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Wooseong Kim (김우성) @wooseongkim.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

This study is a joint work by me, Sherry Baron, Melody Almroth, Gun Johansson, Theo Bodin, Rod Hick, and Kathryn Badarin. I thank all the co-authors for their invaluable contribution and support. This study was funded by the Forte, the Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare.

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Wooseong Kim (김우성) @wooseongkim.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

All in all, our study suggests that the mental health benefits of escaping IWP may be gendered, and that policies should ensure adequate and stable upward income mobility for workers in poverty to reduce their mental health risks.

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Wooseong Kim (김우성) @wooseongkim.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

The results show that men who moved substantially above the poverty line had a significantly lower risk of common mental disorders (diagnosis + prescription), while no statistically significant associations were observed among women or those who moved moderately above the poverty line.

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Wooseong Kim (김우성) @wooseongkim.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Using Swedish register data, we examined 1) whether escaping IWP is associated with lower risks of common mental disorders, and 2) whether moving moderately (60–100% of the median) versus substantially (>100% of the median) above the poverty line differentially affects outcomes.

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Wooseong Kim (김우성) @wooseongkim.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

🚨 New Paper Alert! 🚨 Does escaping in-work poverty reduce the risk of common mental disorders? Our new open-access paper, "Escaping In-Work Poverty and Mental Health: A Longitudinal Study of Swedish Workers”, published in Social Science & Medicine, answers this question: doi.org/10.1016/j.so...

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Eleonora Trappolini @etrappolini.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

🎉 New paper out in JEMS! Migrants in Italy are much more likely than natives to be overqualified for their jobs. Yet overqualification is less strongly associated with lower job satisfaction among migrants, especially if arrived as adults. Read here ⬇️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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GENUS @genus.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

New paper by @rishabhtyagi10.bsky.social, @peibich.bsky.social, @vegardskirbekk.bsky.social Using German longitudinal data, they find that involuntary job loss substantially increases the risk of marital dissolution. Little evidence of variation by gender norms. 🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Rense Nieuwenhuis @rnieuwenhuis.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Group Differences in Income Distributions, Poverty Gaps, and Poverty Buffers: Inequalities between the Children of Swedish-Born and Migrant Parents New Data visualisation, published with @siddarthaaradhya.bsky.social and @rafgrotti.bsky.social in @sociusjournal.bsky.social doi.org/10.1177/2378...

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Wooseong Kim (김우성) @wooseongkim.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Pushing people to accept any job, regardless of match quality, may not be a path to upward mobility. For G2 individuals, it may actively increase their vulnerability. Policies lacking this focus risk widening labor market stratification between the G2 and the majority native population (4/4).

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Wooseong Kim (김우성) @wooseongkim.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Moreover, our analysis also provides evidence of higher risks for G2 overqualified workers to become unemployed and for G2 unemployed individuals to remain entrapped in unemployment. Together, these findings indicate a vicious cycle of career disadvantages for the G2 (3/4).

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Wooseong Kim (김우성) @wooseongkim.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

In this paper, we examined year-to-year transition between three labor market states, i.e., unemployment, overqualification, matched employment. Our findings shows that the chances of moving to adequate employment are higher for unemployed individuals than for overqualified workers (2/4).

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Wooseong Kim (김우성) @wooseongkim.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

🚨 New Paper Alert! 🚨 Is overqualification a stepping stone for career progression among children of immigrants (G2) ? A new paper by @wooseongkim.bsky.social, @rafgrotti.bsky.social and @siddarthaaradhya.bsky.social provide empirical evidence challenging this view (1/4) doi.org/10.1016/j.rs...

