Sinn Won Han

I'm a social demographer studying low fertility challenges in the postindustrial world.

Assistant Professor of Sociology at Yonsei University, Seoul.

[Demography Journal @ReadDemography]

“Unconditional Cash Transfers & Fertility”: @CostanzoMolly @profkmag @Gen_Pov @KimberlyGNoble @HiroYoshikawaNY et al find transfers have limited impact on fertility for women w/ ↓ income & young kids. @IRP_UW @UWMadSocialWork @DukeSanford @TeachersCollege https://t.co/voYuXVBe3d

[Department of Sociology and Social Policy (SOCSP) @DSocsp]

Join us for a seminar with Prof. Sinn Won Han from the University of Hong Kong (#HKU) to explore why the #fertility rate of #SouthKorea is lower than #Japan.📊📷 #LingnanUniversity #Sociology #SocialPolicy

[Demography Journal @ReadDemography]

“Revisiting the J-Shape: Human Development & Fertility”--New findings from this @27Henrik, C Dudel, M Kolobova & M Myrskyla study “support the Myrskyla et al. reversal hypothesis for the U.S. at the subnational level when applied to historical periods.”
https://t.co/NHVWmdPYEA

[Demography Journal @ReadDemography]

“Why Are So Many U.S. Mothers Becoming Their Family’s Primary Economic Support?” Using SIPP data, Joanna Pepin et al. explore multiple pathways by which mothers become primary earners, finding that ↑ income—not relationship instability—is the main driver.
https://t.co/bbZuCVOY4U

[Vegard Skirbekk @VSkirbekk]

New publication — The Low Fertility Fallacy | Foreign Affairs https://t.co/Vo69PGULzx

[BBC News (UK) @BBCNews]

The real reason for the rise in male childlessness https://t.co/gEMTgjFHbu

[Demography Journal @ReadDemography]

In “Ideal Family Size & Reproductive Orientations,” Using GSS data, J Behrman finds “remarkable stability in ideal family sizes of roughly 2.5 children btw the mid-1980s and 2018,” while IDing 3 latent classes of distinct ideological dispositions. @IPRatNU https://t.co/iqsU1FH99u

[Rachel Margolis @margolis_r]

The data are in! The total fertility rate in Canada reached a new low in 2023 at 1.26 births per woman. We now have "lowest low" fertility here, defined as being below 1.3 births per woman, as we see in Japan, S Korea, Italy and Spain. StatsCan report: https://t.co/bZTy9XFwiW

[Paul Joosse @PaulJoosse]

Check out our new open access article! We explore the journey of sociology's most successful export to common speech, "charisma." It includes an investigation into the meaning of "rizz" and a dicussion of Peter Parker's transformation into @SpiderMan

[Alison Gemmill @alisongemmill]

Hi friends who study fertility!

Excited to share that our team received NSF funding to create a US Human Fertility Database. We'll be generating state-specific (since 1959) & county-specific (since 1982) period & cohort fertility indicators that will be easy to access.

[The University of Hong Kong @HKUniversity]

What is behind negative view of having children? Based on data from 27 #OECD countries, @SinnWon @HKUSociology finds that societal expectation of women to be both devoted mothers and wage earners leads to negative perception of motherhood amongst women. https://t.co/WDZy722lNU

[Gordon Brett @brett_gordon]

New paper w/@danielasilver12! We analyze the relationship between theory figures and causal claims in sociology. Several interesting findings, most notably that visualization appears to promote clearer thinking and writing about causal relationships!
https://t.co/cfMfR9q6F3

[Gerardo L. Munck @GerardoMunck]

C. Wright Mills’s Appendix in 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘐𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 is worth reading and absorbing.

Here is a selection of some key point Mills makes in his discussion of intellectual craftsmanship (repost).

Long 🧵

[Lyman Stone 石來民 🦬🦬🦬 @lymanstoneky]

The Economist's take on pronatal policy is:
1) It won't work! (uncited)
2) But if it does work, it would only help the poors
3) And we wouldn't want to do that!
https://t.co/xxVZG8JbsN

[Sinn Won Han @SinnWon]

My article with Mary Brinton received enough citations to be a #TopCitedArticle in Population and Development Review!

[ESR @ESR_news]

News: our Spring Issue has blossomed 🌷 Dive into fresh insights on family dynamics, gender, and educational inequality by @BaranowskaRataj @DBoertien @benitacombet @HelenKowalewska @waldendorf @SinnWon @DeWitteK @laura_bernardi2 & more! Don't miss out ⬇ https://t.co/rpZajeytQK

[NUS CFPR @nuscfpr]

Join us next week for our seminar on: 𝐀𝐧 𝐄𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐟𝐭-𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐅𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐆𝐚𝐩 𝙗𝙮 𝘿𝙧. 𝙎𝙞𝙣𝙣 𝙒𝙤𝙣 𝙃𝙖𝙣

Register here: https://t.co/ZQVMTzAtYw

[Sinn Won Han @SinnWon]

Caregiving responsibilities at home may impact working mothers' intentions to expand family https://t.co/QuNjUmTCxe

[Sinn Won Han @SinnWon]

One of my dissertation chapters has been published in Population and Development Review (by @Pop_Council). Analyzing @ISSP_survey, I provide a novel explanation for why having/raising children is more negatively viewed in some countries than others.

https://t.co/RjtaYEde7o