The Effect Of Education On The Well-Being Of Korean Women, 1980-2001
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 28.25pt 0pt 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">This paper examines the relationship between education and the well-being of Korean women during the period 1980-2001.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The past 19 years has seen dramatic changes in the well-being of women and in their economic status. </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">A broad range of indicators are considered to capture changes in women's well-being, notably education, labor force participation, wages, employment, unemployment, and occupational distributions.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">This paper compares well-being experiences between male and female workers, focusing on labor market indicators.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This study uses extremely rich nation-wide aggregate statistics for performing decompositions to explain the trends of Korean women’s well-being and economic development.</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Our main finding is that from 1980 to 2001 the well-being of Korean women increased quite markedly.</span></span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></p>