Professor Kim specializes in the areas of stratification, work and organizations, race and ethnicity, Asian American studies, Korea studies, and quantitative methodology. The common concern of his research is to contribute to the generation of the critical knowledge and information that will ultimately help policy makers to understand and eventually ameliorate the undesirable sources of increasing socioeconomic polarization in our society. Methodologically, he is interested in panel models and diverse statistical decompositions. His work appears, among others, in American Sociological Review, Social Forces, Annual Review of Sociology, Sociology of Education, Sociological Methods & Research, Demography, and Korean Journal of Sociology.
To contact, email him at chkim@ku.edu or call 785-864-9426.
You can follow him on Twitter 
@ChangHwan_Kim86 or @KimSovidence (in Korean)
Education
- Aug 2006: PhD, Sociology,
University of Texas at Austin
Dissertation: "Occupational Structure and Growing Wage Inequality in the United States, 1983-2002."
- Feb 1993: MA, Sociology, Sogang University, Seoul, Korea
- Feb 1990: BA, Sociology, Sogang University, Seoul, Korea
Recent Grants and Awards
- 2026. Research Product Award. College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, University of Kansas.
- 2023-2026. National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF- 2020S1A3A2A03096777 (2nd stage)). PI, Jibum Kim, Co-PI: ChangHwan Kim, Seulki Choi, Yoonsuk Lee, Songho Park, and Seokho Kim. The KGSS-based Multiple Studies on Social Integration in the New Normal Period. ($174,000, 230 million KRW)
- 2023-2024. General Faculty Research Fund, University of Kansas. "Inequality in Lifetime Earnings." ($9,612.50)
- 2021. IPUMS Research Award. Matt Erickson and ChangHwan Kim.
- 2020-2023. National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF- 2020S1A3A2A03096777 (1st stage)). PI, Jibum Kim, Co-PI: ChangHwan Kim, Seulki Choi, and Yoonsuk Lee. The KGSS-based Multiple Studies on Social Integration in the New Normal Period . ($262,000, 300 million KRW)
- Before 2020: Click here for the grants and awards before 2020.
Recent Publications in English
- Forthcoming
- Kim, Andrew Taeho and ChangHwan Kim. "Geography, Coethnic Concentration, and Earnings Disadvantage of Asian American Men." RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences 12(3).
- Online First
- Choi, Donghyeok and ChangHwan Kim. "Meritocracy with Multiple Rules: How Special Civil Service Examinations Reproduced Privilege in Joseon Korea." Social Science History.
- 2026
- Kim, ChangHwan and Andrew Taeho Kim. "Persistent Educational Advantages of Asian Immigrants' Children, 1940 to 2015-2019." International Migration Review 60(2): 900-932.
- Kim, Andrew Taeho and ChangHwan Kim. "The Rise in Occupational Coding Mismatches and Occupational Mobility, 1991–2020." Sociological Methods & Research 55(2): 659-699.
- 2025
- Kim, ChangHwan. "Culture and Immigrant Selectivity in Shaping Asian American Education: Evidence from Historical Census Data." American Sociological Review 90: 626-657.
- Zhang, Yurong and ChangHwan Kim. "Amid Union Decline: State-level Unionization and Overwork of American Workers." Social Science Research 129: 103178.
- Tuttle, Scott and ChangHwan Kim. 2025. “Equal Pay for Disproportionate Work: Assessing Cultural Taxation in the Legal Profession.” Pp. 219-45. Eds by Pantea, Maria-Carmen, Kenneth Roberts, and Dan-Cristian Dabija. Higher Education and Work in the Knowledge Economy: Power, Prestige and Precarity. Palgrave McMillan.
- Kim, Andrew Taeho and ChangHwan Kim. "Double Disadvantage of Black, Hispanic, and Asian American Women in Earnings, Revisited." Research in Social Stratification and Mobility 96: 101018.
- 2024
- Kim, ChangHwan and Heeyoun Shin. "The Gender Gap in Earnings Growth at the Early Stage of Work Careers in Korea." Research in Social Stratification and Mobility 94: 100979.
