The transition to adulthood has recently drawn diverse social attention in many post-industrial countries (Arnett, 2000; Furstenberg Jr, 2010; Hogan & Astone, 1986; Newman, 2008) including Korea (B.-H. Kim, Lee, & Park, 2016; H. Park, 2013, 2016; H. Park & Sandefur, 2005). Particularly, in Korea, public discourse and scholarship has recently shed light on the uphill battle that college-bound youth ...

Powerful currents have reshaped the structure of families over the last century. There has been (i) a dramatic drop in fertility and greater parental investment in children; (ii) a rise in married female labor-force participation; (iii) a decline in marriage and a rise in divorce; (iv) a higher degree of positive assortative mating; (v) more children living with a single mother; (vi) shifts in social ...