Research
1. Social and Economic Inequalities in Public Pensions
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
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
Working in Progress
‘Exclusion from a Mandatory Pension Scheme: Late-Stage Opt-outs from the National Pension in South Korea’ (with Jongseok Oh & Seho Son)
2. Inequalities in Late Working Lives
Publications
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 in Progress
‘Welfare States Moderating Crisis Shock: Older Workers’ Employment Exit following the COVID-19 Crisis in Europe’ (single author).
‘Social Stratification of Retirement Trajectories in Germany after Welfare Reforms’ (with Bernhard Ebbinghaus)
‘Extending Working lives in Ageing Welfare States – Socially Sustainable?’ (with Kati Kuitto)
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