Ph.D. 2021 (Sociology), Chinese University of Hong Kong;

M.A. 2014 (Sociology), Peking University;

B.A. 2011 (Sociology), Lanzhou University.

Chen, Dan. 2025. “The Effect of Marriage Matching Patterns on Intergenerational Coresidence and Its Cohort Heterogeneity: A Perspective Based on Education and Only-Child Status”. Chinese Journal of Population Science(《中国人口科学》) (5) : 35-50.

Chen, Dan. 2025. Spillover Effect of Children's Education on Parental Physical Functioning over the Life Course.Scientific Reports. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-85570-6 

Mai, Chunyan, Dan Chen*, Francisco Olivos, and Xuqian Chen. 2024. “Disentangling Stereotypes toward Older Age Groups: Evidence from Factorial Survey Experiments in China and the USA.”Gerontology70(2): 210-234.DOI: 10.1159/000534680

Tong, Yuyingand Dan Chen*.2022. “Is the Worth of a College Education Declining vis-à-vis the Transition into Homeownership? A Gender Differentiated Analysis among Young Adults in Hong Kong: 1991-2016.” Research in Social Stratification and Mobility82: 100732. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rssm.2022.100732

Tong, Yuying, Dan Chen*, Wenyang Su, and Niantao Jiang. 2022. “Economic Integration among Mainland Chinese Immigrants over the Period of Hong Kong's Handover: The Heterogeneity between Highly Educated and Lowly Educated Groups.” Journal of Social Issues 78(3): 581-603. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/josi.12466

Chen,Dan and Yuying Tong. 2021. “Marriage for the Sake of Parents? Adult Children's Marriage Formation and Parental Psychological Distress in China.” Journal of Marriage and Family 83(4): 1194-1121. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jomf.12749