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Study on Economic and Financial Education for the North Koreans after Unification: from the Perspective of Behavioral Economics

통일 후 북한 주민 대상 경제금융 교육에 관한 연구: 행태경제학 관점을 중심으로

  • 손정국 (강원대학교 글로벌인재학부) ;
  • 김영민 (강원대학교 글로벌인재학부)
  • Received : 2021.03.17
  • Accepted : 2021.04.30
  • Published : 2021.05.31
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Abstract

Unification means the change of the economic system from 'Planned Economy' of the North Korea to 'Market Economy' of the South Korea. Therefore, it may cause confusions and difficulties for North Koreans who have been under planned economy for ages. So, we need to take the perspective of behavioral economics for the effective education. First of all, it is about overall finance, which contains the record of financial transactions, effect of inflation, investors' bounded rationality, and choice difficulty of financial products. Second, it is about borrowings, which includes the credit management, interest rate of difference among financial institutions. Third, it is about investment on financial products, which includes the effect of cost on returns, difference between compound interest and simple interest, trade-off between expected return and risk, market and non-market risks, the importance of diversification, and passive & aggressive investments.

통일은 북한이 유지했던 계획경제 체계를 포기하고 시장경제 체제로 바꾸는 것으로 수십 년 동안 계획경제 체제 하에서 살았던 북한 주민들에게는 큰 혼란과 어려움을 야기할 것이다. 이를 위해 최근 공감대를 얻고 있는 행태경제학(Behavioral Economics)의 관점을 반영할 필요가 있다. 구체적으로 선정한 교육내용은 ① 금융 전반(금융내역기록하기, 인플레이션의 영향, 현대 금융투자시장에서 상품 선택의 물리적 어려움, 금융투자자의 제한적 합리성 등) ② 대출(개인 신용 관리, 금융권별 대출금리 차이 등) ③ 금융투자(비용이 수익률에 미치는 영향, 복리와 단리의 차이, 기대수익과 위험의 상관관계, 투자위험 유형, 분산투자의 중요성, 적극적 투자와 소극적 투자 등)이다. 다만, 각 내용의 깊이와 넓이는 북한 주민들이 직관적으로 이해할 수 있는 최소한도로 한다. 이러한 직관적이고 기본적인 금융교육을 통해 필수적인 금융지식을 갖춘 다음 구체적인 금융의사결정은 독립투자자문업자(Independent Financial Adviser, IFA)와 상의(자문)받도록 하는 것이 바람직하다. 즉, 최소한의 경제·금융지식을 갖추는데 필요한 직관적인 내용으로 국한하고 의사결정은 IFA를 활용하는 것이 합리적임을 교육하는 것이다. 이러한 '직관적 기본 금융 교육 + 독립투자자문업자(IFA)' 결합 모형은 통일후 북한 주민을 대상으로 하는 경제금융교육에 소요되는 시간과 노력을 크게 줄이면서 효과를 극대화할 수 있을 것이다.

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2020년도 강원대학교 통일교육 선도대학 지정·육성사업의 지원을 받아 수행한 연구임.

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