Personal profile
Research summary
As a quantitative social scientist and social policy researcher, my research broadly focuses on how social inequalities are shaped - reduced or reproduced - by welfare state institutions and social policies from a comparative perspective, against the common challenge of demographic transition and changing labor markets. My current and past projects have investigated related topics including the consequences of pension reforms, inequalities in late working lives, low fertility, family policy, poverty, and wealth inequality.
Education/Academic qualification
DPhil in Social Policy, University of Oxford
Award Date: 1 Oct 2024
MSc in Comparative Social Policy, University of Oxford
Award Date: 17 Sept 2020
BA in Social Welfare, BA in Economics, Seoul National University
Award Date: 29 Aug 2018
External positions
Research Affiliate
Research Associate, Luxembourg Income Study (LIS)
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Projects
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(LIS)²ER: (LIS)²ER Initiative
Peluso, E. (PI), Van Kerm, P. (CoI), Munzi, T. (CoI), Fusco, A. (CoI), Islam, N. (CoI), Lee, K. (CoI) & Sauer, P. (CoI)
Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER)
1/01/20 → 31/12/29
Project: Research
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Converging or unequal retirement patterns? Late working lives, retirement trajectories, and pension income in Germany over three decades of cohorts
Lee, K. & Ebbinghaus, B., 10 Dec 2025, In: Social Forces.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Exclusion from a ‘mandatory’ pension scheme: Late-stage dropouts from the National Pension System in South Korea
Oh, J., Son, S. & Lee, K., Jun 2025, In: Journal of the Economics of Ageing. 31, 100578.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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How to make extending working lives in ageing welfare states socially sustainable
Kuitto, K. & Lee, K., 2025, Social Sustainability in Ageing Welfare States. Vaalavuo, M., Nelson, K. & Kuitto, K. (eds.). Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., p. 140–165 26 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Old and New Welfare States Retaining Older Workers in the Face of Crisis: The Case of COVID-19 in Europe
Lee, K., Feb 2025, Esch-sur-Alzette: LISER, 40 p. (Working papers; no. 2025-03).Research output: Working paper
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부부간 무급-유급노동 분담 유형과가사분담 만족도 및 삶의 만족도 간의 관계: ‘형평성 있는 전문화’ 개념을 중심으로
Kim, K. & Lee, K., May 2025, In: Korean Journal of Social Welfare. 77, 2, p. 213-237 25 p.Translated title of the contribution :Intra-couple allocation of paid and unpaid work, allocation perceptions, and life satisfaction in South Korea: An analysis based on the ‘equitable specialization’ framework Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Impacts
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Fighting Poverty: Measurement & Policy Challenges - Workshop Recap
Depireux, A. (Organiser), Fusco, A. (Organiser), Guio, A.-C. (Organiser), Lanjouw, P. (Organiser), Lee, K. (Organiser), Marlier, E. (Organiser), Menta, G. (Participant), Munzi, T. (Organiser), Omar, H. (Organiser), Peluso, E. (Organiser) & Van Kerm, P. (Organiser)
Impact: Media Output
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