A Study on Social Mobility across Generations and Inequality of Opportunity Choi, Pil Sun & In Sik Min. 2015. The Journal of Social Science 22(3): 31-56. This paper investigates the social mobility across generations in Korea using Korea Education and Employment Panel (KEEP) 1st～10th waves. We provide a descriptive analysis Read more…
Unequal Pathways to Adulthood: Inequality in Labor Market and Family Formation Opportunities of Young Adults in Korea Kim, Young-mi. 2016. Social Science Review 47(2): 27-52. Equality in opportunity in the early adulthood in terms of labor market chances and family formation is crucial as it pertains to the equality of long-term Read more…
The Prospect and Meaning of Marriage among Unmarried Women in Korea: Heterogeneity across Educational Attainment Groups Lee, Jae Kyung & Bo Hwa Kim. 2015. Journal of Korean Women’s Studies 31(4): 41-85. This study examines the prospect and meaning of marriage among Korean unmarried women by focusing on educational differences. In-depth Read more…
Colloquium in Nov. 2017 Lee, Dohoon (Professor, Department of Sociology at Yonsei Univ., South Korea) Using data from the Children of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 (CNLSY), this study examines whether and how childhood (ages 5-14) trajectories of parenting quality affect children’s high school graduation. To do so, Read more…
Special seminars with Professor Grusky (Professor of Sociology; Director, Center on Poverty and Inequality at Stanford Univ.) were held at Yonsei Univ. on Nov. 13-14, 2017 by KIRN and ‘BK21 Plus: Social Solidarity & Coexistence’ from Sociology Department at Yonsei Univ. With the topic of “Can Big Data Eliminate Poverty?”, Read more…
Special seminars with Professor Grusky (Professor of Sociology; Director, Center on Poverty and Inequality at Stanford Univ.) were held at Yonsei Univ. on Nov. 13-14, 2017 by KIRN and ‘BK21 Plus: Social Solidarity & Coexistence’ from Sociology Department at Yonsei Univ. With the topic of “Inequality and the American Dream” Read more…
Colloquium in Oct. 2017 Choi, Seongsoo (Professor, Department of Sociology at Sungkyunkwan Univ., South Korea) Based on the data from Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID), this research analyzes the role of marriage in intergenerational economic mobility among the group born in the U.S. in 1950 to 1975. The research Read more…
Policy Alternatives for Improving Labor Rights of Women: A Holistic Response to Wollstonecraft Dilemma Journal of Korean Women’s Studies. Lee Joo-Hee (2012) This article reviews employment policies for women since Asian financial crisis of 1997 through the lens of the ‘Wollstonecraft dilemma’. Almost all governments since the financial crisis in Read more…
The Influence of Households’ Financial Debts on Income Inequality Korean Social Policy Review. Won Seung-yeon (2015) This paper, using the ‘Survey of Household Finances and Living Condition’, analyzed the households’ financial debts by income decile and the influence of financial debts on the income inequality. The empirical results are as Read more…
Inequality and Social Risks: Applications of the Index of Health and Social Problems Health and Social Welfare Review. Hwang Sun-Jae (2015) This study examines the relationship between income inequality and various social problems or social risks from a theoretical, empirical, and comparative perspective. Based on the theoretical framework that rising Read more…