Books
Double Glass Ceiling: The Class Effects of Gender Representation (with Yesola Kweon)
Forthcoming in Cambridge University Press, Element Series on Gender and Politics
Working-class women are severely underrepresented in political bodies across the world. We uncover the political significance of class-based representation gaps among women. We theorize and empirically demonstrate how working-class women's distinct socioeconomic circumstances shape their policy priorities. We show that when these priorities go unrepresented due to working-class women's underrepresentation in politics, the result is decreased political efficacy, trust, and engagement among working-class women, thereby exacerbating both class-based and gender-based inequalities. This research contributes to gender and politics scholarship by advancing our understanding of how intersectionality of class and gender structures political representation.
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Gunderson, Anna, Chesani Askew, Jeong Hyun Kim, and Nichole Bauer. 2025. "State Courts, Public Opinion, and the Changing Abortion Landscape After Dobbs." American Politics Research 53(6), 625-630.
Nichole Bauer, Anna Gunderson, Jeong Hyun Kim, Elizabeth Lane, Belinda Davis, and Kathleen Searles. 2025. "Gendered Expectations: Do Voters Reward Women for Supporting Women's Interests?" British Journal of Political Science55 e80. 1-19.
Anna Gunderson, Jeong Hyun Kim, Elizabeth Lane, Nichole Bauer, Belinda Davis, and Kathleen Searles. 2025. "Candidate Gender, Campaign Appeals, and Voter Support in Judicial Elections." Journal of Politics 87(1), 172-189.
Kim, Jeong Hyun, John Seungmin Kuk, and Yesola Kweon. 2024. "Did Low-income Essential Workers during Covid-19 Increase Public Support for Redistribution?" Policy & Politics 52(3) 430-452.
Kim, Jeong Hyun and Yesola Kweon. 2024. Double Penalty? How Candidate Class and Gender Influence Voter Evaluations." Research & Politics 11(1), 1-10.
Andrews, Talbot, Cana Kim, and Jeong Hyun Kim, 2023. "News from Home: How Local Media Shapes Climate Change Attitudes." Public Opinion Quarterly 87(4), 863-886.
Kim, Jeong Hyun, Anna Gunderson, Elizabeth Lane, and Nichole M. Bauer. 2023. "State Courts, State Legislatures, and Setting Abortion Policy." Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 48 (4), 569-592.
Kim, Jeong Hyun and Yesola Kweon, 2022. "Why Do Young Men Oppose Gender Quotas? Group Threat and Backlash to Legislative Gender Quotas." Legislative Studies Quarterly 27(4), 991-1021.
Kim, Jeong Hyun. 2022. "Voting in Referendums Increases Internal Political Efficacy of Men but not Women: Evidence from Ireland's 2018 Abortion Referendum." Journal of Elections, Public Opinion, and Parties 32 (3), 707-726.
Kim, Jeong Hyun, Min Hee Seo, and Betsy Sinclair. 2021. "Local Weather Effects: Perception of Climate Change and Public Support for Government Intervention." Social Science Quarterly 102(2), 881-896.
Bauer, Nichole, Jeong Hyun Kim, and Yesola Kweon. 2020. "Women Leaders and Policy Compliance during a Public Health Crisis." Politics & Gender 16(4): 975-982.
Kim, Jeong Hyun. 2019. "Direct Democracy and Women's Political Engagement." American Journal of Political Science 63 (3), 594-610.
Ward, Dalston, Jeong Hyun Kim, Matthew Graham, and Margit Tavits. 2015. "How economic integration affects party issue emphases." Comparative Political Studies 48(10), 1227-1259.