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Past colloquium

Why Do (even) Immigrant Women in S. Korea Exhibit Depressed Fertility? Investigating the Fertility of Commodified Marriage Migrants

Colloquium in August 2026 Jiseon Baek (Reproductive Ageing Group, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research) A defining feature of marriage migration in South Korea is agency-arranged “commodified marriage.” Despite expectations, these migrant women exhibit fertility levels similar to or lower than Korean native women. This study investigates this trend by Read more…

By KIRN, 1 month1 month ago

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Youth Labor Market Insecurity and the Decline in Nuptiality and Fertility: A Korea-Japan Comparison

Colloquium in November 2025 Sinn Won Han (Yonsei University) Japan and South Korea both experienced rapid declines in total fertility rates (TFR) through the early 2000s, but their trajectories have since diverged, with Korea’s TFR remaining far below Japan’s. This presentation examines how youth labor market conditions help explain this Read more…

By KIRN, 11 months ago

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Men’s and women’s aversion to female status-dominant relationships: Linking individual attitudes to macro-level contexts

Colloquium in December 2024 Sangsoo Lee (Ewha Womans University, Department of Sociology) This study explores individuals’ attitudes toward female status-dominant relationships using data from the seventh wave of the World Values Survey. Findings reveal that men, on average, show greater aversion to female status-dominant relationships than women. Both men and Read more…

By KIRN, 2 years ago

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An Analysis of the Family Dissolution Trend by Class and Family Norms in Korea, 2012-2022

Colloquium in May 2023 Youngshin Lim (Researcher, Education Research Institute at Seoul National Univ., South Korea) This study aims to examine how family dissolution rates have changed by class and family norms in Korea in recent ten years. Using the data from Social Survey conducted by Statistics Korea, the study Read more…

By KIRN, 3 years ago

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Work Demands and Marital Intentions of Young Adults in South Korea

Colloquium in Feb. 2022 Kim, Joeun (Professor, KDI School of Public Policy and Management, South Korea) The purpose of this study is to examine whether and how job demands, as measured through distinct combinations of work hours and work schedules, are associated with young people’s marital intentions in Korea, a Read more…

By KIRN, 5 years ago

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From Couples to Clothes: The Lack of Individualization in the West

Colloquium in May 2019 Yodanis, Carrie (Professor, Department of Sociology at UBC, Canada) Individualization, valuing individual’s unique identities and freedom over social rules, is often regarded as one of the main elements in the Western, especially U.S. culture. However, in Americans’ everyday lives, it is difficult to find evidence for individualization Read more…

By KIRN, 7 years7 years ago

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Gendered Age Preferences for Potential Partners: A Mixed-Methods Study among Online Daters in Shanghai

Colloquium in Dec. 2018 Qian, Yue (Professor, Dept. of Sociology at Univ. of British Columbia, Canada) Based on the data of 3,000 female and 3,000 male users of a popular Chinese dating website living in Shanghai, China, this study analyzes how their preferences for age hyper-gamy (male partner older than Read more…

By KIRN, 8 years ago