Andrew Francis-Tan
Biographic Data
| ID | 201118 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Andrew Francis-Tan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Andrew |
| FAMILY NAME | Francis-Tan |
| SIGNATURE | FRANCIS-TAN A |
| AFFILIATIONS | National University of Singapore |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4963-9940 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 22 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 107 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 22 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Family Faith: Exploring the Effects of Marriage and Parenthood on Religiosity in a Longitudinal Sample of Americans
Amid changing patterns of religiosity, marriage, and childbearing in American society, recent studies report mixed findings on the links between religion and family. This paper uses longitudinal data from 2000 to 2021 to investigate the effects of family formation on religiosity in the United States. Specifically, it leverages multiple rounds of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 (NLSY97), a survey of over 8,000 Americans born between…
Do geopolitical tensions increase negative attitudes toward minorities? Evidence from a natural experiment in India
On April 22, 2025, militants carried out an attack near the village of Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir. Over the next couple of weeks, tensions between India and Pakistan escalated, culminating in a 4-day war between the nuclear powers. Using a survey experiment conducted in Uttar Pradesh, we explore how changes in geopolitical tensions influenced the attitudes of Indian Hindus toward Indian Muslims and other minorities. We find that the conflict b…
Do Racist Attitudes Predict Colorist Attitudes? An Analysis of the Linkages Between Implicit Biases
Hope and Healing: Exploring the Effect of Physical Illness on Religiosity in a Longitudinal Sample of Americans
Red scare: How do negative perceptions of China impact Americans' attitudes toward Asian Americans
How does great power competition affect domestic affairs? This paper investigates the effect of the perceived threat of China on Americans’ attitudes toward Asian Americans. To do so, we conducted three survey experiments. Participants engaged with vignettes that manipulated different aspects of the China threat. Then they evaluated a diverse set of fictitious Americans applying for a job in the U.S. The experiments yielded several insights. The …
How does empowering men affect intimate partner violence? Evidence from Bangladesh
This paper investigates the relationship between women's and men's empowerment and intimate partner violence (IPV). To do so, it uses a sample of 4548 households with a husband and a wife who are present in two or three rounds of the Bangladesh Integrated Household Survey (BIHS). Measures of empowerment are constructed separately and symmetrically for husbands and wives. Conditional fixed-effects logistic regressions are employed to examine the s…
Follow Father or Mother? Understanding the Monoethnic Identification of Biethnic Children in China
In China, children's ethnicity is often decided by their parents at the time of birth or during childhood; individuals are only allowed to be identified by a single ethnicity. Ethnic identification is therefore a contested issue shaped by the intra-family power structures that determine which parent's ethnic heritage will be passed down. In this paper, we use China's 2005 and 2015 inter-census surveys to examine the factors impacting the ethnic i…
Economy of Shadows: The Effects of Restrictive Regulation on Religiosity in China
Religion is permitted in China, but its practice is tightly regulated by the state. This paper uses individual-level longitudinal data to investigate the association between religious regulation and religious outcomes in China. Measures of regulation are constructed from instances of state action against Christians as well as Christian perceptions of unfair treatment by the government. In summary, as regulation increases, an individual is less li…
Conflicting signals: Exploring the socioeconomic implications of gender discordant names
We investigate the educational and employment consequences of having a gender discordant name - one that is also given to people of a different gender. People with discordant names may be more likely to experience stigma due to the conflicting signal between their gender and the perceptions of femininity or masculinity associated with their names. Our primary measure of discordance is based on the percentage of men and women with each first name,…
Setting the Tone: An Investigation of Skin Color Bias in Asia
Examining Ethnicity: Patterns of Minority Identification Among Children of Interethnic Marriages in China
Ethnic identity is a highly contested issue in China. Yet, the literature on the social construction of ethnoracial identity is dominated by research on the Americas. In this study, we investigate patterns of ethnic identification among children of interethnic parents in China using census data from 2000 and survey data from 2010–2018. We focus on children who are aged 20 or younger and have one parent identified as an ethnic minority and one par…
Fluidity of Faith: Predictors of Religion in a Longitudinal Sample of Chinese Adults
