Employment, Well-Being and Gender : Dynamics and Interactions in Emerging Asia

Employment, Well-Being and Gender Dynamics and Interactions in Emerging Asia

This book examines welfare effects of gender-related inequalities in Korean households and labor markets. It uses subjective well-being data to show that reductions of excessive levels of working hours did improve family well-being in the past decade. Moreover, benefits from major life events like m...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Rudolf, Robert (-)
Formato: Electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Frankfurt am Main : Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften 2012.
Edición:First edition
Colección:Goettinger Studien zur Entwicklungsoekonomik / Goettingen Studies in Development Economics.
Materias:
Women's studies.
Population.
Demography.
Families.
Monetary policy.
Agricultural Productivity
Asia
Being
Dynamics
Emerging
Employment
Gender
Income Dynamics
Interactions
Post-Crisis Indonesia
Rudolf
Rural Development
South Korea
Traditional Gender Roles
Well
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • List of Tables
  • List of Figures
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Introduction and Overview
  • The Gender-Specific Effect of Working Hours Reductions on Family Happiness in South Korea
  • 1.1 Introduction
  • 1.2 Background and Related Literature
  • 1.3 Data and Methodology
  • 1.4 Satisfaction Regression Results
  • 1.4.1 Life Satisfaction
  • 1.4.2 Hours and Job Satisfaction
  • 1.4.3 Robustness Checks and Joint Happiness
  • 1.5 Gender Identity, Intra-Household Bargaining, and Family Division of Labor
  • 1.6 Concluding Remarks
  • Adaptation under Traditional Gender Roles: Testing the Baseline Hypothesis in South Korea
  • 2.1 Introduction
  • 2.2 Gender Gap in Korea
  • 2.3 Data and Methodology
  • 2.3.1 Data
  • 2.3.2 Anticipation and Adaptation Model
  • 2.3.3 Intra-Marriage Gender Happiness Gap Model
  • 2.4 Regression Results
  • 2.4.1 Marriage-Status-Related Events
  • 2.4.2 Labor Market Events
  • 2.4.3 Determinants of Intra-Marriage Gender Happiness Gap
  • 2.5 Conclusion
  • Rural Reforms, Agricultural Productivity, and the Biological Standard of Living in South Korea, 1941-1974
  • 3.1 Introduction
  • 3.2 Rural Reforms in 1950 and 1962/63
  • 3.3 Effect of Rural Reforms on Agricultural Productivity
  • 3.3.1 Historical Farm Data
  • 3.3.2 Land Reform and Trends of Agricultural Input and Output
  • 3.3.3 Econometric Model
  • 3.4 Effect of Rural Reforms on Individual Well-being
  • 3.4.1 Body Height and Individual Welfare
  • 3.4.2 Testing for Structural Breaks in Time Series
  • 3.5 Concluding Remarks
  • Cash Crop Choice and Income Dynamics in Rural Areas: Evidence for Post-Crisis Indonesia
  • 4.1 Introduction
  • 4.2 Literature Review
  • 4.3 Data and Setting
  • 4.3.1 Variables of Interest
  • 4.3.2 Descriptive Analysis
  • 4.4 Model and Results
  • 4.4.1 Basic Results
  • 4.4.2 Robustness Checks
  • 4.5 Extension
  • 4.6 Conclusion
  • Appendix Essay 1.
  • Appendix Essay 2
  • Appendix Essay 4
  • Bibliography.

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