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Andrew Taeho Kim

@atkim.bsky.social

Assistant Professor of Sociology @ University of Tennessee, Knoxville | Postdoctoral Fellow @ Population Studies Center, University of Pennsylvania | Ph.D. in Sociology @ University of Kansas atkim.net

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Andrew Taeho Kim@atkim.bsky.social · last mo.

My new research shows that overworking single-breadwinner families have become more economically competitive with non-overworking dual-breadwinner families—especially at the top of the income distribution. doi.org/10.1093/sf/s...

One overworking breadwinner or two earners? Family economic standard of living by breadwinner arrangement, 1960 to 2018–2022

Abstract. Has the rise of rewards to long and inflexible work schedules altered the household-level economic viability of gendered divisions of paid work w

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Andrew Taeho Kim@atkim.bsky.social · 4mo ago

In a new article, ChangHwan Kim and I show that, after accounting for local labor markets, Asian American men without advanced degrees earn less than comparable White men. Disadvantages are larger where coethnic concentration is higher. www.rsfjournal.org/content/12/3...

Geography, Coethnic Concentration, and Earnings Disadvantage of Asian American Men

Asian Americans are considered a model minority due to their high socioeconomic attainments. On average, they earn more than native-born Whites, but their tendency to live in relatively high-cost area...

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Brenda Gambol@brendagambol.bsky.social · 11mo ago

I had such a great experience writing this paper with my colleagues, Rebecca Karam and Andrew Kim. We show that niching in nursing occurs across generations among Filipino Americans. Please check out! lnkd.in/g_bENi8A

Nursing as ethnic capital: perceptions of intergenerational niching among Filipino Americans

Ethnic niches (jobs or sectors where an ethnic group is overrepresented) help sociologists understand immigrant mobility across generations. While ‘niche’ can describe many industries, U.S. immigra...

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Kim Weeden@weedenkim.bsky.social · last yr.

Amidst all the posts about how NSF funds the basic science that (eventually) leads to marketable products, its role in funding data infrastructure is getting lost. The GSS (1972), ANES (late 1960s), and PSID (1968) are rounding error in the discretionary budget but vital national resources. 1/6

Trevon Logan@trevondlogan.bsky.social · 2y ago

Economists often use models that show firm discrimination cannot withstand market competition. The discriminating firm is unprofitable. But what happens when it’s consumers that have discriminatory preferences? In this case, the market doesn’t solve the problem. A 🧵 www.nber.org/papers/w33547

Competition and Consumer Discrimination

Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...

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Washington Center for Equitable Growth@equitablegrowth.bsky.social · 2y ago

A 2023 analysis of the U.S. racial wealth divide shows that progress in reducing disparities has slowed over time. Understanding this history is crucial for shaping more effective economic policy solutions for the future. 📊💡#BlackHistoryMonth Read more here ➡️

Examining the history of the U.S. racial wealth divide shows stagnating progress on closing these disparities

New research finds that the U.S. racial wealth divide narrowed after the Civil War but then stagnated and even began to grow starting in the 1980s.

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