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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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rudolf, Robert (Author)
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Format: Thesis eBook
Language:English
Published: Frankfurt a.M. : Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften, [2018]
Edition:1st, New ed.
Series:Göttinger Studien zur Entwicklungsökonomik / Göttingen Studies in Development Economics ; 35
Subjects:
Social institutions > Korea (South)
Social institutions > Indonesia.
Women > Employment > Korea (South)
Women > Employment > Indonesia.
Sex discrimination > Korea (South)
Sex discrimination > Indonesia.
Sex discrimination.
Social institutions.
Women > Employment.
Indonesia.
Korea (South)
Electronic books.
Academic theses.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • The Gender-Specific Effect of Working Hours Reductions on Family Happiness in South Korea
  • Adaptation under Traditional Gender Roles: Testing the Baseline Hypothesis in South Korea
  • Rural Reforms, Agricultural Productivity, and the Biological Standard of Living in South Korea, 1941-74
  • Cash-Crop Choice and Income Dynamics in Rural Areas: Evidence for Post-Crisis Indonesia.