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…
Negotiating Work and Family Life in South Korea : Class Differences among Working Women Journal of Korean Women’s Studies. Lee Jae-Kyung, Lee Euna, and Cho Joo-Eun (2006) In this study, we tried to analyze the experiences and differences of the work and family life among married women workers and also Read more…
When Different Types of Education Matter: Effectively Maintained Inequality of Educational Opportunity in Korea. American Behavioral Scientist. Byun Soo-yong, and Park Hyunjoon (2017) Using longitudinal data for a nationally representative sample of ninth graders in South Korea, we examine socioeconomic differences in the likelihood of making transitions into different types Read more…
Bridge or Trap? Labor Market Structure and the Transitions from Contingent to Permanent Employment Korean Journal of Management. Jung Dong-Il, Kwon Seeon-Won (2016) With a burgeoning interest in understanding the nature of contingent work, scholars have begun to tackle such issues as workforce divide and emerging form of labor relations. Read more…
Distributional Approach to the Changes in Gender Wage Gap in Korea, 1982～2004. Economy and Society. Kim Young-Mi (2009) This study utilizes the relative distribution method developed by Hancock and Morris (1998), and analyzes the process of closing gender wage gap in Korea using “Basic Survey on Wage Structure”, 1982～2004. The 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…
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…