Books

Under contract. Double Glass Ceiling: The Class Effects of Gender Representation (with Jeong Hyun Kim).
2020. Democracy under Siege? Parties, Voters, and Elections after the Great Recession (with Timothy Hellwig and Jack Vowles) Oxford University Press

Peer-reviewed Articles

2024. " We See Symbols, But Not Saviors: Gender Representation and Political Efficacy of Working-class Women ." Political Psychology 45(4): 673-691.
2024. " Did Low-income Essential Workers during Covid-19 Increase Public Support for Redistribution? ." with Jeong Hyun Kim and John Kuk. Policy & Politics 52(3): 430-452.
2024. "Fueling Conspiracy Beliefs: Political Conservatism and the Backlash against COVID-19 Containment Policies ." with ByeongHwa Choi. Governance 37(3): 867-886.
2024. "Double Penalty? How Candidate Class and Gender Influence Voter Evaluations " with Jeong Hyun Kim Research & Politics 11(1).
2023. " Generosity During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of Collective Narcissism ." with ByeongHwa Choi. Social Science Research 114(3): 102914.
2022. " Why Do Young Men Oppose Gender Quotas? Group Threat and Backlash to Legislative Gender Quotas: Evidence from South Korea ." with Jeong Hyun Kim. Legislative Studies Quarterly 47(4): 991-1021.
  • Top Cited Article 2022-2023
2022. "Electoral Systems and the Substantive Representation of Marginalized Groups: Evidence from Women's Issue Bills in South Korea ." with Josh Ryan. Political Research Quarterly 75(4): 1065-1078.
2022. "Deservingness Heuristics and Policy Attitudes Toward the Elderly in an Aging Society: Evidence from Japan .” with ByeongHwa Choi. Political Research Quarterly 75(3): 591-606.
2022. "How Partisan Politics Influence Government Policies in Response to Ageing Populations." with Kohei Suzuki. Policy & Politics 50(2): 261-281.
2020. "Women Leaders and Policy Compliance During a Public Health Crisis " with Nichole M. Bauer and Jeong Hyun Kim. Politics and Gender 16(4): 975-982.
2019. "What Money Can Buy: Perceived Economic Security in China" with ByeongHwa Choi. The Journal of Contemporary China 28(118): 630-645.
2018. "Types of Labor Market Policy and the Electoral Behavior of Insecure Workers." Electoral Studies 55: 1-10
2018. "Economic Competitiveness and Social Policy in Open Economies." International Interactions 44(3): 537-558
2017. "Do Higher Government Wages Induce Less Corruption? Cross-country Panel Evidence ." with Weihua An. Journal of Policy Modeling 39 (5) : 809-826
  • Featured in various media outlets including Business Insider and KTVL News10
2016. "Taking Cues on Multidimensional Issues: The Case of Attitudes towards Immigration." with Timothy Hellwig. West European Politics 39 (4): 710-730

Book Chapter

2023. "Women’s Representation and the Gendered Impact of COVID-19 in Japan." Japan Decides 2021 (edited by Robert J. Pekkanen, Steven R. Reed, and Daniel M. Smith), Palgrave MacMillan, pp. 289-303.

Selected Working Papers

(* indicates graduate student authors)

  1. "When Sexism Prevails: Gender and Information Environments in Candidate Evaluations." with Woo Chang Kang and Jong-sung You Revise & Resubmit
  2. "Trade Policy Preferences in an Aging Society: Evidence from Japan." with ByeongHwa Choi Under review
  3. "Social Mobility and Support for the Elderly in Young and Old Societies." with Timothy Hellwig Under review
  4. "Self-interested Altruism: Preferences for Social Inclusion in an Aging Society ." with Xian Huang Under review
  5. "Information Correction and Gender Equality Attitudes in South Korea and Japan." with Min Hee Go, Hirofumi Miwa, and Yoshikuni Ono Under review
  6. "Demographic Anxieties and Gendered Blame." Work in progress
  7. "Gender Representation and Regime Support in an Authoritarin Regime." with Hanzhang Liu Work in progress
  8. "New Risk or New Opportunity? The Political Implication of the AI Revolution." with ByeongHwa Choi Work in progress
  9. "The Political Consequences of Gender Insensitivity." with Woo Chang Kang and Sunkyoung Park Data collection
  10. "Sovereignty Threats and Support for LGBT+" with Minhee Go and Gaeun Ban* Data collection
  11. "Disbelief and Polarization" with Yuko Kasuya, Shinnosuke Kikuchi and Daiki Kishishita Data collection