Korea Inequality Research Network

[Methods Lecture] Building an Agentic AI Computing Environment for Sociological Research

KIRN — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 14:35:07 +0000

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[Session 6-2] Childbirth and Education 2

KIRN — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 14:04:03 +0000

Short- and Long-Term Mechanisms Behind the Child Penalty: Evidence from South Korea Junyoung Seo (Seoul National University)

Shadow Education as Cultural Capital: Evidence of Intergenerational Transmission and Academic Returns in South Korea Soo-yong Byun (The Pennsylvania State University), Seongsoo Choi (Yonsei University) & Haram Jeon (Chonnam National University)

How Does Early-Life Cognitive Inequality Emerge?: Analyzing Stratification Mechanisms in Early Childhood Receptive Vocabulary Gyurim Lee (Chung-Ang University) & Yool Choi (Chung-Ang University)

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[Session 6-1] Childbirth and Education 1

KIRN — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 14:03:42 +0000

Between 'Deficit' and 'Choice': Shifting Dynamics of Non-marital Childbearing in South Korea, 1997-2024 Hwayeon Kim (Chung-Ang University), Yool Choi (Chung-Ang University) & Jiwon Lee (Cornell University)

The Impact of Economic Inequality on Fertility in South Korea: A Province-Level Analysis Dohoon Lee (Seoul National University), Taehyung Kim (Seoul National University) & Bongoh Kye (Kookmin University)

College Returns for Academically Under-Prepared Students: Evidence from Remedial Math Placement Recommendations in Kansas Jongsoo Lee (University of Kansas)

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[Session 5] Aging and Welfare

KIRN — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 14:03:10 +0000

Representation of the Problem in Technology-Mediated Elder Care: Applying Bacchi's WPR Approach Rora Oh (Korea University) & 6 others Divergent Mortality Structure Change Pathways at Equivalent Life Expectancy Levels in East Asian Countries, 1980–2023: A Decomposition Analysis Using Global Burden of Disease 2023 Data Ikhan Kim (Kosin University), Yedam Park (Ewha Womans University) & Jongjin Park (Kosin University) Toward a Desirable Direction for Progressive Basic Pension Reform: Proposed Alternatives and Expected Effects Jong-Sung You (Yonsei University) & Subin Lee (Yonsei University) ♣ All copyrights for the attached presentation materials belong to the respective authors.

[Session 4-2] Marriage and Family

KIRN — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 14:02:37 +0000

Media Discourse Analysis on Family Formation through the Lens of Class and Gender in South Korea (1990-2025) Sojung Lim (University at Buffalo, SUNY) & Eunkyung Song (University of Massachusetts-Amherst) The Effect of Adolescent Fathers' Care Participation on Adult Daughters' Family Formation Values Yubin Cho (Yonsei University) & Soyoung Park (Seoul National University) Racial Disparities in Family Formation Patterns Across Two Cohorts in the United States Miseon Lim (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid) & Cristina Samper Mejia (University of Potsdam) A Life Course Approach to Single-Person Households: Gendering and Cohort Effects Hyoseong Kim (Seoul National University) & 3 others ♣ All copyrights for the attached presentation materials belong to the respective authors.

[Session 4-1] Health and Medical Care

KIRN — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 14:02:12 +0000

Mapping the Mental Health Risks of Precarious Employment: A Machine Learning Approach Jaehee Choi (Duke Kunshan University) Gendered Trajectories of Health Shocks: A Group-Based Multi-Trajectory Model Analysis Using K-TB-N Daseul Moon (Inje University), Hongjo Choi (Korea University) & Yerin Yoo (Korea University) Quantitative and Qualitative Inequality in Healthcare Utilization in South Korea Minjae Kim (Yonsei University) Gender Differences in Trajectories of Socioeconomic Status Change Before and After Tuberculosis Diagnosis Yerin Yoo (Korea University), Daseul Moon (Inje University) & Hongjo Choi (Korea University) ♣ All copyrights for the attached presentation materials belong to the respective authors.

[Session 3-2] Gender

KIRN — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 14:01:48 +0000

Framing Solidarity: How Media Portrayals of Protest Shape Support for Gender Equality Policies Yeeun Jang (Washington University in St. Louis) & Dajin Kim (University of Notre Dame) Cognitive Labor Division among High-Income Dual-Earner Couples: Focusing on Gender Inequality in Childcare Labor Juwon Park (Korea University) Socioeconomic Status and Men's Attitudes toward Female Breadwinning in South Korea: The Moderating Role of Religiosity Jong Hyun Jung (Sungkyunkwan University) & Mingyue Zhou (Sungkyunkwan University) ♣ All copyrights for the attached presentation materials belong to the respective authors.

