Sangwoo Lee - Publications

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

Lee, S. and Green, F. "Job quality in South Korea: Progress or decline?" International Labor Review (In press)

Yong, A. and Lee, S. "The socioeconomic gap in the development of adolescents' occupational aspirations: Longitudinal evidence from South Korea" International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance.

Green, F., Lee, S., Zou, M. and Zhou, Y. (2024). "Work and life: The comparative importance of job quality for general well-being"Link opens in a new window Socio-Economic Review.

Lee, S. (2023). “Does university level the playing field? Impacts of spatial inequalities on the gap in the earnings of similar graduates: Evidence from the United Kingdom.” Higher Education Policy.

Lee, S. and Vignoles, A. (2022). “Does college level the playing field? Socioeconomic gaps in the earnings of similar graduates: Evidence from South Korea.” Higher Education.

Lee, S. (2022). “A social ladder or a glass floor? The role of higher education in intergenerational social mobility: Empirical evidence from South Korea.” Higher Education Policy.

Media Coverage: Times Higher Education (THE); Inside Higher Ed; EBS; ACPA

Lee, S. and Song, M. (2018). “The socioeconomic ceiling and perceived employability in higher education.” Korean Journal of Youth Studies, 25(11). 231-258.

Reports & Commissioned Work

Erickson, E., Harris, J., Lee, S., and Warhurst, C. (2024) "Understanding barriers to implementing good work practices" ACAS & Warwick Institute for Employment Research

McGuinness, S., Staffa, E., Lee, S., Resende, R., and Baltina, L. (2025) "Conceptualisations of skill shortages and skill gaps" European Union & UKRI.

Papers: Under Review

Lee, S., and Burga Idrogo, C. "Beyond Earnings: The Multidimensional Job Quality Premiums for University Graduates in European Labour Market" Under Review

Knox, A., Lee, S., Warhurst, C., and Wright, S. "Understanding the relationship between job quality and general health in hospitality: Evidence from Australia" Under Review

Lee, S. and Green, F. "'Bad jobs' in South Korea: A wellbeing-based approach" Revise & Resubmit

Hartmann, E. and Lee, S. "Exporting status differences? The stratification of British transnational higher education" Revise & Resubmit

Hong, Q. and Lee, S. "Higher education expansion and college wage premiums in China and South Korea: An age-period-cohort analysis" Under Review

Blogs & Policy Briefs

Lee, S. (2025). Job quality indicators. LMI for All.

Lee, S. (2024). Appropriately defining and targeting 'bad jobs' as a pathway to 'good jobs'. Warwick Institute for Employment Research.

Lee, S. (2024). Understanding the value of education: Exploring the return to education.Link opens in a new window LMI for All.

Lee, S. (2023). Time to broaden the definition of graduates' labour market outcomes: Job quality premiumLink opens in a new window. Warwick Institute for Employment Research.