Ohjae Gowen
Seoul National University · 社会科学
研究室紹介
Professor Ohjae Gowen's research lab focuses on the intersection of family dynamics, gender inequality, and social stratification, with a particular emphasis on how structural and cultural factors shape fertility intentions, fatherhood, and youth aspirations. The lab investigates the complex relationships between work, family life, and social mobility across the life course, using innovative statistical methods such as marginal structural models and cross-strata linearized APC models to address longstanding challenges in time-series analysis. A central theme is the role of gender-role ideologies and 'dream-capital' in shaping individual agency and social reproduction in post-industrial societies, especially in East Asia. The lab’s work contributes to critical debates on gender equality, intergenerational mobility, and the social determinants of well-being.
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Selected Papers
4Abstract Post-industrial countries with high rates of female labour force participation have generally had low fertility rates, but recent studies demonstrate that this is no longer the case. This has generated increased attention to how greater gender equality in the private sphere of the household may contribute to a positive relationship between women’s employment rates and fertility. Building on recent scholarship demonstrating the multidimensionality of gender-role attitudes, we argue that
Abstract The instability of fathers’ co-residence with children has become an increasingly prevalent experience for U.S. families. Despite long-standing scholarship examining the relationship between fatherhood and wage advantages, few studies have investigated how variation in fathers’ stable co-residence with a child may produce temporal changes in the wage premium over the life course. Building on prior explanations of the fatherhood wage premium, I test if the wage premium grows with time si
For decades, researchers have sought to understand the separate contributions of age, period, and cohort (APC) on a wide range of outcomes. However, a major challenge in these efforts is the linear dependence among the three time scales. Previous methods have been plagued by either arbitrary assumptions or extreme sensitivity to small variations in model specification. In this article, we present an alternative method that achieves partial identification by leveraging additional information abou
This paper attempts to provide empirical evidence in understanding the ways that contemporary youth pursue their dreams in Korea. This paper examines the rational aspect of “dreaming” or “non-dreaming” by employing two concepts: dream-capital and penetration. In this paper, dream-capital is conceptualized as a seed that facilitates the accumulation of other capitals. It is the total capacity to dream and is composed of four dimensions: imagination, hope, optimism and resilience. Penetration is d