Ying Liu(she/her)

Research

Publications

Peer-reviewed publications

* Undergraduate or master’s student at the time of publishing.

  1. Marrese, Tiana, Ying Liu, and Femida Handy. “The Gendered Path of Least Resistance: First Entry and Exit Behaviors of Public and Nonprofit Employees.” Public Administration Review. doi.org/10.1111/puar.70181Impact Factor 5.9 / 5-Year Impact Factor 6.1
  2. Liu, Ying, and Norma Riccucci. 2025. “Women’s Representation and Federal Employees’ Sexual Harassment Experience.” Review of Public Personnel Administration. doi.org/10.1177/0734371X241311274Impact Factor 3.1 / 5-Year Impact Factor 4.8
  3. Churchill, Alexander*, Shamitha Pichika*, Chengxin Xu, and Ying Liu. 2025. “GPT Models for Text Annotation: An Empirical Exploration in Public Policy Research.” Policy Studies Journal. doi.org/10.1111/psj.70034Impact Factor 4.9 / 5-Year Impact Factor 5.6
  4. Cai, Changkun, Ying Liu, and Weiqi Jiang. 2023. “Bringing the Party Back into the Community: Restructuring Grassroots Governance in Shenzhen.” The China Quarterly 254: 412–428. doi.org/10.1017/S0305741023000176Impact Factor 2.5 / 5-Year Impact Factor 2.9
  5. Cai, Changkun, Weiqi Jiang, and Ying Liu. 2022. “From Government-Society to Party-Masses: The Community Governance Mode Change in Shenzhen.” China: An International Journal 20(4): 41–65. doi.org/10.1353/chn.2022.0034

Other publications and disseminations

  1. Liu, Ying. Forthcoming. “Female Social Entrepreneurs.” In The Encyclopedia of Social Enterprise, edited by Peter Frumkin, Minjung Kim, and Nara Yoon. Edward Elgar Publishing.
  2. Liu, Ying. 2025. “Concluding Thoughts on Gender Equity in Uncertain Times: Challenges and Opportunities.” Initiative for Gender Equity in the Public Sector, City University of New York.
  3. Liu, Ying. 2025. “Book Review: Public Personnel Management: Current Concerns, Future Challenges.” Review of Public Personnel Administration. doi.org/10.1177/0734371X251348691
  4. Liu, Ying. 2025. “Introduction to the Fall 2025 IGEPS Blog Series: Gender Equity in Uncertain Times.” Initiative for Gender Equity in the Public Sector, City University of New York.
  5. Liu, Ying. 2020. “Does Party Membership Matter to Congressional Participation? Evidence from a Local People’s Congress in China, 1998–2006.” SSRN. doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5457974

Work in progress

Revise & resubmit and under review

  1. Liu, Ying, and Pengju Zhang. “Women’s Representation and Government Spending Priorities: A County-Level Analysis in New York State.”
    1st R&R at Public Administration Review
  2. Liu, Ying, Suzanne Piotrowski, and Gregory Porumbescu. “From Citizen Co-production to Bureaucratic Responsiveness: The Role of Emotional Labor in Digital Encounters.”
    1st R&R at Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory
  3. Liu, Ying. “Does Representation Information Cause Anti-Gender Backlash: Evidence from an Information Experiment.”
    1st R&R at Public Administration
  4. Liu, Ying, Tingzhong Huang, and Taha Hameduddin. “Women’s Representation, Leadership, and Employee Engagement: An Intersectionality Perspective .”
    Under Review at Public Management Review

Manuscripts in progress

  1. Liu, Ying, Hanjin Mao, and Jiahuan Lu. “A League of Their Own: The Social Impact of Women’s Nonprofits in the United States.”Manuscript available upon request
  2. Chen, Catherine, Ying Liu, and Hongtao Yi. “The Mobility Paradox: Career Advancement, Setbacks, and Geographic Mobility for Women City Managers.”
    Manuscript available upon request
  3. Liu, Ying, Nicolas Lagos, and Norma Riccucci. “Women’s Representation and Gender Auditing: A Cross-Country Analysis.”Manuscript in preparation
  4. Liu, Ying, Jiahuan Lu, and Hanjin Mao. “Explaining the Distribution of Women’s Nonprofits in the United States: Demand, Supply, and Political Culture.”Data analysis