Feb. 17, 2012 Colonialism, Market Economy, and Social Change: The Relationship between Japanese Colonialism and the Change of Korean Agricultural Society Kang, Jinyeon (Research Professor, Institute of State Governance Studies at Yonsei Univ., South Korea) Mar. 16, 2012 Labor Market Type Classification and the Characteristics of Korean Labor Market Read more…
Feb. 18, 2011 Long-Distance Commuters’ Poverty of Time and Cumulative Inequality: With Focus on the Cases of Long-Distance Commuters in the Metropolitan Area Kwon, Jihyeon (Graduate Student, MA Program in Sociology at Ewha Womans Univ., South Korea) Mar. 5, 2011 The Study of ‘the New Poor’ Teenage Women’s Experiences Read more…
Jan. 22, 2010 Inequality of Properties in South Korea Lee, Sangbung (PhD candidate in Sociology, Yonsei Univ., South Korea) This study analyzes the features of property inequalities in South Korea. By decomposing property inequalities for each region, it analyzes the relative importance of cross and intra-regional inequalities and the cause Read more…
Feb. 27, 2009 The effect of household head’s employment status on subjective well-being of female spouses Kim, Myeonghui (Professor, Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, Eulji Univ., South Korea) This research shows how the male household head’s unemployment status can not only harm the individual unemployed person’s health, but also negatively Read more…
Jan. 18, 2008 1st Presenter: Kim, Jigyeong (National Pension Research Institue, South Korea) 2nd Presenter: Kim, Wijeong (Graduate Student, PhD in Sociology Program at Yonsei Univ., South Korea) and Lee, Garam (Graduate Student, MA in Sociology Program at Yonsei Univ., South Korea) Feb. 15, 2008 The Current State and Read more…
Cohort, Social Class and Earnings Inequality Economy and society. Shin Gwang-Young (2009) This paper attempts to explore earnings inequality in South Korea, focusing on the relationship between labor market cohorts and social class. As recently the young people in their 20’s who has experienced serious impact of the neoliberal economic Read more…
Jan. 2007 Warm-up Meeting Organizers discussed a road map for Korea Inequality Research Network Feb. 2007 The first official meeting of Korea Inequality Research Network Mar. 2007 At this meeting, participants discussed research datasets on social inequality Apr. 27, 2007 Structural Changes in Income Inequality in South Read more…
Social Mobility in Korea The Korean Journal of Humanities and the Social Sciences. Han Joon (2016) Soo-jeo-ron, a fatalistic view on low chances of mobility, is popular among Korean youth. Since this is a subjective view, it needs to be checked against objective facts. Chances of inter-generational mobility is important Read more…