Fertility

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…

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Analysis the relationship between household income and fertility using administrative data: 2015–2023

Colloquium in January 2026 Bongoh Kye(Kookmin University) This study presents findings on the relationship between household income and fertility using administrative data. Although the relationship between income and fertility is of great importance in fertility research, data limitations have made it difficult to produce reliable findings on this topic. To 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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The gendered impact of parenthood on job-related training participation in Germany and the United Kingdom

Colloquium in October 2024 Misun Lim (Postdoctoral research fellow at the WZB Berlin Social Science Center and University of Siegen, Germany) Recent studies highlight the role of parenthood in perpetuating persistent gender inequality in the labour market. We examine whether the transition to parenthood influences job-related training participation. This study Read more…

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Career, Children, or Neither? Fathers’ Housework and Mothers’ Work-Family Arrangements Following First Birth in the United States

Colloquium in May 2024 Ohjae Gowen (Doctoral Student, Department of Sociology, Harvard University, US) In the recent discussion on the “gender revolution,” the challenges dual-earner parents face in balancing work and family have been identified as the primary cause of gender inequalities. It has also been argued that the revolution Read more…

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