Tag Archives: Sophia Seung-Yoon Lee

Double Poverty and Precarious Workers in South Korea

Posted on March 3, 2023 by journalofcontemporaryasia

“Double Poverty: Class, Employment Type, Gender and Time Poor Precarious Workers in the South Korean Service Economy” (DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2023. 2176782) is a new research article authored by Taehwan Kim of the Department of Comparative Social Policy, University of Oxford in … Continue reading →

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Issue 3 for 2018 published

Posted on June 4, 2018 by journalofcontemporaryasia

Issue number 3 for Volume 48 (2018) of the journal has gone to print and is available electronically at the publisher’s site. This number is a regular issue, featuring six research articles, a commentary and four book reviews. Two of … Continue reading →

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Precarious Work and the Elderly in Korea

Posted on January 23, 2018 by journalofcontemporaryasia

The elderly work. In South Korea, with a relatively immature welfare system, they are increasingly working in poorly paid and insecure jobs. In “Precarious Elderly Workers in Post-Industrial South Korea” (DOI: 10.1080/00472336.2017.1423370), Yun-Young Kim and Sophia Seung-Yoon Lee of the … Continue reading →

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