Different Forms of Inequality in Korea and Beyond

When: July 5th (Friday) - 6th (Saturday), 2013

Where: Chungang University Graduate School Room 301

<July 5th>

9:00-9:20 : Registration
9:20-9:30 : Introduction (Shin Gwang-Young/Chungang University, Department of Sociology)

9:30 – 10:40

“Shadow Education and Educational Inequality in South Korea:
Examining Effect Heterogeneity of Shadow Education on High School Seniors’ CSAT Scores”
Choi Yool (Sociology, University of California-Los Angeles)
Park Hyunjoon (Sociology, University of Pennsylvania)

“Unequal Access to Shadow Education and Its Impacts on Academic Outcomes:
Evidence from Korea”
Choi Jaesung (Economics, University of Pennsylvania)

Organizer: Kim Sungsik(Seoul National University of Education)

10:40 – 11:00 Break

11:00 – 12:40

“Trends in Old-Age Income Inequality of South Korea: 1997-2010”
Hwang Sunjae (Dongguk University Population and Society Research Institute)

“A Grounded-theoretical Approach of Economically Active Elderlies’ Experience of Ageism”
Kim Joohyun (The Institute for Social Development and Policy Research Seoul National University)

Joo Kyunghi (Hansin University, Department of Social Welfare )

Oh Hyein (Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs)

“A Study of the Stratification of Young Adults’ Transition to the Labor Market”
Kim Jongsung (Korea Employment Information Service)

Organizer: Lee Yunseok (Seoul University)

12:40 – 14:00 Lunch

14:00 – 15:10

“Does socioeconomic inequality over the life-course predict obesity prevalence among Korean men and women? : Results from the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2007-2009”
Lee Yeonjin (Sociology, University of Pennsylvania)

“Health Inequality and Female Smoking : A Medical-Anthropological Approach towards Females in Call-Centers”
Kim Gwanwook (Anthropology, University College London)

Organizer: Kim Myunghee(People's Health Institute)

15:10 – 15:30 Break

15:30 – 17:10

“The Health Benefits of Social Capital: A Cross-National Study of Asian Countries”
Harris H Kim (Ewha Women's University)

“Broadening the “We” (woori)”
Joseph Yi (Hanyang University)

“Economic Growth and Income Inequality – The Trajectory and Directionality”
Lee Sangboong (The Institute for Social Development and Policy Research Yonsei University)

Han Joon (Yonsei University)

Organizer: Lim Chaeyoon (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

17:30 – Dinner

<July 6th>

9:00 – 10:40

“The Changing Gender Gap in Tertiary Education in South Korea:
Trends from 1990 to 2010”
Park Hyunjoon (Sociology, University of Pennsylvania)
Choi Jaesung (Economics, University of Pennsylvania)

“Social Class, Gender and Shadow Education among College Students in South Korea”
Shin Gwangyoung, Moon Sooyeon (Chungang University)

“Habitus Transformation:
The Formation of Educational Strategies of Immigrant Mothers in South Korea”
Jo Hyejung (Sociology, The University of Pennsylvania)

Organizer: Lee Sunggyun(Ulsan University)

10:40 – 11:00 Break

11:00 – 12:40

“A Study of the Pattern of Korean Women’s Marriage, Childbearing, and Labor Participation: An Application of Multi-State Life Table”
Kye Bongoh (Kookmin University)

Kim Youngmi (Chungbuk University)

“The Low Birth Rate in the 1980~1990s: A Demographic Expression of Gender Inequality in the Rapid Economic Development ”
Hong Chansook (Seoul National University Institute for Gender Research)

“The Labor Market Entrance and Work-Family Experience of Low-income, Middle-aged Married Women”
Kim Hyojung (Sociology, Louisiana State University)

Organizer: Kim Soojung (Social Welfare, Dong-Ah University)

12:40 – 14:00 Lunch

14:00 – 15:40

“A Better Life in First Class: Inequality in Experienced Well-being and Time Use in Korea”
Lim Chaeyoon (Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Kim Geuntae (Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison)

“An Empirical Deliberation of the ‘Becoming-Space of Class’ in Korean Society”
Shin Incheol (University of Seoul)

Oh Byungdon (Sungkyunkwan University)

“An Inequality Structure of Gendered Seeing: Using the Analyses of Video and Image”
Lee Sooahn (Ewha Women’s University)

Organizer: Han Joon(Yonsei University)

15:40 – 16:00 Break

16:00 – 17:40 Business Meeting

18:00- Dinner