The Firstborn Advantage: Birth Order and Resource Allocation of the Joseon Royal Family in the Late Thirteenth- to Mid-Sixteenth-Century Korea
Journal of Family History: Studies in Family, Kinship, Gender, and Demography
Published online on September 17, 2025
Abstract
Journal of Family History, Volume 51, Issue 3, Page 290-316, July 2026.
This study examines the strategies employed by elite families to maintain their sociopolitical status, with a particular focus on resource allocation among offspring. Based on the royal genealogies of Joseon Dynasty (Seonwonrok jokbo), which span from the ...
This study examines the strategies employed by elite families to maintain their sociopolitical status, with a particular focus on resource allocation among offspring. Based on the royal genealogies of Joseon Dynasty (Seonwonrok jokbo), which span from the ...