Have you heard of the “spoon class theory”, a term widely used among online communities in South Korea? It refers to the idea that individual’s success in life solely depends on being born into parents of high socioeconomic status. According to this ‘theory’, the influence of parents’ socioeconomic status on Read more…
Colloquium in Jan. 2018 Park, Hyunjoon (Professor, Department of Sociology at Univ. of Pennsylvania, U.S.) This research analyzes how family behaviors such as marriage, divorce, and child-rearing in South Korea have changed, and how the pattern of this change is different between the low and the high educated. According to Read more…
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…
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…
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…