Sponsored by the Paul and Marcia Wythes Center on Contemporary China (CCC), the Office of Population Research (OPR), and the Global Japan Lab (GJL), the Research on East Asian Demography and Inequality (READI) is an invite only monthly forum that aims to share work in progress while building connections across junior and senior scholars working on China, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan.The seminar meets virtually once a month, on the second Tuesday of each month from 9:30-11:00PM EST (9:30AM in Tokyo/Seoul, 8:30AM in Beijing/Hong Kong). The time is chosen to facilitate live participation on both sides of the pacific. READI is collaborative, inviting participants to present their works in progress to the group for discussion.For more information, please visit www.readi.ccc.princeton.edu Logistics We will send out regular announcements regarding the talks with an RSVP link so we will know who plans to attend. Group members should feel free to recommend additional participants at any time (we are especially eager to welcome graduate students who are committed to work on demography and inequality in East Asia).The READI seminar will be held over Zoom Meeting. Turning on your video camera is strongly encouraged to help foster community and engagement, so please make sure you are in a well-lit area. Microphones will be automatically muted at the beginning of the seminar. When the floor is open to questions or comments, please remember to re-mute yourself once you are finished speaking. Talks will be recorded for archiving but we do not plan to share/release them.China-related papers are eligible to be in our Working Paper Series.If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the seminar coordinator at [email protected]. Past READI Events Apr 8 Social capital, organizational demography, and gender pay gap: Evidence from Korean employer-employee linked data Apr 8, 2025, 8:30 pm Speaker Harris Kim Affiliation Ewha Womans University Mar 11 Upward, but Not Necessarily Happier? Educational Mobility, Gender, and Subjective Well-Being in Rural China Mar 11, 2025, 8:30 pm Speaker Wensong Shen Affiliation Chinese University of Hong Kong Feb 11 The Motherhood Effect on Earnings amid Declining Fertility: Evidence from Korea Feb 11, 2025, 8:30 pm Speaker Jisoo Hwang Affiliation Seoul National University Dec 10 Do No Harm, Do No Good: Ethics of Harmlessness and Social Solidarity in South Korea Dec 10, 2024, 8:30 pm Speaker Chaeyoon Lim Affiliation University of Wisconsin Nov 12 "Mother's Time to Return Home From Work and Child Obesity" Nov 12, 2024, 8:30 pm Speaker Takuya Hasebe Affiliation Sofia University Oct 8 Rising Youth Unemployment and Underemployment in China and Its Political Implications Oct 8, 2024, 8:30 pm Speaker Yao Lu Affiliation Columbia University Jul 11 Are Childcare Policies Effective in Encouraging Maternal Employment and Fertility? Jul 11, 2024, 8:30 pm Speaker Professor Miki Kohara Affiliation Osaka University May 14 Flexibility Stigma Against Teleworkers from the Manager Perspective: The Roles of Gender-Parenthood Status and Teleworking Policy Contexts Abstract May 14, 2024, 8:30 pm Speaker Professor Senhu Wang Affiliation National University of Singapore Apr 9 Periodicity of Sex Worker Touring: An Image Assisted Analysis Apr 9, 2024, 8:30 pm Speaker Professor Tianji Cai Affiliation University of Macau Mar 13 Daily Life logic underlying the Changing Marriage Systems in Contemporary China: Middle Class Parents at the Matchmaking Corner in the Shanghai People’s Park Mar 13, 2024, 8:30 pm Speaker Professor Yingchun Ji Affiliation Shanghai University Feb 13 The Declining Significance of Education for Promoting Equality Feb 13, 2024, 8:30 pm Speaker Professor Arthur Sakamoto Affiliation Hong Kong Baptist University Jan 9 Cultural Differences in End-of-Life Care Planning: Findings from Qualitative Interviews in South Korea and the US Jan 9, 2024, 8:30 pm Speaker Professor Jung-Hwa Ha Affiliation Seoul National University Nov 14 Family Structure and Reproductive Success across Family Systems: East Asia, 1700-1950 Nov 14, 2023, 8:30 pm Speaker Professor Hao Dong Affiliation Peking University Sep 12 Understanding Disability of Older Adults in China: Theoretical Reflection and Policy Implication from the Measurement Perspective Sep 12, 2023, 8:30 pm Speaker Professor Quishi Feng Affiliation National University of Singapore Jun 13 Perceptions of Social Mobility in South Korea: A Vignette Study Jun 13, 2023, 8:30 pm Speaker Professor Sun-Jae Hwang Affiliation Chungnam National University May 9 The Rise of the Childless Single in South Korea May 9, 2023, 8:30 pm Speaker Professor Kate Choi Affiliation Western University Mar 13 Later and Less Marriage in Japan: Plausible Explanations and Evidence from Longitudinal Studies Mar 13, 2023, 8:30 pm Speaker Professor Wei-hsin Yu Affiliation UCLA Feb 14 The Power of Culture: Imperial Civil Exam, Family SES, and Children’s Education Achievement in Contemporary China Feb 14, 2023, 8:30 pm Speaker Airan Liu Affiliation Peking University Dec 13 "Why is fertility low in Japan? Research on the behavioral and biological correlates of