Employment, Well-Being and Gender : Dynamics and Interactions in Emerging Asia.
- 1st ed.
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- Goettinger Studien Zur Entwicklungsoekonomik / Goettingen Studies in Development Economics Series ; v.35 .
- Goettinger Studien Zur Entwicklungsoekonomik / Goettingen Studies in Development Economics Series .
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.