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GENUS @genus.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

While Sweden is making language a requirement for citizenship, new study shows immigrants engage with SFI differently, reflecting motivations, inequalities, and challenges in accessing SFI and integration opportunities. 👉 Check the new paper by Samaneh Khaef 🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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GENUS @genus.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

📣 New publication by @mimmilou.bsky.social: 👉 In Sweden and Norway, non-Western migrants, especially men, are more likely to report positive fertility intentions under conditions of uncertainty - such as holding non-permanent contracts or anticipating job loss. 🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Wooseong Kim (김우성) @wooseongkim.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Interested in contributing to improving workers' health with new evidence from cutting-edge research? Check this out! The New World of Work research group at Karolinska Institutet is an international, interdisciplinary, and stimulating research environment. ki.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

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Postdoctoral Researcher in Occupational Epidemiology – The Future of Work

Do you want to contribute to improving human health? Join us at the forefront of occupational health research. The New World of Work Research Group studies how changing labour markets affect health an

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John Mullahy @johnmullahy.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

My annual March 14 suggestion to move π Day to July 22 since 22/7 is closer to π than is 3.14.

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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

In addition to official policies that are in place, I've started including this 'personal AI policy' in communications with students I supervise.

Personal AI policy

Students use AI for many tasks these days, but it is important if and when you use it that it becomes an augmentation and not a replacement of your own work. Supervisors can usually tell the difference, and my motivation to help will be directly related to the effort you put in. If I notice that you let AI work for you, you will simply get less from me in return.

Don’t be afraid to share work that is imperfect or incomplete. A poor draft that reflects your own thinking is infinitely better than a draft that looks polished but where your thinking was not involved.

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NBER @nber.org · 10/02/2026

More immigration into the US raises the number of health care workers and saves the lives of older Americans, from David C. Grabowski, Jonathan Gruber, and Brian E. McGarry www.nber.org/papers/w34791

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Karolinska Institutet @ki.se · 04/02/2026

Joseph J Muwonge’s doctoral thesis shows socioeconomic and migrant gaps in mental #healthcare use vs self-reported need, including widening inequities for foreign-born people in Sweden during the pandemic, with larger gaps in expanded digital service use 🧪 #HealthEquity news.ki.se/socioeconomi...

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LSE Inequalities @lseinequalities.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

On #WorldHealthDay, we highlight evidence that economic decisions have profound health impacts. Austerity policies in the UK are associated with 190,000 excess deaths and widening regional inequalities in life expectancy. Read our blog by Yonatan Berman and Tora Hovland ⬇️

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The cost of austerity: How UK public spending cuts led to 190,000 excess deaths - LSE Inequalities

Austerity measures (2010-19) cost the average Briton nearly 1/2 a year in life expectancy. Regional disparities widened and 190,000 excess deaths occurred.

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

I only wrote this substack *yesterday* about the dangers of being a foreign student or academic in the US, but I am already having to update it as more disappearances and visa revocations happen. christinapagel.substack.com/p/trumps-att...

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SUDA Stockholm @suda-sthlm.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Researchers in demography have developed a new model that provides more accurate estimates of population sizes. This method has the potential to affect policy decisions, according to @mussino.eu, one of the researchers behind the study. www.su.se/department-o...

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New model provides better population estimates - Department of Sociology

Researchers in demography have developed a new model that provides more accurate estimates of population sizes than the models currently used by government organisations. This alternative method has t...

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SUDA Stockholm @suda-sthlm.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Immigrants are more likely to adapt to Swedish childbearing norms if they move to Sweden at a young age, according to a new study by Ben Wilson, researcher in demography. This seems to be the case regardless of their gender or country of birth. www.su.se/department-o...

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Fabian Pfeffer @fabianpfeffer.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

When INEQUALITY is on the list of verboten words, we need to work harder to make the value of our work known. Please follow @asa-ipm.bsky.social, the new account of the Inequality, Poverty, and Mobility section of @asanews.bsky.social, which will help share the latest work on social inequality

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Demographic Research @demresjournal.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Even in one-person households, gender disparities in housework remain — gendered behaviors exist beyond traditional family dynamics in all countries. www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

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LSE Inequalities @lseinequalities.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

📣 New paper coauthored by Jakob Dirksen: This article examines the strengths and weaknesses of existing SES assessment tools for measuring the impact of multidimensional poverty on TB-affected households. 🔗 buff.ly/4kgiTMp

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Wooseong Kim (김우성) @wooseongkim.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

