Man XU 徐曼

• D. in Public Affairs, Humphrey School of Public Affairs, Ph.D. Minor in Population Studies, University of Minnesota ( 2021)
• MPP (Master of Public Policy), Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota (2016)
• B.Mgmt in Public Affairs and Management, Sichuan University (2013)

• Policy Analysis
• Inequality and Stratification
• Family Formation Process
• Economic Demography
• Social Determinants of Health

• England, P. and Xu, M. (2025). Us women’s first family-forming transitions ato cohabitation or birth: Differences by racial and socioeconomic disadvantage challenge the theory of the second demographic transition. Population Research and Policy Review, 44(4):40
• William A. Darity, J., Hamilton, D., Samuel L. Myers, J., Price, G. N., and Xu, M. (2022). Racial differences in time at work not working. ILR Review, 75(3):552–572
• Samuel L. Myers, J., Sabol, W. J., and Xu, M. (2021). Determinants of racial disparities in female incarceration rates, 2000–2018. The Review of Black Political Economy, page 00346446211051078
• Deng, S., Lai, Y., Myers, S. L., and Xu, M. (2021). Foundation giving and economics research productivity at hbcus: Empirical evidence from the koch foundation. Journal of Economics, Race, and Policy, 4(4):215–236
• Myers Jr, S. L. and Xu, M. (2019). The effects of dbe goals on bid success rates. Journal of Management Policy and Practice, 20(5)
• Nanney, M. S., Myers, S. L., Xu, M., Kent, K., Durfee, T., and Allen, M. L. (2019). The economic benefits of reducing racial disparities in health: the case of minnesota. International Publication 1)
• Darity W., Durfee T., Hamilton, D., Samuel L. Myers, J., Price, G. N., and Xu, M., Racial Differences in Time at Work Not Working: A Rejoinder, Accepted at ILR Review

Prof. Man Xu is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Government and Public Administration. She received her Ph.D. in Public Affairs from the Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota in 2021, with a concentration in Public Policy and a minor in Population Studies through the Minnesota Population Center. From 2021 to 2023, she served as a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Social Research and Public Policy at New York University Abu Dhabi.

Her research follows three main lines of inquiry. The first examines disparities during the family-formation transition and the effects of social policies in the United States. The second focuses on inequality in market contexts—such as labor market outcomes and the social determinants of health—with particular attention to measurement error, non-response bias, and related methodological challenges in identifying the causal determinants of disparities. The third line explores racial and class inequality in non-market domains, including public procurement and funding in U.S. higher education.