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Past colloquium

Is Intergenerational Time Transfer Unequal? Between-Siblings and Between-Families Inequality in Parental Childcare Help for Adult Children in South Korea

Colloquium in March 2024 Jung In (Postdoc, Department of Sociology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark) Globally, it has been observed that grandparents often step in to address childcare needs arising from the prevalence of double-income families among younger adults. This form of parental assistance significantly affects the life events of their Read more…

By KIRN, 9 months ago

Past colloquium

Grandparenting and Mortality: How Does Race-Ethnicity Matter?

Colloquium in May 2021 Choi, Seung-won Emily (Professor, Dept. of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work at Texas Tech Univ.) This study examines the relationship between caring for grandchildren (i.e., grandparenting) and mortality risk and how the link differs by race-ethnicity in the United States. Drawing from the Health and Retirement Read more…

By KIRN, 4 years ago

Recent Studies

Childcare and Household Labor in South Korea

South Korea’s fertility rate is expected to hit a record breaking 0.96 births per woman this year. This is due to various reasons including high unemployment rate and increasing cost of living, but fundamentally it is due to high costs of marriage and birth. In a country influenced by Confucianism, Read more…

By KIRN, 6 years ago