Beyond the degree
Horizontal stratification in higher education and gendered family formation in South Korea
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21079307 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Seongsoo Choi (0000-0002-0408-9394, Yonsei University), J In (0000-0001-5439-6096, Soongsil University, corresponding author), Haeseul Yu (Yonsei University) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Volume | 104 |
| Pages | 101168 |
| Publication date | 2026-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Research in Social Stratification and Mobility (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0276-5624 • E-ISSN: 1878-5654 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.rssm.2026.101168 |
| OpenAlex | W7165749533 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 58 |
Affect (linguistics) · Fertility · Field (mathematics) · Higher education · Inequality · Stratification (seeds) · Total fertility rate · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies · Work-Family Balance Challenges
Why do people postpone parenthood? Reasons and social policy incentives
Mobility Report Cards of Colleges in Korea
Elite Schools and Opting In
“I am Not a Feminist, but. . .”
Income Segregation and Intergenerational Mobility Across Colleges in the United States
Does Increasing Women's Schooling Raise the Schooling of the Next Generation
Opting out or left out? The gendered determinants of marriage in South Korea
The Demography of Families
Gender Inequality in Labor Markets
Institutional Selectivity, Curricular Policy, and Field of Study Stratification in Expanded Higher Education Systems
The romance of college attendance
The gender gap in earnings growth at the early stage of work careers in Korea
Choosing a Major and a Partner
Assessing the Predictive Value of Fertility Expectations Through a Cognitive–Social Model
Is It Only a Numbers Game? A Macro-Level Study of Educational Hypogamy
Explaining Declining Educational Homogamy
Eight Decades of Educational Assortative Mating
Preferences, Partners, and Parenthood
Six Decades of Educational Assortative Mating in South Korea
Later, Fewer, None? Recent Trends in Cohort Fertility in South Korea
Causal Impact of Having a College Degree on Women’s Fertility
Revisiting Horizontal Stratification in Higher Education
The Educational Gradient in Marriage
A Note on a Reformulation of the KHB Method
Where Ivy Matters
The Power of the Pill
Are universities left‐wing bastions? The political orientation of professors, professionals, and managers in Europe
When Advantages Disappear
Culture of Disengagement in Engineering Education
Professional Role Confidence and Gendered Persistence in Engineering
Fertility postponement is largely due to rising educational enrolment
The Unfolding Story of the Second Demographic Transition
Fewer mothers with more colleges? The impacts of expansion in higher education on first marriage and first childbirth
Postponement and recuperation in cohort marriage
Gendered transitions to adulthood by college field of study in the United States
Educational differentials in cohort fertility during the fertility transition in South Korea
The Link between Educational Expectations and Effort in the College-for-all Era
Persistence Is Cultural
Field of Study in College and Lifetime Earnings in the United States
Sieve, Incubator, Temple, Hub
Horizontal Stratification in Postsecondary Education
Intermarriage and Homogamy
Social and Economic Returns to College Education in the United States
Marriage and Family in East Asia
STEM Education
Educational field, economic uncertainty, and fertility decline in Finland in 2010-2019
Babies, Work, or Both? Highly Educated Women's Employment and Fertility in East Asia
Indulging Our Gendered Selves? Sex Segregation by Field of Study in 44 Countries
Human Capital Investments or Norms of Role Transition? How Women's Schooling and Career Affect the Process of Family Formation
A Theory of Marriage Timing
College-for-some or college-for-all
Growing educational differentials in the retreat from marriage among Korean men
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |