Has Inequality of Educational Opportunity Increased in Korea? (II): Trends of Family Background Gaps in Academic Achievement across Birth Cohorts

Colloquium in June 2021 Choi, Seongsoo (Professor, Dept. of Sociology at Yonsei Univ.) and Youngshin Lim (PhD Student, Dept. of Education at Seoul National Univ.) How have family background gaps in primary and secondary school students’ academic achievement changed in Korea? To answer the question, based on the total 11 Read more…

Long-term Trends of the Extractive and Redistributive State Capacity in South Korea, 1960-2020

Colloquium in April 2020 Shin, Jin-Wook (Professor, Department of Sociology at Chung-Ang University) Recently the extractive and redistributive state capacity has been given greater attention as expected to alleviate class inequalities, which become critical problems in many industrialized societies. This study analyzes how the extractive and redistributive state capacity in Read more…

Now are Korean women happier than in the past?

Kim, Ee Sun and Keong Suk Park. 2019. “Life Course of Korean Women: Conflictual Gender Differentiation and Enforced Classification.” ECONOMY AND SOCIETY 122: 138-170. Korean women’s aspirations and practices for gender equality have been increasingly prevalent. However, the foundation of life is growing fragmented according to economic stratification, and family Read more…

Cohort Trends in the Association between Sibship Size and Educational Attainment in 26 Low-Fertility Countries

Colloquium in Nov. 2019 Choi, Seongsoo (Professor, Department of Sociology at Yonsei University) With ISEAD (International Sibsize and Educational Attainment Database), the data from 26 low-fertility countries of cohorts born in the 1910s through in the 1980s, this study analyzes how the association between sibship size and educational attainment differs Read more…