Religiosity appears to be rising in China. However, this trend hides the extent of fluidity in religious beliefs and behaviors. Within-person changes in religiosity across time are not random but patterned in systematic ways. In this article, we examine the predictors of religiosity in a longitudinal sample of Chinese adults from 2012 to 2016. Religious outcomes are correlated with sociodemographic, political, and health variables. Notably, all r…
Partners or Rivals? Exploring the Relationship between Men’s and Women’s Empowerment in Bangladesh
The aim of this study is to investigate the statistical relationship between husbands’ empowerment and wives’ empowerment. Using panel data from Bangladesh that include over 4,000 husband-wife pairs, we regress husband’s empowerment on wife’s empowerment and a set of covariates. We use a domain-based framework, similar to the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index, to capture the multidimensional nature of empowerment. The findings reveal that …
Racial Revolution: Understanding the Resurgence of Ethnic Minority Identity in Modern China
Black Movement: Using discontinuities in admissions to study the effects of college quality and affirmative action
Light and shadows: An analysis of racial differences between siblings in Brazil
Inside the black box: Affirmative action and the social construction of race in Brazil
The recent adoption of race-targeted public policies makes Brazil an insightful place to study the social construction of race. This article estimates the effect of racial quotas in college admissions on patterns of racial identification. The authors collected data on persons who matriculated before and after the implementation of quotas at the University of Brasilia, which reserved 20% of admissions slots for persons who self-identified as black…
The Wages of Sin: How the Discovery of Penicillin Reshaped Modern Sexuality
Endogenous Race in Brazil: Affirmative Action and the Construction of Racial Identity among Young Adults
In this article, we study the construction of racial identity among students at a university that recently adopted racial quotas in admissions. Using data collected by the authors, we find that parents’ race, family socioeconomic status, gender, and racial quotas have a significant effect on self-reported race. The evidence indicates that students in mixed-race families are systematically more likely to identify with their mother’s race than with…
In sickness and in health: Same-sex marriage laws and sexually transmitted infections
Sex ratios and the red dragon: Using the Chinese Communist Revolution to explore the effect of the sex ratio on women and children in Taiwan
Family and Sexual Orientation: The Family-Demographic Correlates of Homosexuality in Men and Women
Using a nationally representative sample of young adults, I identify the family-demographic correlates of sexual orientation in men and women. Hence, I test the maternal immune hypothesis, which posits that the only biodemographic correlate of male homosexuality is the number of older brothers, and there are no biodemographic correlates of female homosexuality. For men, I find that having one older brother does not raise the likelihood of homosex…
Endogenous Race in Brazil: Affirmative Action and the Construction of Racial Identity among Young Adults
In this article, we study the construction of racial identity among students at a university that recently adopted racial quotas in admissions. Using data collected by the authors, we find that parents’ race, family socioeconomic status, gender, and racial quotas have a significant effect on self-reported race. The evidence indicates that students in mixed-race families are systematically more likely to identify with their mother’s race than with…
Inside the black box: Affirmative action and the social construction of race in Brazil
The recent adoption of race-targeted public policies makes Brazil an insightful place to study the social construction of race. This article estimates the effect of racial quotas in college admissions on patterns of racial identification. The authors collected data on persons who matriculated before and after the implementation of quotas at the University of Brasilia, which reserved 20% of admissions slots for persons who self-identified as black…
In sickness and in health: Same-sex marriage laws and sexually transmitted infections
Sex ratios and the red dragon: Using the Chinese Communist Revolution to explore the effect of the sex ratio on women and children in Taiwan
Family and Sexual Orientation: The Family-Demographic Correlates of Homosexuality in Men and Women
Using a nationally representative sample of young adults, I identify the family-demographic correlates of sexual orientation in men and women. Hence, I test the maternal immune hypothesis, which posits that the only biodemographic correlate of male homosexuality is the number of older brothers, and there are no biodemographic correlates of female homosexuality. For men, I find that having one older brother does not raise the likelihood of homosex…
Fluidity of Faith: Predictors of Religion in a Longitudinal Sample of Chinese Adults
Religiosity appears to be rising in China. However, this trend hides the extent of fluidity in religious beliefs and behaviors. Within-person changes in religiosity across time are not random but patterned in systematic ways. In this article, we examine the predictors of religiosity in a longitudinal sample of Chinese adults from 2012 to 2016. Religious outcomes are correlated with sociodemographic, political, and health variables. Notably, all r…