(Media Coverage: The Kyunghyang Shinmun) - Shin, Heeyoun and ChangHwan Kim. "How Do Children Locate Themselves in the Social Hierarchy? Educationally Homogamous Parents, Working Mothers, and Children’s Subjective Social Status." Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World 10: 1-14.
- Kim, ChangHwan and Andrew Taeho Kim. "Aging and the Rise in Bottom Income Inequality in Korea." Research in Social Stratification and Mobility 89: 100882.
- Kim, ChangHwan. "Review of Jake Rosenfeld's You're Paid What You're Worth, and Other Myths of the Modern Economy" Contemporary Sociology 53(1): 79-80.
- Kim, ChangHwan and Heeyoun Shin. "The Gender Gap in Earnings Growth at the Early Stage of Work Careers in Korea." Research in Social Stratification and Mobility 94: 100979.
- 2023
- Kim, ChangHwan. "Chapter 7. Stratification and Economic Inequality in South Korea." Pp. 139-166 in A Contemporary Portrait of Life in Korea, ed by Jibum Kim. Springer.
- Kim, ChangHwan and Andrew Taeho Kim. "Is Hyper-selectivity a Root of Asian American Children's Success?" Social Science Research 113: 102886.
- Kim, ChangHwan and Harris H. Kim. "Network Ties, Upward Status Heterophily, and Unanticipated Health Consequences." Journal of Health and Social Behavior 64(2): 313-332.
- Oh, Byeongdon and ChangHwan Kim. "Changing Undergraduate Funding Mix and Graduate Degree Attainment." The Journal of Higher Education 94(5): 664-689.
- 2022
- Tamborini, Christopher R. and ChangHwan Kim. "Employment Transitions among Older Americans during the Initial Lockdown and Early Reopening Months of the COVID-19 Recession." Social Security Bulletin 82(4):23-39.
- Erickson, Matt and ChangHwan Kim. "Tied Staying on the Rise? Declining Migration Among Co-Breadwinner Couples in the United States, 1990s to 2010s." Social Forces 101(2): 974-1002.
(IPUMS Paper Award) - Kim, Andrew Taeho, Matt Erickson, Yurong Zhang, and ChangHwan Kim. "Who is the 'She' in the Pandemic 'She-cession'? Variation in COVID-19 Labor Market Outcomes by Gender and Family Status." Population Research and Policy Review 41:1325-1358.
- Kim, ChangHwan and Byeongdon Oh. "Taste-based Gender Discrimination in South Korea." Social Science Research 104: 102671.
- 2021
- Kim, Andrew Taeho, ChangHwan Kim, Scott E. Tuttle, and Yurong Zhang. "COVID-19 and the Decline in Asian American Employment." Research in Social Stratification and Mobility 71: 100563.
(Media Coverage: Lawrence Journal World; Donga Science; Business Insider)
- Kim, Andrew Taeho, ChangHwan Kim, Scott E. Tuttle, and Yurong Zhang. "COVID-19 and the Decline in Asian American Employment." Research in Social Stratification and Mobility 71: 100563.
- 2020
- Kim, ChangHwan, Jibum Kim, and Mihee Ban. "Do You Know What You Do for a Living? Occupational Coding Mismatches Between Coders in the Korean General Social Survey." Research in Social Stratification and Mobility 70: 100467.
- Sakamoto, Arthur, ChangHwan Kim, and Christopher R. Tamborini. "Changes in Occupations, Jobs, and Skill Polarization." Pp. 133-153 in The Cambridge Handbook of the Changing Nature of Work, edited by Briand J. Hoffman, Mindy K. Shoss, and Lauren A. Wegman, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
- Tamborini, Christopher R. and ChangHwan Kim. "Are You Saving for Retirement? Racial-ethnic Differentials in Retirement Savings Plan Participation." Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences 75(4): 837-848.
- Oh, Byeongdon and ChangHwan Kim. "Broken Promise of College? New Educational Sorting Mechanisms for Intergenerational Association in the 21st Century." Social Science Research 86. Article 102375
(Media Coverage: Inside Higher Ed; TUN)
- Before 2020: Click here for the papers published before 2020.
Recent Publications in Korean
- 2022
- 김창환. "한국의 소득, 자산 불평등 변화." 161-206쪽, 김윤태 엮음. <한국의 불평등: 현황, 이론, 대안>. 서울: 한울사.
