Byungkyu Lee
Biographic Data
| ID | 3630910 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Byungkyu Lee |
| GIVEN NAMES | Byungkyu |
| FAMILY NAME | Lee |
| SIGNATURE | LEE B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Columbia University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0248-3088 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 34 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Generative Agent-Based Models Powered by Large Language Models
행위자 기반 모형(agent based model; ABM)은 행위자들 간의 미시적 상호작용으로부터 혁신의 확산, 집합 행동의 역학, 정치적 양극화의 형성과 같은 거시적 사회 구조의 창발이 발생하는 과정을 보여주는 주요 연구 도구로 널리 활용되어 왔다. 하지만, 행위자들의 행동 규칙과 사회 환경 구성에 대한 제한된 연역적인 가정이 필수적이라는 점에서, 현실세계에 대한 적합성의 문제가 제기되어 왔다. 이에, 거대언어모델(large language model)의 인간 행동과 사고의 모방 능력을 바탕으로, 귀납적인 방식으로 보다 현실적인 가상 실험 세계를 구축하고자 하는 연구들이 증가하고 있다. 이 논문은 거대언어모델을 활용한 생성형 행위자 모형(generative ABM)을 통한 사회 이론의 검증의 가능성과 한계를 검토하는 것을 목적으로 한다. 쉘링의 인종 격리 모형을 예로 들어, LLM을 활용한 …
Misery Needs Company
Despite long-standing evidence linking higher unemployment rates to increased suicide rates, a puzzling trend emerged in the United States after the Great Recession: suicide rates continued to rise even as unemployment rates declined. Drawing on theories of social networks and reference groups, we advance the concept of "sameness"-in this case, the extent to which an individual's employment status aligns with the fate of others in one's community…
Close Relationships in Close Elections
Close elections are rare, but most Americans have experienced a close election at least once in their lifetime. How does intense politicization in close elections affect our close relationships? Using four national egocentric network surveys during the 1992, 2000, 2008, and 2016 election cycles, I find that close elections are associated with a modest decrease in network isolation in Americans’ political discussion networks. While Americans are m…
Political isolation in America
This study documents historical trends of size and political diversity in Americans’ discussion networks, which are often seen as important barometers of social and political health. Contrasting findings from data drawn out of a nationally representative survey experiment of 1,055 Americans during the contentious 2016 U.S. presidential election to data arising from 11 national data sets covering nearly three decades, we find that Americans’ core …
The Role of Multilayered Peer Groups in Adolescent Depression
Much literature on peer influence has relied on central tendency–based approaches to examine the role of peer groups. This article develops a distributional framework that (1) differentiates between the influence of depressive peers and that of a majority group of nondepressive peers; and (2) considers the multilayered nature of peer environments. The authors investigate which segments of the distribution of peer depressive symptoms drive peer ef…
Does the Gender of Offspring Affect Parental Political Orientation
Recently, offspring sex has been widely used as a natural experiment and argued to induce changes in political orientation among parents. However, prior results have been contradictory: in the UK, researchers found that having daughters led to parents favoring left-wing political parties and to holding more liberal views on family/gender roles, whereas in the United States scholars found that daughters were associated with more Republican (righti…
Robust Null Findings on Offspring Sex and Political Orientation
In an earlier paper, we deployed the European Social Survey (ESS) and the General Social Survey (GSS) to conduct the largest analysis to date examining the question of whether child sex affects parent political orientation. We found null effects in contrast to earlier, smaller studies. In the current issue, Hopcroft (2016) argues that our null findings may have been obtained due to sample restrictions and measurement error arising from the fact t…
Important Matters in Political Context
The 2004 General Social Survey (GSS) reported significant increases in social isolation and significant decreases in ego network size relative to previous periods. These results have been repeatedly challenged. Critics have argued that malfeasant interviewers, coding errors, or training effects lie behind these results. While each critique has some merit, none precisely identify the cause of decreased ego network size. In this article, we show th…
A network approach to economic models of fertility
Since its first appearance in the late 1950s, the neoclassical economic theory of fertility, particularly as exemplified by Gary Becker's model of household production function that assumes a unitary utility function of the household, has become one of the most popular paradigms with which to examine fertility changes. Recently, the bargaining model that assumes separate utility functions has emerged as a strong opponent to the original paradigm.…
Political isolation in America
This study documents historical trends of size and political diversity in Americans’ discussion networks, which are often seen as important barometers of social and political health. Contrasting findings from data drawn out of a nationally representative survey experiment of 1,055 Americans during the contentious 2016 U.S. presidential election to data arising from 11 national data sets covering nearly three decades, we find that Americans’ core …
Important Matters in Political Context
The 2004 General Social Survey (GSS) reported significant increases in social isolation and significant decreases in ego network size relative to previous periods. These results have been repeatedly challenged. Critics have argued that malfeasant interviewers, coding errors, or training effects lie behind these results. While each critique has some merit, none precisely identify the cause of decreased ego network size. In this article, we show th…