Racial Revolution: Understanding the Resurgence of Ethnic Minority Identity in Modern China
Light and shadows: An analysis of racial differences between siblings in Brazil
Economy of Shadows: The Effects of Restrictive Regulation on Religiosity in China
Religion is permitted in China, but its practice is tightly regulated by the state. This paper uses individual-level longitudinal data to investigate the association between religious regulation and religious outcomes in China. Measures of regulation are constructed from instances of state action against Christians as well as Christian perceptions of unfair treatment by the government. In summary, as regulation increases, an individual is less li…
Conflicting signals: Exploring the socioeconomic implications of gender discordant names
We investigate the educational and employment consequences of having a gender discordant name - one that is also given to people of a different gender. People with discordant names may be more likely to experience stigma due to the conflicting signal between their gender and the perceptions of femininity or masculinity associated with their names. Our primary measure of discordance is based on the percentage of men and women with each first name,…
Black Movement: Using discontinuities in admissions to study the effects of college quality and affirmative action
The Wages of Sin: How the Discovery of Penicillin Reshaped Modern Sexuality
Red scare: How do negative perceptions of China impact Americans' attitudes toward Asian Americans
How does great power competition affect domestic affairs? This paper investigates the effect of the perceived threat of China on Americans’ attitudes toward Asian Americans. To do so, we conducted three survey experiments. Participants engaged with vignettes that manipulated different aspects of the China threat. Then they evaluated a diverse set of fictitious Americans applying for a job in the U.S. The experiments yielded several insights. The …
Examining Ethnicity: Patterns of Minority Identification Among Children of Interethnic Marriages in China
Ethnic identity is a highly contested issue in China. Yet, the literature on the social construction of ethnoracial identity is dominated by research on the Americas. In this study, we investigate patterns of ethnic identification among children of interethnic parents in China using census data from 2000 and survey data from 2010–2018. We focus on children who are aged 20 or younger and have one parent identified as an ethnic minority and one par…
Family and Sexual Orientation: The Family-Demographic Correlates of Homosexuality in Men and Women
Using a nationally representative sample of young adults, I identify the family-demographic correlates of sexual orientation in men and women. Hence, I test the maternal immune hypothesis, which posits that the only biodemographic correlate of male homosexuality is the number of older brothers, and there are no biodemographic correlates of female homosexuality. For men, I find that having one older brother does not raise the likelihood of homosex…
Sex ratios and the red dragon: Using the Chinese Communist Revolution to explore the effect of the sex ratio on women and children in Taiwan
In sickness and in health: Same-sex marriage laws and sexually transmitted infections
The Wages of Sin: How the Discovery of Penicillin Reshaped Modern Sexuality
Endogenous Race in Brazil: Affirmative Action and the Construction of Racial Identity among Young Adults
In this article, we study the construction of racial identity among students at a university that recently adopted racial quotas in admissions. Using data collected by the authors, we find that parents’ race, family socioeconomic status, gender, and racial quotas have a significant effect on self-reported race. The evidence indicates that students in mixed-race families are systematically more likely to identify with their mother’s race than with…
Inside the black box: Affirmative action and the social construction of race in Brazil
The recent adoption of race-targeted public policies makes Brazil an insightful place to study the social construction of race. This article estimates the effect of racial quotas in college admissions on patterns of racial identification. The authors collected data on persons who matriculated before and after the implementation of quotas at the University of Brasilia, which reserved 20% of admissions slots for persons who self-identified as black…
Light and shadows: An analysis of racial differences between siblings in Brazil
Black Movement: Using discontinuities in admissions to study the effects of college quality and affirmative action
Racial Revolution: Understanding the Resurgence of Ethnic Minority Identity in Modern China
Partners or Rivals? Exploring the Relationship between Men’s and Women’s Empowerment in Bangladesh
The aim of this study is to investigate the statistical relationship between husbands’ empowerment and wives’ empowerment. Using panel data from Bangladesh that include over 4,000 husband-wife pairs, we regress husband’s empowerment on wife’s empowerment and a set of covariates. We use a domain-based framework, similar to the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index, to capture the multidimensional nature of empowerment. The findings reveal that …
Setting the Tone: An Investigation of Skin Color Bias in Asia