As this article is part of my doctoral thesis, I am deeply grateful to my co-authors and thesis supervisors for their invaluable support and input! @soljuarez.bsky.social, @Andrea Dunlavy, @sd.de, @siddarthaaradhya.bsky.social, and @martinhallsten.bsky.social. (4/4)

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Wooseong Kim (김우성) @wooseongkim.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

While the effects of unemployment were similar among the unemployed population, we found mental health disparities by immigrant background among the employed, suggesting that improving the labor market position alone is not enough to tackle mental health inequalities between the two groups. (3/4)

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Wooseong Kim (김우성) @wooseongkim.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Our latest study, published in Social Science & Medicine, uses Swedish register data to investigate whether the associations between unemployment, overqualification, and the first use of psychotropic medication differ between the second generation and the majority population. (2/4)

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Wooseong Kim (김우성) @wooseongkim.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

🚨 NEW RESEARCH ALERT! 🚨 Do labor market disadvantages, such as unemployment and overqualification, affect children of immigrants born in the destination country (the second generation) in the same way as they affect the majority native population? authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S... (1/4)

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Eleonora Mussino @mussino.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

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INED (in english) @ined-english.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

The call for applications for the European Doctoral School of Demography (EDSD) 2025-2026 is open! This international doctoral program aims to provide students with a high-level education in demography. Deadline to apply: March 25th, 2025 at 12 PM (noon). More information: eaps.nl/edsd/how-to-...

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The Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI) @sofi.su.se · 17/02/2025

Women’s sick leave rates increase sharply after having children – unlike men’s. A new research project led by @ylvamoberg.bsky.social explores why. #GenderEquality #Parenthood #Health #SickLeave #Research

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Wooseong Kim (김우성) @wooseongkim.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

The introductory chapter (Kappa in Swedish) of my doctoral dissertation, Unrealized Potential: Overqualification and its Consequences among the Children of Immigrants Born in Sweden, is available online (3/3): su.diva-portal.org/smash/record...

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Wooseong Kim (김우성) @wooseongkim.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

A special thanks to @rrluthra.bsky.social for serving as the faculty opponent and leading an insightful and thought-provoking discussion during my public defense. (2/3)

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Wooseong Kim (김우성) @wooseongkim.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

I’m happy to share that I have successfully completed my PhD in Sociological Demography at Stockholm University! I am deeply grateful to my wonderful supervisor, @siddarthaaradhya.bsky.social , and my co-supervisors, @sd.de and @martinhallsten.bsky.social , for their invaluable support (1/3).

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Cassandra Engeman @cassandraengeman.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Now accepting applications for a PhD position in Sociology at Stockholm University on the project, "Making Time: Organized Labour and the Politics of Care Leave"! su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

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PhD student in Sociology (B)

The Department of Sociology is one of Stockholm University’s biggest social science departments and is continuously ranked among the top 50 sociology departments in the world. The PhD position is lo

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Science News @scinews.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

Are Social Expectations Causing Depression? This review summarizes how social expectations form and change in individuals with depression and how they shape the onset, course and severity of depressive symptoms by influencing interpersonal perception and behaviour. www.nature.com/articles/s44...

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Professor Melinda Mills @melindacmills.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

South Korea has a Total Fertility Rate of 0.72 & ageing population I give a Keynote Tomorrow in Seoul on data, alternative approaches #lowfertility #demography Global Symposium: Policy Responses to Low Fertility & #Ageing registration 👉 lnkd.in/dy3SNE5q more info: 👉https://lnkd.in/di9CzZaZ

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Ingrid van Dijk @ingridvandijk.bsky.social · 22/08/2024

Open position for a doctoral student in Economic History at Lund University in the project "Escaping Segregation: A Longitudinal Analysis of Socio-Spatial Mobility, Neighborhood Policy, and Immigrant Integration in Malmö and Copenhagen". lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

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Doctoral student in Economic History

Doctoral student in Economic History – Socio-Spatial mobility, neighborhood policy and immigrant integration in Malmö and Copenhagen The Department of Economic History is a research-intensive depar

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