategies.” Taiwanese Bank Quarterly, 56(3): 60–83. [in Chinese]
  • Yang, Chingli 2004. “Fertility implication and estimate of cohabitation in Taiwan”, Taiwanese Journal of Sociology, 32: 189–213. [in Chinese]
  • Lee, Dajeng and Chingli Yang 2004. “Transitional patterns of female labor force participation in Taiwan”, National Taiwan University Journal of Population Studies, 28: 109–134. [in Chinese]
  • Shiu, Shengyau and Chingli Yang 2004. “Projections of supply and demand of elementary school teacher in Taiwan: 2003–2013”, Formosan Education and Society, 7: 99–118. [in Chinese]
  • Liu, Yilong, Kuangjeng Chen and Chingli Yang, 2003. “Encouraging birth giving: adjustment of exemptions between adults and children,” Taiwanese Journal of Social Welfare, 4: 51–77. (on line, http://www.sinica.edu.tw/asct/asw/journal.html). [in Chinese]
  • Yang, Chingli and Kuangjeng Chen 2002. “The schedules of leaving parental home in Taiwan”, National Taiwan University Journal of Population Studies, 25: 120–144. [in Chinese]
  • Yang, Chingli and Yilong Liu 2002. “The family life courses in Taiwan”, Taiwanese Journal of Sociology, 27: 77–105. [in Chinese]
  • Yang, Chingli 2000. “Social insurance and mutuality”, Taiwanese Journal of Social Welfare, 1 (on line, http://www.sinica.edu.tw/asct/asw/journal/paper0105.pdf). [in Chinese]
  • Yang, Chingli and Zeng Yi 2000. “Household projections for Taiwan”, Taiwanese Journal of Sociology, 24: 239–279. [in Chinese]
  • Yang, Chingli 2000. “Varied financial arrangements of public pension”, Proceedings of the National Science Council, Republic of China, Part C: Humanities and Social Science, 10(3): 385–398. [in Chinese]
  • Yang, Chingli 1999. “Living arrangements of the elderly in Taiwan”, National Taiwan University Journal of Population Studies, 20: 167–183. [in Chinese]
  • Yang, Chingli 1998. “Recent reforms in public pension programs and lessons for Taiwan”, Journal of Social Sciences and Philosophy, 10(3): 477–514. [in Chinese]
  • Yang, Chingli 1996. “The effect of women’s labor force participation on fertility in Taiwan”, Taiwanese Journal of Sociology, 19: 35–56. [in Chinese]
  • Yang, Chingli 1996. “The financial condition of a fully funded national pension program in Taiwan”, Journal of Social Sciences and Philosophy, Vol. 8, No. 1: 53–77. [in Chinese]
  • Yang, Chingli 1996. “The effects of fertility compression on birth sequence and age composition in Taiwan: A simulation”, National Taiwan University Journal of Population Studies, 17: 135–152. [in Chinese]
  • Yang, Chingli 1995. “The Conception of a viable national pension program: considering the effects of population change, labor force participation and financial arrangements”, Journal of Social Sciences and Philosophy, Vol. 7, No. 1: 101–121. [in Chinese]
  • Yang, Chingli 1992. “The change of labor force in Taiwan”, National Taiwan University Journal of Population Studies, 15: 47–59. [in Chinese]
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