Eunmi Mun
Graduate Student in Sociology
Biographical Note
Eunmi Mun is a Ph.D. student in Sociology. She graduated from Seoul National University in 2002 with honors and got her M.A. in Sociology at Seoul National University in 2004. Her research explores the mechanisms of gender inequality in the labor market, and she is interested in comparing differences in the labor market institutions between the U.S. and the East Asia. Using data from Japan, her qualifying paper examines a mechanism through which employers contribute to sex segregation and the gender wage gap, by clarifying the role of employers in excluding women from augmenting their human capital in the workplace. She is a Graduate Student Associate of the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs.
09/29/2008
- Research Interests
- Social Stratification, Economic Sociology, Gender, Work and Employment, Social Networks, East Asia
| Teaching Experience | ||
|---|---|---|
| Sociology 109 | Leadership and Organizations | Teaching Fellow |
- Qualifying Paper Title
- Sex Segregation and Social Closure: Evidence from Japan (Co-winner of the 2007 Ronald Burt Outstanding Student Paper of the ASA Economic Sociology Section)
- Committee
- Mary C. Brinton, Peter V. Marsden, and Roberto M. Fernandez (MIT Sloan)
Presentations and Publications
| Sex Segregation and Social Closure: Evidence from Japan | ASA, Boston |
August, 2008
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Contact
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