• Journal of Technology Innovation
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• v.22 no.1
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• pp.89-117
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• 2014

Employing female in the field of science and engineering is becoming increasingly important with diversity and creativity emerging as key factors to build Creative Economy. Under these circumstances, it is necessary to recognize and discourage gender discrimination in the labor market by analyzing wages - the market value of labor which determines one's economic status. This study uses the Oaxaca-Ransom decomposition (1994) to analyze the gender wage gap and identify factors influencing the pay gap in science and engineering labor force. The results of this study are as follows: First, the average wage of female scientists and engineers reaches only 65% of that of male labor force, and the male scientist and engineers are superior in terms of personal attributes, for instance, education background. Second, looking at the factors that influence wages, wage premiums are associated with higher education background, older age, longer period of service, and weekly working hours for both male and female in managerial positions. Third, the wage decomposition shows that in the case of science and engineering labor force, the productivity difference by personal attributes reaches about 58%, and gender discrimination by the characteristics of the labor market stands at about 41%. This means the wage gap by productivity level in science and engineering labor force is wider, and the gender gap is smaller compared to non-science and engineering fields. However, the results of an analysis on specialties and education background of male and female scientists and engineers suggest that the discrimination against women is more serious when the percentage of the female labor force is low and the percentage of temporary workers in the labor market is high. In order to eliminate this discrimination, it is necessary to reduce the imbalance of female scientists and engineers in the labor market, among others, while female scientists and engineers, themselves, need to make continuous efforts to strengthen their capabilities.

• Informatization Policy
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• v.27 no.1
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• pp.36-54
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• 2020

This study empirically analyzes the impact of digital divide between digital device usage motivation and operational skills on online political participation. The analysis was performed using the National Information Society Agency's 2018 digital divide survey data from September to December 2018 and applying the Heckman selection model to control the sample selection bias that may occur between internet users and non-users. The result shows the gap in motivation and device operational skills of individual citizens using digital devices has significant impact on online political participation. In socio-economic terms, it shows the age, education level and regional factors also have significant impact on online political participation, while gender and income levels do not. This study holds significance in that there are different patterns of digital divide between digital devices, identifying the motivation to use a digital device as an important factor for mobile device users, and the device operational skills, for personal computer users.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.7 no.8
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• pp.191-198
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• 2007

Due to the growth of female movement after 1970s' and the resultant interest in female activity changed the type and degree of female crime and thus led to considerable interest and research. As a result, the relative difference between crime rates of sexes has been reduced, but the crime of male and female has been considerably decreased owing to sex role and concept of self-ego, more generally specking, the result of female movement. As countermeasure for the recently increasing frmale crime, this research presents first, enhancement of social education; second, arrangement of relevant institutions; third, activation of the system of female investigator; fourth, the necessity of victimology approach.

• Korea journal of population studies
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• v.22 no.1
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• pp.37-63
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• 1999

한국 사망력의 수준 및 특징을 일본과 비교하고자 양국의 1995년 공식통계를 사용하여 사망원인별로 성·연령·혼인상태별 사망률, 연령표준화사망률, 생존기간손실년수(PYLL) 및 동 측정치의 남녀간 비와 한일간 비를 계산하였다. 사망원인 항목은 모든 사인(총사망), 결핵, 악성신생물, 당뇨병, 고혈압성 질환, 심장 질환, 뇌혈관 질환, 간 진환, 교통사고, 자살을 포함한다. 일본과 비교하여 한국 사망력의 두드러진 특징은 다음과 같다 : (1)자살을 제외한 대부분의 사인에서 한국의 사망률이 일본보다 높은데 , 특히 결핵, 고혈압성 질환, 간 질환 및 교통사고의 경우 한국 생산활동연령층의 사망률이 두드러지게 높다 : (2)결핵, 간질환, 교통사고, 암사망이 한국의 소아에게서도 발생한다 : (3)한국의 생산활동연령층에서 간 질환, 결핵, 교통사고에 의한 성별 사망력 격차가 큰데, 남성의 사망률이 여성의 사망률보다 높기 때문이다 : (4)자살률이 한국생산활동연령층 남성의 경우 일본보다 낮고, 10대와 20대 여성의 자살률은 일본보다 높다 : (5)한국의 45세 미만에서는 사인에 따라 사별이나 이혼상태에서, 45세 이상에서는 모든 사인에 대해 남녀 모두 미혼상태에서 사망력이 가장 높다. : (6)한국은 사별상태에서, 일본은 이혼상태에서 성별 사망력 격차가 가장 크다.