fertility and fecundity” Dec 13, 2022, 8:30 pm Speaker Shoko Konishi Affiliation The University of Tokyo Nov 8 Are Economic Growth and Well-Being Compatible? Welfare Reform and Life Satisfaction in Japan Nov 8, 2022, 8:30 pm Speaker Hiroshi Ono Affiliation Hitotsubashi University Business School School of International Corporate Strategy Oct 11 The Media and Public (Mis)Perception of Inequality in China Oct 11, 2022, 8:30 pm Speaker Professor Xi Song Affiliation University of Pennsylvania Sep 13 Digital Enclaves: Mate Preferences and Platform Choices Among Chinese Immigrant Online Daters Sep 13, 2022, 8:30 pm Speaker Professor Yue Qian Affiliation University of British Columbia (Vancouver) Aug 9 "Retirement Trajectories and Health in Japan" Aug 9, 2022, 8:30 pm Speaker Professor Masaaki Mizuochi Affiliation Nanzan University Jun 14 The Expanding Search for Work: Gender Gap of Rural Chinese People’s Livelihood Changes from 1989 to 2015 Jun 14, 2022, 8:30 pm Speaker Professor Yuying Tong Affiliation Chinese University of Hong Kong May 10 Immigrant women in the Japanese labor and marriage markets: Double disadvantage or exception? May 10, 2022, 8:30 pm Speaker Professor Kikuko Nagayoshi Affiliation University of Tokyo Apr 12 The Second Hurdle: Widening Gender Gaps at the Early Stage of Work Careers among College Graduates in South Korea Apr 12, 2022, 8:30 pm Speaker Professor ChangHwan Kim Affiliation University of Kansas Mar 8 Contingent Legitimation of Pay Differentials in Reform China: A Paradox of Effects Heterogeneity Mar 8, 2022, 8:30 pm Speaker Professor Tony Tam Affiliation Chinese University of Hong Kong Feb 8 How much is a super-aged society inclusive? Focusing on redistribution in Japan Feb 8, 2022, 8:30 pm Speaker Professor Sawako Shirahase Affiliation The University of Tokyo Jan 11 Inter-generational relationship in Chinese families with multiple children: A family system view Jan 11, 2022, 8:30 pm Speaker Professor Ting Li Affiliation Renmin University of China Nov 9 Achievement Gaps before School in Singapore Nov 9, 2021, 8:30 pm Speaker Professor Wei-Jun Jean Yeung Affiliation National University of Singapore Oct 12 Reconfiguring Social Disconnectedness and Its Link to Subjective Well-being among Older Men and Women in Rural China Oct 12, 2021, 8:30 pm Speaker Professor Feinian Chen Affiliation University of Maryland Sep 14 Educational Assortative Mating and Motherhood Penalty in China Sep 14, 2021, 8:30 pm Speaker Professor Cheng Cheng Affiliation Singapore Management University Aug 10 Work, Marriage, and Children in Korea: Exploration of Health Implications for Women Aug 10, 2021, 8:30 pm Speaker Professor Hyeyoung Woo Affiliation Portland State University Jul 13 Ethnic Identification in China: Policies, Gender, and Social Contexts Jul 13, 2021, 8:30 pm Speaker Professor Zheng Mu Affiliation National University of Singapore Jun 8 Predicting School Dropout among South Korean Adolescents: A Machine Learning Approach Jun 8, 2021, 8:30 pm Speaker Professor Yoonsun Han Affiliation Seoul National University May 11 Understanding Fertility in China: A Contextual Approach May 11, 2021, 8:30 pm Speaker Professor Jia Yu Affiliation Peking University Apr 13 Income Inequality in Japan from a Sociological Perspective Apr 13, 2021, 8:30 pm Speaker Professor Shin Arita Affiliation University of Tokyo Mar 9 The Future of Unpaid Work: How will automation transform time spent on domestic and care work in the UK and Japan? Mar 9, 2021, 8:30 pm Speaker Dr. Setsuya Fukuda Affiliation National Institute of Population and Social Security Research (Tokyo) Feb 9 Same Environment, Stratified Impacts? Air pollution, Extreme temperatures, and Birth weight in Southeast China Feb 9, 2021, 8:30 pm Speaker Professor Emily Hannum Affiliation University of Pennsylvania Jan 12 Fertility Decline and Trends in Educational Gender Inequality in China Jan 12, 2021, 8:30 pm Speaker Professor Xiaogang Wu Affiliation Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Dec 8 Opting Out or Left Out? Gendered Pathways to Singlehood in South Korea Dec 8, 2020, 8:30 pm Speakers Professor Paul Chang Affiliation Harvard University Professor Young-Mi Kim Affiliation Yonsei University Nov 10 The Role of Higher Education Expansion in Economic Inequality: A Case of South Korea Nov 10, 2020, 8:30 pm Speaker Professor Dohoon Lee Affiliation Yonsei University Oct 13 What’s the Use? Low Fertility and Fathers’ Use of Childcare Leave in Japan Oct 13, 2020, 8:30 pm Speaker Professor Mary C. Brinton Affiliation Harvard University Sep 8 The Luxury of Family: The Growing Education Divide in Family Life in South Korea Sep 8, 2020, 8:30 pm Speaker Professor Hyunjoon Park Affiliation University of Pennsylvania Aug 11 Trends in Intergenerational Mobility and the OED Triangle in Japan Aug 11, 2020, 8:30 pm Speaker Professor Hiroshi Ishida Affiliation University of Tokyo Jul 14 Employment Trajectories, Divorce, and Women’s Economic Well-Being in Japan Jul 14, 2020, 8:30 pm Speaker Professor James Raymo Affiliation Princeton University Jun 16 Chinese Family in Transition Jun 16, 2020, 8:30 pm Speaker Professor Yu Xie Affiliation Princeton University
