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
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Postdoctoral Fellow @ Population Studies Center, University of Pennsylvania | Ph.D. in Sociology @ University of Kansas
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“Six Decades of Educational Assortative Mating in South Korea”: Using 1960-2020 census data on >840K married couples, H. Park & @atkim.bsky.social found that “educational homogamy likely intensified as access to higher education broadened” & the economy shifted. read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...
November 21, 2025 at 10:08 PM
“Six Decades of Educational Assortative Mating in South Korea”: Using 1960-2020 census data on >840K married couples, H. Park & @atkim.bsky.social found that “educational homogamy likely intensified as access to higher education broadened” & the economy shifted. read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...
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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!
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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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November 12, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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
lnkd.in/g_bENi8A
Nursing as ethnic capital: perceptions of intergenerational niching among Filipino Americans - Brenda Gambol, Rebecca Karam, Andrew Taeho Kim, 2025 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
November 11, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Nursing as ethnic capital: perceptions of intergenerational niching among Filipino Americans - Brenda Gambol, Rebecca Karam, Andrew Taeho Kim, 2025 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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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.
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The GSS (1972), ANES (late 1960s), and PSID (1968) are rounding error in the discretionary budget but vital national resources.
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May 14, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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.
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The GSS (1972), ANES (late 1960s), and PSID (1968) are rounding error in the discretionary budget but vital national resources.
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The great debate over inequality's rise continues. At the blog, I summarize a Piketty, Saez, and Zucman response to an important critique of their work. They make a convincing case that inequality after taxes has, in fact, probably risen.
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Inequality Readers. Piketty Strikes Back
Has inequality grown over the last half century? The great debate continues!
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May 12, 2025 at 11:31 AM
The great debate over inequality's rise continues. At the blog, I summarize a Piketty, Saez, and Zucman response to an important critique of their work. They make a convincing case that inequality after taxes has, in fact, probably risen.
asocial.substack.com/p/inequality...
asocial.substack.com/p/inequality...
Reposted by Andrew Taeho Kim
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
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March 10, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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
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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
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Understanding this history is crucial for shaping more effective economic policy solutions for the future. 📊💡#BlackHistoryMonth
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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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February 17, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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 ➡️
Understanding this history is crucial for shaping more effective economic policy solutions for the future. 📊💡#BlackHistoryMonth
Read more here ➡️
Double disadvantage of Black, Hispanic, and Asian American women in earnings, revisited - Andrew Taeho Kim, ChangHwan Kim, 2025
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January 31, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Double disadvantage of Black, Hispanic, and Asian American women in earnings, revisited - Andrew Taeho Kim, ChangHwan Kim, 2025
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The Rise in Occupational Coding Mismatches and Occupational Mobility, 1991–2020 - Andrew Taeho Kim, ChangHwan Kim, 2025 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
January 31, 2025 at 2:48 AM
The Rise in Occupational Coding Mismatches and Occupational Mobility, 1991–2020 - Andrew Taeho Kim, ChangHwan Kim, 2025 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Persistent Educational Advantages of Asian Immigrants’ Children, 1940 to 2015–2019 - ChangHwan Kim, Andrew Taeho Kim, 2024 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
January 31, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Persistent Educational Advantages of Asian Immigrants’ Children, 1940 to 2015–2019 - ChangHwan Kim, Andrew Taeho Kim, 2024 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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It's Monday, so over at the blog I wrote about two great new papers that take a swing at what you can and can't do with sibling data.
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Two Great Reads - Monday - December 2
Siblings!
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December 2, 2024 at 12:09 PM
It's Monday, so over at the blog I wrote about two great new papers that take a swing at what you can and can't do with sibling data.
asocial.substack.com/p/two-great-...
asocial.substack.com/p/two-great-...
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Check in on your quantiles, people, they might not be (interpreted) alright.
Excellent paper by Nicolai Borgen, @andreashaupt.bsky.social, and @oyvindw.bsky.social
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Excellent paper by Nicolai Borgen, @andreashaupt.bsky.social, and @oyvindw.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/esr/article/...
November 18, 2024 at 6:48 AM
Check in on your quantiles, people, they might not be (interpreted) alright.
Excellent paper by Nicolai Borgen, @andreashaupt.bsky.social, and @oyvindw.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/esr/article/...
Excellent paper by Nicolai Borgen, @andreashaupt.bsky.social, and @oyvindw.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/esr/article/...