Research
The main themes of my projects include (1) public pensions and economic inequality, (2) inequalities in late working lives and retirement transitions, and (3) low fertility and work-family reconciliation policies. My doctoral thesis can be openly accessed through Oxford University Research Archive. For transparency and reproducibility of research, I intend to share replication files for all my studies once they are published. This page is being updated accordingly.
1. Public Pensions and Economic Inequality
Publications
Lee, K. (2024). ‘Varying Effects of Public Pensions: Pension Spending and Old-age Employment under Different Pension Regimes’, Journal of European Social Policy link replication files
Lee, K. (2022). ‘Old-age Poverty in a Pension Latecomer: The Impact of Basic Pension Expansions in South Korea’, Social Policy & Administration, 56(7), 1022-1040. link replication files
Working Papers
Exclusion from a Mandatory Pension Scheme: Late-Stage dropouts from the National Pension System in South Korea (with Jongseok Oh & Seho Son) link
Projects under development
Pension Systems and Wealth Inequality in Old Age: Revisiting the Paradox of Redistribution Thesis (with Javier Olivera and Philippe Van Kerm)
The Political Economy of Pension Reforms in South Korea: Evidence from Survey Experiment (with Dong-kyun Im)
2. Inequalities in Late Working Lives
Publications
Kuitto, K. & Lee, K. (in press). ‘How to make extending working lives in ageing welfare states socially sustainable’, in M. Vaalavuo, K. Nelson & K. Kuitto (eds.), Social Sustainability in Ageing Welfare States, Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar.
Ebbinghaus, B. & Lee, K. (2023). ‘From early retirement to later exit from work: shifting towards active ageing’, in Daniel Clegg & Niccolo Durazzi (eds.), Handbook of Labour Market Policy in Advanced Democracies, Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar. link
Working Papers
Old and new welfare states retaining older workers in the face of crisis: The case of COVID-19 in Europe (single author, Revise & Resubmit).
Convergence or continued stratification? Retirement trajectories and late working lives in Germany, 1976-2019 (with Bernhard Ebbinghaus, Revise & Resubmit)
Digitalization, workers’ anxiety, and pension savings behavior (with Ludivine Martin & Thuc-Uyen Nguyen-Thi)
3. Social Policy, Work-Family Arrangements, and Low Fertility
Publications
Lee, K. & Zaidi, A. (2020). ‘How Policy Configurations Matter: a critical look into pro-natal policy in South Korea based on a gender and family framework’, International Journal of Sociology & Social Policy, 40(7/8), 589-606. link
Working Papers
Context matters: The role of family policy in shaping fertility and women’s labor force participation across OECD countries (with Eunho Cha & Stacie Tao) replication files
Projects under development
Couples’ allocation of paid and unpaid work and perceived gender equity in South Korea (with Keon Kim)