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…
Joo, Ikhyun and Seongsoo Choi. 2019. “When a Man ‘Helps’ a Woman: The Importance of Time Overlap in the Division of Housework within Married Couples.” Korean Journal of Sociology 53(2):213-51. Existing research has documented that husband’s additional housework does not reduce wife’s housework and even may increase it. In this study, we Read more…
Women’s Economic Activities and the Gender Role Attitudes in Conjugal Relationships Mun, Ji-Sun. 2017. Korean Journal of Sociology 51(2): 191-232. This study analyzed how conjugal gender role attitudes on economic activity of married women is related to the women’s actual economic activity. It observed three(3)-quantile families by household income which 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…
Korean’s Work-Family Balance Policy during 1990 and 2014 from the Perspective of Defamiliarization, Decommodification: Especially Focusing on Maternity Leave, Parental Leave, and Childcare Policies Jeon, Yoon-Jeon. 2015. Journal of Korean Women’s Studies 31(3): 179-218. This study aimed at looking into the developments of Korea’s work-family balance policy during the period Read more…