[Session 3-1] Labor and Immigration

KIRN — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 14:01:17 +0000

Gender Equality in Regional Labor Markets in the Context of Population Decline Jiseon Moon (Korea Employment and Labor Training Institute) & Nanju Kim (Korea Women's Development Institute) The Devaluation of Labor Market Careers across Firm Size Habeen Lim (Yonsei University) School-to-Labor Market Transitions of Youth with Migration Backgrounds: A Comparative Analysis with Native-Born Peers through Integrated Panel Data Juhee Han (Yonsei University) Ethnic Diversity, Ingroup Trust, and Social Isolation among Seoul Residents (2021–2025) Harris Hyun-soo Kim (Ewha Womans University) & Ahhyun Cho (Yonsei University) ♣ All copyrights for the attached presentation materials belong to the respective authors.

[Session 2-2] Social Stratification and Perception 2

KIRN — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 14:00:46 +0000

Perceived Social Unfairness and Wellbeing: The Differential Buffering Role of Achieved Versus Ascribed Socioeconomic Status Hyewon Son (University of Texas at Austin) & Jinho Kim (Korea University) The Effect of Perceived Causes of Class Inequality on Welfare Attitudes Seungwon Park (Seoul National University) Intergenerational Income Mobility and the Regional Distribution and Concentration of Opportunity Keunbok Lee (Gyeonggi Research Institute) ♣ All copyrights for the attached presentation materials belong to the respective authors

[Session 2-1] Social Stratification and Perception 1

KIRN — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 14:00:12 +0000

Marriage as Status Achievement? Marital Status and Subjective Socioeconomic Standing among Young Adults in South Korea

Sinn Won Han (Yonsei University)

Does Housing Value Buy Status? Objective SES Position and Subjective Standing in Korea, 2006-2025

ChangHwan Kim (University of Kansas) & Jibum Kim (Sungkyunkwan University)

Losses Loom Larger Than Gains: Asymmetric and Stratified Consequences of Changes in Perceived Fairness for Young Adults’ Subjective Well-Being

NaKyung Nam (Korea University) & Jinho Kim (Korea University)

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[Session 1] Education

KIRN — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 13:58:14 +0000

Does Career and Technical Education Serve as a Safety Net at the Academic Threshold? Yerin Yoon (Boston College) Elite High Schools and Achievement Trajectories in South Korea Sookyung Han (Yonsei University) & Seongsoo Choi (Yonsei University) Never Successful Enough: Failure Trajectories in South Korean Education Sejung Yoon (Chung-Ang University) & Jonathan A. Jarvis (Brigham Young University) Elite Fracture and Ministerial Agency in Educational Equalization: South Korea, 1951–1968 Jiwon Lee (Seoul National University) ♣ All copyrights for the attached presentation materials belong to the respective authors.

[Methods Lecture] Introduction to Luxembourg Income Study (LIS) and Luxembourg Wealth Study (LWS) Data and Applications

KIRN — Mon, 04 Aug 2025 10:09:35 +0000

"Introduction to Luxembourg Income Study (LIS) and Luxembourg Wealth Study (LWS) Data and Applications"

The code utilized in this presentation by the LIS Cross-National Data Center & Luxembourg Institute for Socio-Economic Research can be accessed through the link below due to attachment limitations.

🔗 Methodology Workshop Code (R/do file)

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[Session 5-B] Family

KIRN — Mon, 04 Aug 2025 10:07:00 +0000

"Social status, economic class, and inequality perception: The moderating role of national culture"

Harris Hyun-soo Kim (Ewha Womans Univ.) & Jong Hyun Jung (Sungkyunkwan Univ.)

"Structure and Trends of Gender Wage Gap Explained by Family Status in Korea, 1998-2022"

Haeseul Yu (Yonsei Univ.)

"Wives’ and Husbands’ Time Spent on Leisure in Korean Commuter Marriages"

Yun-Suk Lee (University of Seoul)

"Why Fathers Benefit: A Causal Mediation Analysis of the Fatherhood Wage Premium"

Soojin Kim & Seongsoo Choi (Yonsei Univ.) ♣ All copyrights for the attached presentation materials belong to the respective authors.

[Session 5-A] Education 2

KIRN — Mon, 04 Aug 2025 10:06:46 +0000

"The Shadow of the Past: The Cumulative Effects of Private Supplementary Education on Academic Achievement" Minjae Kim & Seongsoo Choi (Yonsei Univ.) "Why Do Women Choose Teaching?: Focusing on Gender Differences in Teaching Career Motivation According to Labor Market Gender Inequality" So-young Park (Seoul National Univ.) "Does Parental Investment in Private Education Affect Children's Adult Social Class?" Yubin Cho (Yonsei Univ.) "Whitewashed Cosmopolitanism: Making of Cosmopolitan Identity in International Schools in Asia" Minji Hong (University of Chicago) ♣ All copyrights for the attached presentation materials belong to the respective authors.

