| Failures-to-launch and boomerang kids: Contemporary determinants of leaving and returning to the parental home SJ South, L Lei Social Forces 94 (2), 863-890, 2015 | 175 | 2015 |
| Sons, daughters, and intergenerational support in China L Lei Chinese Sociological Review 45 (3), 26-52, 2013 | 104 | 2013 |
| The impact of transportation infrastructure on women's employment in India L Lei, S Desai, R Vanneman Feminist economics 25 (4), 94-125, 2019 | 92 | 2019 |
| Racial and ethnic differences in leaving and returning to the parental home: The role of life course transitions, socioeconomic resources, and family connectivity L Lei, SJ South Demographic research 34, 109, 2016 | 85 | 2016 |
| Male out-migration and the health of left-behind wives in India: The roles of remittances, household responsibilities, and autonomy L Lei, S Desai Social Science & Medicine 280, 113982, 2021 | 51 | 2021 |
| Explaining the decline in young adult sexual activity in the United States L Lei, SJ South Journal of Marriage and Family 83 (1), 280-295, 2021 | 41 | 2021 |
| The COVID‐19 pandemic and residential mobility intentions in the United States: Evidence from Google Trends data L Lei, X Liu Population, Space and Place 28 (6), e2581, 2022 | 35 | 2022 |
| Employment, day labor, and shadow work among homeless assistance clients in the United States L Lei Journal of Poverty 17 (3), 253-272, 2013 | 27 | 2013 |
| Fathers’ migration and nutritional status of children in India: Do the effects vary by community context? L Lei, S Desai, F Chen Demographic research 43, 545, 2020 | 25 | 2020 |
| The effect of neighborhood context on children’s academic achievement in China: Exploring mediating mechanisms L Lei Social Science Research 72, 240-257, 2018 | 25 | 2018 |
| Neighborhood ethnic density and self-rated health: Investigating the mechanisms through social capital and health behaviors TC Yang, L Lei, A Kurtulus Health & place 53, 193-202, 2018 | 23 | 2018 |
| The impact of community context on children's health and nutritional status in China L Lei Social science & medicine 179, 172-181, 2017 | 23 | 2017 |
| Why are fewer young adults having casual sex? SJ South, L Lei Socius 7, 2378023121996854, 2021 | 21 | 2021 |
| Son preference in China: Why is it stronger in rural areas? L Lei, H Pals Population review 50 (2), 2011 | 18 | 2011 |
| Village transportation infrastructure and women’s non-agricultural employment in India: The conditioning role of community gender context L Lei, S Desai, R Vanneman | 17 | 2017 |
| Intergenerational solidarity, proximity to parents when moving to independence, and returns to the parental home BJ Gillespie, L Lei Population, Space and Place 27 (2), e2395, 2021 | 16 | 2021 |
| From traditional and socialist work-unit communities to commercial housing: the association between neighborhood types and adult health in urban China L Lei, Z Lin Chinese sociological review 53 (3), 254-284, 2021 | 12 | 2021 |
| The comforts of home: The association between coresidence with parents and young adults' residential mobility and migration in the United States L Lei, SJ South Population, Space and Place 26 (5), e2323, 2020 | 9 | 2020 |
| What does it take to get ahead? Individual characteristics, community contexts, and stratification beliefs among youth in China L Lei, W Yu Social Forces 100 (2), 738-764, 2021 | 7 | 2021 |
| Who returned home? The COVID-19 pandemic and young adults’ residential transitions L Lei, SJ South Advances in Life Course Research 58, 100582, 2023 | 6 | 2023 |