Kim, ChangHwan. "Changes in Income and Wealth Inequality in Korea." Pp. 161-206 in Inequality in Korea: Facts, Theories, and Policies, ed by Kim, Yuntae. Seoul, Korea: Hanul Inc. - 김창환. "가족의 사회경제적 배경과 대학원 진학 확률의 성별 격차." <한국사회학> 56(1):151-201.
Kim, ChangHwan. "Family Socioeconomic Background and the Gender Difference in the Likelihood of Graduate Education." Korean Journal of Sociology 56(1):151-201.
- 김창환. "한국의 소득, 자산 불평등 변화." 161-206쪽, 김윤태 엮음. <한국의 불평등: 현황, 이론, 대안>. 서울: 한울사.
- 2021
- 김창환, 변수용. <교육 프리미엄: 한국에서 대학교육의 노동시장 가치는 하락했는가?> 서울: 박영사.
Kim, ChangHwan and Soo-yong Byun. Education Premium: Has the Labor Market Value of the College Education Declined in Korea? Seoul: PY Books. - 신광영, 김창환. <교육, 젠더와 사회이동: 한국사회 계층화의 성별 차이는 줄어들었는가?> 서울: 박영사.
Shin, Kwang Young and ChangHwan Kim. Education, Gender, and Social Mobility: Has the Gender Gap in Stratification Declined in Korea? Seoul: PY Books.
- 김창환, 변수용. <교육 프리미엄: 한국에서 대학교육의 노동시장 가치는 하락했는가?> 서울: 박영사.
- 2020
- 김창환, 김태호. 2020. "세대 불평등은 증가하였는가? 세대 내, 세대 간 불평등 변화 요인 분석, 1999~2019." <한국사회학> 54(4): 161-205.
Kim, ChangHwan and Andrew Taeho Kim. "Has Generational Inequality Increased? Decomposition of the Between- and Within-Generational Inequality, 1999~2019." Korean Journal of Sociology 54(4): 161-205.
- Appendix Tables and Figures - 김창환, 신희연. 2020. "입시 제도에서 나타나는 적응의 법칙과 엘리트 대학 진학의 공정성." <한국사회학> 54(3): 35-83.
Kim, ChangHwan and Heeyoun Shin. "Adaptation Strategy of the Upper Class and Fairness in Elite College Admission." Korean Journal of Sociology 54(3): 35-84.
(Media Coverage: Kyunghyang; Maeil Business News; Veritas-alpha; JoongAng) - 이성균, 신희주, 김창환. 2020. "한국 사회 가구 소득과 자산의 불평등 : 연구 성과와 과제." <경제와 사회> 127: 60-94.
Lee, Sungkyun, Heeju Shin, and ChangHwan Kim. 2020. "Inequality of the Household Income and Wealth in Korea: Research Outcome and Agenda." Economy and Society 127: 60-94.
- 김창환, 김태호. 2020. "세대 불평등은 증가하였는가? 세대 내, 세대 간 불평등 변화 요인 분석, 1999~2019." <한국사회학> 54(4): 161-205.
- Before 2020: Click here for the papers published before 2020.
Computing
- LaTeX
LaTeX is a typesetting program. It creates documents with more beauty and better functionality (extremely useful to express complicated equations) than any other word programs such as MS-Word. And LaTeX is FREE. Hope more sociologists to use LaTeX and more sociological journals to accept LaTeX or PDF files for submission.
- Getting Started with LaTeX, TeX Users Group
- CTAN - THE source for LaTeX software and packages
- MiKTeX - MiKTeX is a free windows distribution of latex
- Sociology Bibliography Style: ASR style file; AJS style file
- Accuracy-first LLM-Wiki for Sociologists
A complete LLM-assisted research wiki system for sociologists, optimized for citation accuracy over token efficiency or (AI-judged) document completeness.
The easiest way to set this up is to install VS Code + the Claude Code extension, then open the (empty) folder where you want your wiki to live (e.g., a new folder named researchwiki) as the workspace and ask Claude to walk you through setup in the chat panel. Check the following "github" repository: