Youbin Kang
Biographic Data
| ID | 3772963 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Youbin Kang |
| GIVEN NAMES | Youbin |
| FAMILY NAME | Kang |
| SIGNATURE | KANG Y |
| AFFILIATIONS | Cornell University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6800-4858 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The spectacle of automation and status aspirations
Automation's extensive impact on the labor market and economy is well recognized, but the underlying motivations for its adoption remain understudied. To address this gap, we analyze an original dataset covering 1276 cities across 148 countries, using event history analysis to examine the adoption of automated metro systems. Our research suggests that city governments are driven by status competition in their decisions to automate subway systems.…
Status Threat, Meritocracy, and the Politics of Solidarity in the Seoul Subway
How do educational credentials, status beliefs, and the labor process influence solidarity? In response to pro-labor employment policies that aimed at reversing precarious outsourcing contracts in the Seoul Subway, a cohort of younger, educated workers organized in opposition. Although their efforts were unsuccessful, the opposition marks a surprising shift in trade unionism. Drawing from archival research, ethnographic observations, and 60 inter…
Infrastructure Aunties
Youbin Kang focuses on the “infrastructure aunties” of Seoul and shows how the aunty labour that keeps the city moving is exploited but that it also simultaneously challenges gendered boundaries of public and private
Naissance, disparition et remplacement d'un dispositif de réglementation transnationale des questions sociales au Bangladesh
Cinq ans après la catastrophe du Rana Plaza, qui a causé la mort de 1 133 ouvriers du secteur de l'habillement en 2013, la plus haute juridiction du Bangladesh a abrogé l'Accord sur la sécurité incendie et bâtiments au Bangladesh, programme multipartite destiné à renforcer la protection des travailleurs de la branche. Dans cette analyse, fondée sur des documents d'archive et des observations ethnographiques, l'autrice montre que cette tentative d…
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Naissance, disparition et remplacement d'un dispositif de réglementation transnationale des questions sociales au Bangladesh
Cinq ans après la catastrophe du Rana Plaza, qui a causé la mort de 1 133 ouvriers du secteur de l'habillement en 2013, la plus haute juridiction du Bangladesh a abrogé l'Accord sur la sécurité incendie et bâtiments au Bangladesh, programme multipartite destiné à renforcer la protection des travailleurs de la branche. Dans cette analyse, fondée sur des documents d'archive et des observations ethnographiques, l'autrice montre que cette tentative d…
Infrastructure Aunties
Youbin Kang focuses on the “infrastructure aunties” of Seoul and shows how the aunty labour that keeps the city moving is exploited but that it also simultaneously challenges gendered boundaries of public and private
The spectacle of automation and status aspirations
Automation's extensive impact on the labor market and economy is well recognized, but the underlying motivations for its adoption remain understudied. To address this gap, we analyze an original dataset covering 1276 cities across 148 countries, using event history analysis to examine the adoption of automated metro systems. Our research suggests that city governments are driven by status competition in their decisions to automate subway systems.…
Status Threat, Meritocracy, and the Politics of Solidarity in the Seoul Subway
How do educational credentials, status beliefs, and the labor process influence solidarity? In response to pro-labor employment policies that aimed at reversing precarious outsourcing contracts in the Seoul Subway, a cohort of younger, educated workers organized in opposition. Although their efforts were unsuccessful, the opposition marks a surprising shift in trade unionism. Drawing from archival research, ethnographic observations, and 60 inter…
Business (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Asian Industrial and Economic Development (1 work) · Automation (1 work) · Aviation Industry Analysis and Trends (1 work) · Competition (biology) (1 work) · Computer Science (1 work) · Digital Economy and Work Transformation (1 work) · Economic geography (1 work)