Korea Inequality Research Network

[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.

[Korea Inequality Research Network 12th Symposium] Call for Papers: Deadline May 18 (Sun)

KIRN — Fri, 09 May 2025 10:19:36 +0000

Dear all,

We are pleased to announce that the 12th Symposium of the Korea Inequality Research Network will be held on Tuesday, July 15 – Wednesday, July 16 (KST), 2025, at Kookmin University.

We are now accepting paper proposals for presentation at the symposium. Please see the attached call for papers for full details.

We welcome your interest and participation.

Thank you very much.

Call for Papers

Presentation Topics

Empirical analyses and mechanisms of inequality
International comparative research on inequality
Policy-oriented research on inequality

Presentation Format

Oral presentations
Poster presentations

Submission Guidelines

Proposal: 2–4 pages (A4) summary of your paper
Submission Deadline: Sunday, May 18, 2025 (KST)
Notification of Acceptance: Sunday, May 25, 2025 (KST)
Final Paper Deadline: Sunday, June 29, 2025 (KST)

Proposal Submission & Inquiries

Prof. Bongoh Kye, Department of Sociology, Kookmin University

📧 bkye@kookmin.ac.kr

[SNU Sociology] [Yonsei Sociology] Colloquium - Professor Paula England : 5/8-9(Thu-Fri)

KIRN — Sun, 27 Apr 2025 12:19:02 +0000

Dear all,

The Department of Sociology at Seoul National University and the Department of Sociology at Yonsei University will be hosting an in-person colloquium as detailed below.

Please refer to the attached file for an abstract of the presentations and further information.

As the events will be held on different dates and at different locations, we kindly ask interested participants to check the schedule and venue in advance.

Thank you.

[SNU Colloquium]

Title: The Asymmetry of Gender Change
Speaker: Paula England / Professor of Social Research and Public Policy; Dean of Social Science (NYU Abu Dhabi)
Date & Time: Thursday, May 8, 2025, 2:00–3:30 PM (KST)
Venue: Room 208, Lotte International Hall, Seoul National University

[Yonsei Colloquium]

Title: Falling Fertility and Rising Employment: Korean Women in the 21st Century
Speakers: Paula England / Professor of Social Research and Public Policy; Dean of Social Science (NYU Abu Dhabi)
- Co-presenter: Wonjeong Jung / Postdoctoral Associate in Sociology at NYU Abu Dhabi
Date & Time: Friday, May 9, 2025, 2:00–4:00 PM (KST)
Venue: Room 402, Yeonhee Hall, Yonsei University

[Yonsei Sociology BK21] Colloquium - Professor David Grusky : 10/8(Tue)

KIRN — Mon, 23 Sep 2024 15:02:06 +0000

Hello, The BK21 program from Department of Sociology at Yonsei University is hosting an offline colloquium. You can find more details in the attached file. Thank you. - Details - Hello, we are the BK21 Educational Research Team from the Department of Sociology at Yonsei University. We are pleased to invite a renowned scholar in the field of social class and inequality, Professor David Grusky from Stanford University, to lead a colloquium. Details of the colloquium are as follows: ○ Topic : Why Is There So Much Segregation? ○ Speaker : David Grusky / Professor of Sociology at Stanford University; Director of the Center on Poverty and Inequality ○ Date : 2024. 10. 8(Tue) 4 p.m. (GMT +9) ○ Venue : Yonsei University, Yeonhi hall Room 401 ○ Abstract : In contemporary societies, rising inequality is expressed via (a) the “stretching out” of the income distribution (i.e., growing income inequality), and (b) the declining probability of contact between rich and poor people (i.e., growing segregation). Why is the latter form of inequality – the segregation of rich and poor people – on the rise? The purpose of this talk is to show that urbanization and marketization are quietly at work creating a highly segregated society. We look forward to your interest and participation.

[Session 6] Work-Family Balance

KIRN — Sat, 03 Aug 2024 18:26:35 +0000

"Korean Women's Work-Family Trajectories and Mental Health Outcomes" Jiae Park (Jeonbuk National University) "Changing Perceptions of Women's Employment in South Korea" Hyerim Seo (Sungkyunkwan University) "Universalization of Childcare and Women's Career: Evidence from South Korea’s Reform" Jaehee Choi (Duke Kunshan University) ♣ The copyright of all attached files belongs to the author(s).

[Session 5] Family & Demography

KIRN — Sat, 03 Aug 2024 18:11:15 +0000

"Consequences of Low Fertility: Childcare Center Closures in South Korea" Hyo Joo Lee (Cornell University) "Educational and Employment Status Variances in the Intendedness of First Births in South Korea" Yeojin Kim (Kangwon National University) "Socioeconomic Background and Childcare Support from Elderly Parents among Adult Daughters in South Korea: Cohort Differences" Jung In (University of Copenhagen) ♣ The copyright of all attached files belongs to the author(s).

[Session 4] Perception of Young Adults in South Korea

KIRN — Sat, 03 Aug 2024 17:51:13 +0000

"Marriage and Perception of Socioeconomic Status among Young Adults in South Korea" Da-eun Kwan (KDI School of Public Policy and Management) "Unfairness: Relative Deprivation among 2030 Generation in Korea" Yeonwook Kang (KDI School of Public Policy and Management) "From Online to Public: Moderating the Support for Male Victimhood Ideologies in South Korea" Joeun Kim (KDI School of Public Policy and Management) ♣ The copyright of all attached files belongs to the author(s).

[Session 3B] Gender

KIRN — Sat, 03 Aug 2024 17:38:41 +0000

"Trends in the Gender Gap in Students’ Expected Occupational Status in South Korea: 2000-2022" Soo-yong Byun (The Pennsylvania State University) "Unveiling Gendered Widowhood Effects: The Role of Regional Gender Norms in South Korea" Haeseul Yoo (Yonsei University) ♣ The copyright of all attached files belongs to the author(s).

[Session 3A] Health

KIRN — Sat, 03 Aug 2024 17:29:25 +0000

"New Media Use and Life Satisfaction among the Elderly" Dohun Lee and Jaesung Choi (Sungkyunkwan University) "Shut-Ins or Stay-At-Homers? Exploring Social Interaction and Network Patterns among Korean Youth Using Latent Class Analysis" Mogyeong Kim (KDI School of Public Policy and Management) ♣ The copyright of all attached files belongs to the author(s).

[Session 2] Education

KIRN — Sat, 03 Aug 2024 17:13:55 +0000

"Education Expansion and Trends in Education Wealth Gap in South Korea: (Un)changing Returns to Tertiary Education" Hyun Jin (Katelyn) Kim (University of Pennsylvania) "Gender Disparities in Vocational Education: Implication for the Korean High School Credit System" Yerin Yoon (Boston College) "How Neighborhoods Matter for Academic Performance: Causal Mediation Analysis on the Role of Private Supplementary Education as Neighborhood Characteristics" Seungyeon Jung (Yonsei University) ♣ The copyright of all attached files belongs to the author(s).

[Program] The 11th Symposium in 2024

KIRN — Sat, 03 Aug 2024 16:55:42 +0000

Attached is the program for our 11th annual symposium, which took place both online and offline at KDI School of Public Policy and Management in Sejong City, South Korea, on July 5th and 6th, 2024. Only the studies presented in English are available on our English website. Thank you for your understanding.

[Session 9] Economy & Income

KIRN — Thu, 20 Jul 2023 05:47:48 +0000

"How Worker Power and Productivity Constraint Shape Schedule Quality" Minjin Chae (Harvard University) ♣ The copyright of all attached files belongs to the author(s).