[Session 4-B] Social Mobility

KIRN — Mon, 04 Aug 2025 10:06:34 +0000

"Occupational Class and Income Stratification in South Korea, 1998-2022" HaeChang Lee (Sungkyunkwan Univ.) & Sun-Jae Hwang (Chungnam National Univ.) "Social Relations of a Slave Family in the 18th Century: Status Inheritance/Mobility Strategies and Family Identity as Read from Household Registers" Keong-Suk Park (Seoul National Univ.) "Meritocracy and Privilege in Confucian Civil Service Examinations: An Analysis of the Joseon Dynasty's System in Korea" Donghyeok Choi (University of Hong Kong) & ChangHwan Kim (University of Kansas) "Class Consciousness and Meritocratic Discourse Practice in Korean Society: An In-depth Interview Study of 'Gangnam Kids' in Their 20s and 30s" YiJin Cho (Yonsei Univ.) ♣ All copyrights for the attached presentation materials belong to the respective authors.

[Session 4-A] Health

KIRN — Mon, 04 Aug 2025 10:05:57 +0000

"How Social Isolation Gets Under the Skin: Exploring Behavioral and Psychological Pathways to Accelerated Biological Aging" Keun Young Kwon & Jinho Kim (Korea Univ.) "Rising Stress, Lasting Impact: Asymmetric Effects of Parental Work-Family Conflict on Children's Cognitive Development in South Korea" Hyewon Son & Jinho Kim (Korea Univ.) "Mixed Methods Research on the Scale and Mechanisms of Catastrophic Costs Due to Tuberculosis" Hong-jo Choi (Korea Univ.) "Parents' Work–Family Conflict and Children's Emotional Well-being: The Mediating Role of Parenting Behaviors" Misun Lim, Matthias Pollmann-Schult & Jianghong Li (University of Siegen) ♣ All copyrights for the attached presentation materials belong to the respective authors.

[Session 3] Life Course

KIRN — Mon, 04 Aug 2025 10:05:41 +0000

"Intergenerational inequality in intragenerational labor market status mobility in South Korea" Bongoh Kye (Kookmin Univ.) "Transition Pathways to Early Adulthood among Korean Youth: A Longitudinal Latent Class Analysis of Education, Employment, and Residential Independence" Byeongdon Oh (SUNY Polytechnic Institute) "Parents' Socioeconomic Status and School-to-Work Transition of College Graduates: Comparing Objective and Subjective Mobility in First Jobs" Jiyeon Kim & Dohoon Lee (Seoul National Univ,) "Transnational Educational Mobility and Changing Strategies of Class Reproduction" Cho Hong Jin Jo (University of Chicago) ♣ All copyrights for the attached presentation materials belong to the respective authors.

[Session 2] Education 1

KIRN — Mon, 04 Aug 2025 10:05:18 +0000

"Highbrow Culture and Academic Achievement: Comparing Individual and Organized Participation Among Elementary Students in Seoul" Soo-yong Byun (Penn State Univ.), Haram Jeon (Chonnam National Univ.) & Hee Jin Chung (Korea National University of Education) "Achievement, Growth, and Effect: School Effect Analysis Using National Assessment of Educational Achievement Longitudinal Student-Linked Data" Sookyung Han & Seongsoo Choi (Yonsei Univ.) "Wage Gaps by University Major and the Mismatch Between Women's Major-Wage Effects" Asuka Gushi (Yonsei Univ.) "A Cultural Pathway to Academic Success: Classed Parenting and School Adjustment" Ha-Joon Chung & Jim Raymo (Princeton Univ.) ♣ All copyrights for the attached presentation materials belong to the respective authors.

[Session 1-B] Social Policy

KIRN — Mon, 04 Aug 2025 10:05:05 +0000

"Reform Plans for National Pension as Universal Retirement Income Insurance and Expected Effects" Jong-sung You (Yonsei Univ,) "Discrimination Patterns Among Public Housing Residents: The Role of Social Mix Housing and Income Inequality" Haeram Joo & Jaesung Choi (Sungkyunkwan Univ.) "The impacts of Universal Basic Income on happiness, work effort, and social preferences: An experimental study in a controlled setting" Han Il Chang (Kookmin Univ.) ♣ All copyrights for the attached presentation materials belong to the respective authors.

[Session 1-A] Gender

KIRN — Mon, 04 Aug 2025 10:04:48 +0000

"Sexual Minorities as Workers, Workers as Sexual Minorities: Presentation of the 2025 Sexual Minority Labor Status Survey Results" Heeyoung Lee (SUNY Albany), Seong-Jo Jeong (Chung-Ang Univ.), Bomi Kim (UCSB) & Kiyong Shim (Chingusai, Korean Gay Men's Human Rights Group) "Does Meritocratic Evaluation Contribute to Corporate Gender Equality?: Focusing on the Moderating Effect of Female Managers on the Impact of Meritocratic Evaluation on the Gender Wage Gap" JooHee Han & Chanung Park (Yonsei Univ.) "From M-Curve to Flat Trajectories? Ultra-Low Fertility and Female Employment in Korea" Sojeong Kim (USC) "Unraveling contemporary gender ideologies in high-income countries" Joeun Kim & Mokyun Kim (KDI School) ♣ All copyrights for the attached presentation materials belong to the respective authors.