Examining Ethnicity: Patterns of Minority Identification Among Children of Interethnic Marriages in China
Ethnic identity is a highly contested issue in China. Yet, the literature on the social construction of ethnoracial identity is dominated by research on the Americas. In this study, we investigate patterns of ethnic identification among children of interethnic parents in China using census data from 2000 and survey data from 2010–2018. We focus on children who are aged 20 or younger and have one parent identified as an ethnic minority and one par…
Fluidity of Faith: Predictors of Religion in a Longitudinal Sample of Chinese Adults
Religiosity appears to be rising in China. However, this trend hides the extent of fluidity in religious beliefs and behaviors. Within-person changes in religiosity across time are not random but patterned in systematic ways. In this article, we examine the predictors of religiosity in a longitudinal sample of Chinese adults from 2012 to 2016. Religious outcomes are correlated with sociodemographic, political, and health variables. Notably, all r…
Economy of Shadows: The Effects of Restrictive Regulation on Religiosity in China
Religion is permitted in China, but its practice is tightly regulated by the state. This paper uses individual-level longitudinal data to investigate the association between religious regulation and religious outcomes in China. Measures of regulation are constructed from instances of state action against Christians as well as Christian perceptions of unfair treatment by the government. In summary, as regulation increases, an individual is less li…
Conflicting signals: Exploring the socioeconomic implications of gender discordant names
We investigate the educational and employment consequences of having a gender discordant name - one that is also given to people of a different gender. People with discordant names may be more likely to experience stigma due to the conflicting signal between their gender and the perceptions of femininity or masculinity associated with their names. Our primary measure of discordance is based on the percentage of men and women with each first name,…
How does empowering men affect intimate partner violence? Evidence from Bangladesh
This paper investigates the relationship between women's and men's empowerment and intimate partner violence (IPV). To do so, it uses a sample of 4548 households with a husband and a wife who are present in two or three rounds of the Bangladesh Integrated Household Survey (BIHS). Measures of empowerment are constructed separately and symmetrically for husbands and wives. Conditional fixed-effects logistic regressions are employed to examine the s…
Follow Father or Mother? Understanding the Monoethnic Identification of Biethnic Children in China
In China, children's ethnicity is often decided by their parents at the time of birth or during childhood; individuals are only allowed to be identified by a single ethnicity. Ethnic identification is therefore a contested issue shaped by the intra-family power structures that determine which parent's ethnic heritage will be passed down. In this paper, we use China's 2005 and 2015 inter-census surveys to examine the factors impacting the ethnic i…
Hope and Healing: Exploring the Effect of Physical Illness on Religiosity in a Longitudinal Sample of Americans
Red scare: How do negative perceptions of China impact Americans' attitudes toward Asian Americans
How does great power competition affect domestic affairs? This paper investigates the effect of the perceived threat of China on Americans’ attitudes toward Asian Americans. To do so, we conducted three survey experiments. Participants engaged with vignettes that manipulated different aspects of the China threat. Then they evaluated a diverse set of fictitious Americans applying for a job in the U.S. The experiments yielded several insights. The …
Family Faith: Exploring the Effects of Marriage and Parenthood on Religiosity in a Longitudinal Sample of Americans
Amid changing patterns of religiosity, marriage, and childbearing in American society, recent studies report mixed findings on the links between religion and family. This paper uses longitudinal data from 2000 to 2021 to investigate the effects of family formation on religiosity in the United States. Specifically, it leverages multiple rounds of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 (NLSY97), a survey of over 8,000 Americans born between…
Do geopolitical tensions increase negative attitudes toward minorities? Evidence from a natural experiment in India
On April 22, 2025, militants carried out an attack near the village of Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir. Over the next couple of weeks, tensions between India and Pakistan escalated, culminating in a 4-day war between the nuclear powers. Using a survey experiment conducted in Uttar Pradesh, we explore how changes in geopolitical tensions influenced the attitudes of Indian Hindus toward Indian Muslims and other minorities. We find that the conflict b…
Do Racist Attitudes Predict Colorist Attitudes? An Analysis of the Linkages Between Implicit Biases
Sociology (19 works) · Psychology (14 works) · Demography (13 works) · Political science (11 works) · Population (10 works) · Social Psychology (10 works) · China (7 works) · Demographic economics (7 works) · Gender Studies (7 works) · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences (6 works)