Publications
The demands of displacement, the micro-aggressions of multiculturalism: Performing an idea of "Indianness" in Singapore
Orlando WOODS and Lily KONG
This paper explores the ways in which state-defined discourses of multiculturalism can unintentionally create a framework through which micro-aggressions are enacted against those interpreted as "other". These definitions cascade down from the state to majority and then minority ethno-national groups, who leverage positions of relative dominance to establish the terms of acceptance and integration into society. By negotiating these terms, ethnicity becomes a performative construct through which difference is asserted and reified. We illustrate these ideas through an empirical analysis of Singapore's minority Indian community, and how Singaporean Indians perform an idea of "Indianness" in response to their Singaporean Chinese fellow citizens on the one hand, and their migrant Indian counterparts on the other. This positioning causes Singaporean Indians to be subject to micro-aggressions vis-a-vis the Chinese majority, and to perpetrate micro-aggressions against Indian non-national minorities. In turn, this causes Singaporean Indianness to be underperformed throughout daily life.
WOODS, Orlando and KONG, Lily. The demands of displacement, the micro-aggressions of multiculturalism: Performing an idea of "Indianness" in Singapore. (2023). Ethnic and Racial Studies. 46, (1), 119-140.
View PaperHousing wealth shocks, home equity withdrawal, and the claiming of Social Security retirement benefits
Naqun HUANG, Li JING, and Amanda ROSS
HUANG, Naqun; JING, Li; and ROSS, Amanda. Housing wealth shocks, home equity withdrawal, and the claiming of social security retirement benefits. (2022). Economic Inquiry. 60, (2), 620-644.
View PaperForced moves and home maintenance: The amplifying effects of mortgage payment burden on underwater homeowners
John HARDING, Li JING, Stuart ROSENTHAL, and Xirui ZHANG
HARDING, John; JING, Li; ROSENTHAL, Stuart; and ZHANG, Xirui. Forced moves and home maintenance: The amplifying effects of mortgage payment burden on underwater homeowners. (2022). Real Estate Economics. 50, (2), 498-533.
View PaperJUE insight: Migration, transportation infrastructure, and the spatial transmission of COVID-19 in China
Bingjing LI and Lin MA
LI, Bingjing and MA, Lin. JUE insight: Migration, transportation infrastructure, and the spatial transmission of COVID-19 in China. (2022). Journal of Urban Economics. 127, 1-8.
View PaperSubway, collaborative matching, and innovation
Yumi KOH, Li JING, and Jianhuan XU
Yumi Koh, Jing Li, Jianhuan Xu; Subway, Collaborative Matching, and Innovation. The Review of Economics and Statistics 2022; doi: https://doi.org/10.1162/rest_a_01279
View PaperUrbanization policy and economic development: A quantitative analysis of China's differential hukou reforms
Wen-tai HSU and Lin MA
Wen-Tai Hsu, Lin Ma, Urbanization policy and economic development: A quantitative analysis of China's differential hukou reforms, Regional Science and Urban Economics, Volume 91, 2021, 103639, ISSN 0166-0462, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2020.10
View PaperHedonic Price of Housing Space
Sumit AGARWAL, Yanying CHEN, Li JING, and Yi Jin TAN
AGARWAL, Sumit; CHEN, Yanying; JING, Li; and TAN, Yi Jin. Hedonic price of housing space. (2021). Real Estate Economics. 49, (2), 574-609.
View PaperGovernment Management Capacities and the Containment of COVID-19: A Repeated Cross-Sectional Study across Chinese Cities
Wenchao LI, Jing LI, and Junjian YI
LI, Wenchao; LI, Jing; and YI, Junjian. Government management capacities and the containment of COVID-19: A repeated cross-sectional study across Chinese cities. (2021). BMJ Open. 11, (4), 1-6.
View PaperTowards fairly apportioning sale proceeds in a collective sale of Strata Property
Edward TI
TI, Edward S. W.. Towards fairly apportioning sale proceeds in a collective sale of Strata Property. (2020). University of New South Wales Law Journal. 43, (4), 1494-1520.
View PaperThe (de)territorialised appeal of international schools in China: Forging brands, boundaries and inter-belonging in segregated urban space
Lily KONG, Orlando WOODS, Hong ZHU
This paper considers how the (de)territorialised appeal of international schools in China can reflect, enforce and expand pre-existing patterns of urban segregation. Whilst exploration of the effects of educational marketplaces on urban environments has become a focus of scholarly research, the recent expansion in the supply of, and demand for, international education has caused these effects to become more nuanced. As (de)territorialised entities, international schools can cause multiple forms of spatial and psycho-social distinction and (dis)association to become intertwined, the effects of which start from the school and radiate out from there. International schools can therefore cause segregation to become a structurally entrenched phenomenon. These ideas are illustrated through an empirical examination of three international schools located in the eastern Chinese city of Suzhou. We explore the ways in which these schools are branded spaces that reproduce socio-spatial boundaries and thus foster a (de)territorialised sense of inter-belonging amongst their students.
KONG, Lily, WOODS, Orlando, & ZHU, Hong.(2022). The (de)territorialised appeal of international schools in China: Forging brands, boundaries and inter-belonging in segregated urban space. Urban Studies, 59(1), 242-258.
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