Colloquium in April 2025 Hoyong Jung (Seoul National University, Graduate School of Public Administration and Korea Institute of Public Affairs) Amidst the ongoing phenomenon of Seoul-centric concentration in South Korea, this study examines wage differentials among graduates of In-Seoul universities in the early labor market. Even after controlling for individual Read more…
Colloquium in Sept. 2018 Yoon, Jayoung (Professor, Dept. of Economics at Chungnam National Univ.) This study analyzes how women workers’ status in the labor market is associated with their access to childbirth and childcare leave, based on Korean Labor and Income Panel Study data. According to the analysis, the lower women workers’ income level, the less likely Read more…
Gender Inequality in the Labor Market after the Financial Crisis: Focused on the Gender Differences in Work Career and Wage Lee, Soon-Mi. 2015. Journal of Korean Women’s Studies 31(2): 91-129. To analyze whether the low quality of women’s employment is due to the effect of the life event, interruption or deepening gender inequality 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…