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From Growing Disadvantages to Strategic Adaptation: The Permanent Evolution of Asian American Men’s Socioeconomic Status, 1940 to 2018—22

Colloquium in March 2025 ChangHwan Kim (University of Kansas, Department of Sociology) Stereotypical images of Asian Americans have shifted from unassimilable aliens to the Model Minority, and Strategic Adaptation has been proposed as a key mechanism of their success. However, few studies have explored the origins and evolution of Strategic Read more…

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Varieties of Meritocratic Beliefs and Their Divergent Connections to Inequality Attitudes

Colloquium in January 2025 Dongkyun Im (Seoul National University, Department of Sociology) A wide range of studies and arguments suggested that meritocracy reinforces or justifies inequality, thereby solidifying a winner-takes-all system. In addition, criticisms have been raised that the rise of meritocracy leads individuals to obsess over a narrow definition Read more…

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Premarital Pregnancy in South Korea: Socioeconomic Disparities and Children’s Early Developmental Trajectories

Colloquium in November 2024 Won-tae Koh (CLIO Institute for Social Development Studies, Yonsei University) This study explores the possibility that the recent increase in premarital pregnancies may reflect differential demographic behaviors across social strata and examines whether this serves as a pathway for intergenerational inequality reproduction. Analysis using The Panel Read more…

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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…

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An analysis of the association between expansion in early childhood education and educational inequality using PISA 2015

Colloquium in February 2024 Haram Jeon (Professor, Department of Education, Chonnam National University, South Korea) To explore the implications of disparities in early childhood education for later educational inequalities, this study investigates the relationship between students’ academic achievements, their family backgrounds, and their early childhood education experiences. To address this Read more…

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