Kate Yeong-Tsyr Wang
Chairperson and Professor
Graduate Institute of Social Work
NationalTaiwanNormalUniversity
Taiwan
Phone number: 011-886-2-7734-5529
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Educational Background
Ph.D. in Social Work atWashingUniversity in St. Louis, USA
MSW at NationalTaiwanUniversity
BSW atNationalTaiwanUniversity
Research and Practice Interests
Poverty and social Inequality,
Social policy analysis,
Social work ethics,
Program Evaluation
Current Research
Parental investment in child-rearing: a comparison between rich and poor families,
Child poverty,
Food banks and food insecurity
Micro-insurance in Asian countries
Recent Publications
Kate Yeong-Tsyr Wang. Chack-Kie Wong, Kwong-Leung Tang. (2012) Citizens’ Attitudes Towards Economic Insecurity and Government After the 2007 Financial Tsunami: A Hong Kong and Taiwan Comparison. International Journal of Social Welfare. (In press.)
Kate Yeong-Tsyr Wang and Jun-Rong Chen. (2012) Child Poverty in Taiwan during the Global Financial Crisis: From the Perspective of New Social Risks. Asia Pacific Journal of social work and development. 22(1-2): 20-35.
Yeong-Tsyr Wang & Wan-I Lin. (2011) Successful Aging: the case of Taiwan. Australasian Journal on Ageing. (in press).
Yeong-Ysry Wagn & J-R Chen（2011）A comparative study on the financial
capital of family education resources between rich and poor families. Taiwan
Journal of Sociology of Education , 11(2): 1-45. (in Chinese) .
Yeong-Tsyr Wang (2011) Child- and Elder-care Arrangements in Taiwan. Journal of Comparative Social Welfare, 27(2): 165-174 .
Ozawa, M., Y. Lee & Y. Wang (2011) Economic Conditions of Female-headed Households in Taiwan in comparison to the United StatesandSweden. Journal of Comparative Social Welfare, 27(1):65-76.
Wan-I Lin & Yeong-Tsyr Wang. (2011) What Does Professionalization Mean? Tracing the Trajectory of Social Work Education in Taiwan. Social Work Education.29(8): 869-881.
Yeong-Tsyr Wang（2009）Do relationships matter? –professional boundaries in rural areas.（in Chinese）. Journal of Community Development, 124:141-151.
Wong, Chack-Kie, Kate Yeong-Tsyr Wang, Ping-Yin Kaun (2009)Development of Social Citizenship in Two Chinese Societies - A Comparative Analysis of Attitude Findings.Asian Social Work and Policy Review (3):51-62.
Yeong-Tsyr Wang& Wen-Lung Chen（2009）Funding Relationship between United Way Taiwan and Nonprofits---An Empirical Investigation.（in Chinese）.Journal of Taiwanese Social Work, 6:1-36 .
Yeong-Tsyr Wang et al., （2007）Social welfare rights and responsibilities. （in Chinese）.China Social Work Research, 5: 23-44.
Yeong-Tsyr Wang (2007) The Concept of activation. （in Chinese）. Journal of Social Work of SoochowUniversity, 16: 151-173.
Yeong-Tsyr Wang (2005).Poverty of foreign spouses’ families in Taiwan. （in Chinese）. Taiwanese Social Work, 4:1-32.
Yeong-Tsyr Wang (2005) Poverty in Taiwan：a review of literature（in Chinese）. NTU Social Work, 10:1-54.