The Role of Multilayered Peer Groups in Adolescent Depression
Much literature on peer influence has relied on central tendency–based approaches to examine the role of peer groups. This article develops a distributional framework that (1) differentiates between the influence of depressive peers and that of a majority group of nondepressive peers; and (2) considers the multilayered nature of peer environments. The authors investigate which segments of the distribution of peer depressive symptoms drive peer ef…
Misery Needs Company
Despite long-standing evidence linking higher unemployment rates to increased suicide rates, a puzzling trend emerged in the United States after the Great Recession: suicide rates continued to rise even as unemployment rates declined. Drawing on theories of social networks and reference groups, we advance the concept of "sameness"-in this case, the extent to which an individual's employment status aligns with the fate of others in one's community…
Does the Gender of Offspring Affect Parental Political Orientation
Recently, offspring sex has been widely used as a natural experiment and argued to induce changes in political orientation among parents. However, prior results have been contradictory: in the UK, researchers found that having daughters led to parents favoring left-wing political parties and to holding more liberal views on family/gender roles, whereas in the United States scholars found that daughters were associated with more Republican (righti…
Robust Null Findings on Offspring Sex and Political Orientation
In an earlier paper, we deployed the European Social Survey (ESS) and the General Social Survey (GSS) to conduct the largest analysis to date examining the question of whether child sex affects parent political orientation. We found null effects in contrast to earlier, smaller studies. In the current issue, Hopcroft (2016) argues that our null findings may have been obtained due to sample restrictions and measurement error arising from the fact t…
Important Matters in Political Context
The 2004 General Social Survey (GSS) reported significant increases in social isolation and significant decreases in ego network size relative to previous periods. These results have been repeatedly challenged. Critics have argued that malfeasant interviewers, coding errors, or training effects lie behind these results. While each critique has some merit, none precisely identify the cause of decreased ego network size. In this article, we show th…
A network approach to economic models of fertility
Since its first appearance in the late 1950s, the neoclassical economic theory of fertility, particularly as exemplified by Gary Becker's model of household production function that assumes a unitary utility function of the household, has become one of the most popular paradigms with which to examine fertility changes. Recently, the bargaining model that assumes separate utility functions has emerged as a strong opponent to the original paradigm.…
Close Relationships in Close Elections
Close elections are rare, but most Americans have experienced a close election at least once in their lifetime. How does intense politicization in close elections affect our close relationships? Using four national egocentric network surveys during the 1992, 2000, 2008, and 2016 election cycles, I find that close elections are associated with a modest decrease in network isolation in Americans’ political discussion networks. While Americans are m…
Political isolation in America
This study documents historical trends of size and political diversity in Americans’ discussion networks, which are often seen as important barometers of social and political health. Contrasting findings from data drawn out of a nationally representative survey experiment of 1,055 Americans during the contentious 2016 U.S. presidential election to data arising from 11 national data sets covering nearly three decades, we find that Americans’ core …
The Role of Multilayered Peer Groups in Adolescent Depression
Much literature on peer influence has relied on central tendency–based approaches to examine the role of peer groups. This article develops a distributional framework that (1) differentiates between the influence of depressive peers and that of a majority group of nondepressive peers; and (2) considers the multilayered nature of peer environments. The authors investigate which segments of the distribution of peer depressive symptoms drive peer ef…
Generative Agent-Based Models Powered by Large Language Models
행위자 기반 모형(agent based model; ABM)은 행위자들 간의 미시적 상호작용으로부터 혁신의 확산, 집합 행동의 역학, 정치적 양극화의 형성과 같은 거시적 사회 구조의 창발이 발생하는 과정을 보여주는 주요 연구 도구로 널리 활용되어 왔다. 하지만, 행위자들의 행동 규칙과 사회 환경 구성에 대한 제한된 연역적인 가정이 필수적이라는 점에서, 현실세계에 대한 적합성의 문제가 제기되어 왔다. 이에, 거대언어모델(large language model)의 인간 행동과 사고의 모방 능력을 바탕으로, 귀납적인 방식으로 보다 현실적인 가상 실험 세계를 구축하고자 하는 연구들이 증가하고 있다. 이 논문은 거대언어모델을 활용한 생성형 행위자 모형(generative ABM)을 통한 사회 이론의 검증의 가능성과 한계를 검토하는 것을 목적으로 한다. 쉘링의 인종 격리 모형을 예로 들어, LLM을 활용한 …
Misery Needs Company
Despite long-standing evidence linking higher unemployment rates to increased suicide rates, a puzzling trend emerged in the United States after the Great Recession: suicide rates continued to rise even as unemployment rates declined. Drawing on theories of social networks and reference groups, we advance the concept of "sameness"-in this case, the extent to which an individual's employment status aligns with the fate of others in one's community…
Political science (7 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Economics (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Politics (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Electoral Systems and Political Participation (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Political economy (3 works)