Publications

Peer-reviewed articles

Jonsson, E., Kim, W., Schuring, M., Helgesson, M., Landberg, J., & Thern, E. (Forthcoming). Alcohol disorder diagnosis and subsequent labour market transitions among Swedish workers: A longitudinal register-based study. Alcohol and Alcoholism.

Kim, W., Baron, S., Almroth, M., Johansson, G., Bodin, T., Hick, R., & Badarin, K. (2026). Escaping in-work poverty and mental health: A longitudinal study of Swedish workers. Social Science & Medicine, 405, 119556. [DOI]

Kim, W., Grotti, R., & Aradhya, S. (2026). Is overqualification a stepping stone for career progression among children of immigrants? Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, 104, 101164. [DOI]

Trappolini, E., Kim, W., & Alderotti, G. (2026). Overqualified, still satisfied? Revisiting job satisfaction among overqualified migrants. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 1–23. [DOI]

Carlsson, E., & Kim, W. (2026). Does depression matter for fertility intentions and their realisation? An analysis of Norwegian and Swedish men and women in coresidential unions. Genus, 82(1), 3. [DOI]

Kim, W., Juárez, S. P., Dunlavy, A., Drefahl, S., & Aradhya, S. (2025). Labor market disadvantages and mental health among the second-generation children of immigrants in Sweden: A population cohort study. Social Science & Medicine, 371, 117866. [DOI]

Kim, W. (2024). Overqualification among second-generation children of immigrants in the Swedish labour market. European Journal of Population, 40(1), 34. [DOI]

Book chapters and proceedings

Grotti, R., Kim, W., & Aradhya, S. (In press). Sovraqualificazione e progressione di carriera: Un trampolino di lancio per i nuovi entranti nel mercato del lavoro in Svezia? In M. Triventi & G. Salza (Eds.), Disuguaglianze di istruzione: Tendenze, meccanismi e conseguenze. il Mulino.

Trappolini, E., & Kim, W. (2025). Overqualification and job/wage satisfaction among migrants: Insights from Italy. In Italian Statistical Society Series on Advances in Statistics (pp. 432–436). Springer. [DOI]

Working papers

Carlsson, E., & Kim, W. (2024). Do depression and loneliness affect fertility intentions and their realisation? Evidence from Norway and Sweden. Stockholm Research Reports in Demography. [DOI]

Kim, W., Lai, W., & Neyer, G. (2024). Growing significance of employment uncertainty on fertility intention in Sweden: Results from the Generations and Gender Surveys. Stockholm Research Reports in Demography. [DOI]