• The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• v.16 no.4
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• pp.181-187
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• 2016

In this paper, we develop the Women's Information and Communications Technology Development Index (WIDI) framework for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Member States. While there are a number of global ICT indices, there are no standard global data metrics for ICT gender-related statistics in developing countries. Therefore, this research has been conducted by the Asia Pacific Women's Information. This study referenced some of the major global ICT indices and created a framework that used their basic structure and included the various measurement factors such as socio-cultural factors element and ICT policy for woman. The WIDI framework is supported by a back-end survey that was designed by the research team and reviewed by ASEAN taskforce members. Through WIDI, we can compare ICT development status and gender information gap and measure the national information gap. By presenting the basis for policy decisions on eliminating gender disparitie can help improve the social status of women.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.15 no.4
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• pp.73-81
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• 2017

The use of Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) is closely related to the improvement of health and quality of life in later life. The elderly in general, however, face difficulty in adapting to ICT. The purpose of this study is to examine the social disparities and determinants in the use of information of the elderly residing in seoul. The data is based on the "2015-2016 Seoul Survey on Elderly Health and Functional Assessment", which include a total of 1,605 people aged 60 to 89. The results of multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that the older, women, the lower educated, and those with restricted activity or poorer health were found to be the significant determinants of the digital poverty among older people. The results call for special attention to disparity within the older group to solve digital divide issues.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.12 no.12
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• pp.5601-5613
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• 2011

The purpose of this paper is to better understand the socio-economic differentials of Internet access and use. Data from '2008 Korean Internet usage behavior' were used to conduct logistic regression analysis. The findings show that there are significant socio-economic(age, gender, educational attainment, employment situation, and Internet access type) disparity in Internet access(Internet access at home, broadband Internet access). Also socio-economic variables enter in as statistically significant in most specifications for Internet use intensity (Intensive internet use, frequent internet use, less frequent internet use). The gender, household income and education attainment explanations for large differential in Internet use intensity are generally very similar. It is shown that age, education attainment and household income level cause a large digital divide on Internet service use(information use, communication and community use, e-commerce use, Internet banking use).

• 한국벤처창업학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2018.11a
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• pp.239-251
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• 2018

최근 들어 기업가적 활동을 촉진하는 데 있어 무엇보다도 여성의 경제활동 참여와 사회안전망 구축의 필요성이 제기되고 있는바, 본 연구에서는 사회화경험과 기업가 활동의도의 관계에 대한 맥락적 차이 규명에 초점을 두고, 이들 관계에 대한 성별의 조절 효과와 사회안전망의 삼원조절효과에 대해 규명하고자 한다. 본 연구 목적은 다음과 같다. 첫째, 사회화경험(창업경험, 기업가정신 교육경험)이 기업가 활동의도에 미치는 효과를 규명하고, 이들 관계에 대한 성별의 조절효과를 검증한다. 둘째, 사회화경험 및 기업가정신 교육과 기업가 활동의도의 관계에 대한 성별 조절효과가 사회안전망과 같은 국가 맥락적 차이가 존재하는지에 대해 삼원상호작용 분석을 통해 검증한다. 상기 연구목적을 달성하기 위해 본 연구는 (재)한국청년기업가정신재단에서 제공한 글로벌 기업가정신 추세 리포트(GETR) 자료를 활용하였다. GETR자료는 한국을 포함한 총 20개국(한국, 일본, 중국, 인도네시아, 인도, 싱가포르, 런던, 독일, 러시아, 덴마크, 핀란드, 영국, UAE, 이스라엘, 남아공, 터키, 이집트, 미국, 브라질, 칠레, 호주)을 대상으로 국가별 최소 2,000명을 표본으로 선정해 설문조사가 이루어진 자료이며, 유효 응답자 기준 총 40,388명이 설문에 응답하였다. 그러나 자료 검증과정에서 전체 응답자 중 2,506명이 불성실 응답자 및 이상치로 확인되어 최종 분석과정에서 삭제되었다. 따라서 37,882개의 표본이 최종 분석에 활용되었으며, 여성 17,997명 (47.5%), 남성 19,885명(52.5%)으로 확인되었다. 분석 도구는 Hayes의 Process를 활용하여 사회화 및 교육, 성별, 성별 격차의 삼원상호작용 효과에 대한 분석이 이루어졌다. 분석 결과, 첫째, 창업경험 및 기업가정신 교육경험은 기업가 활동의도에 유의한 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, 이들 관계에 대한 성별 조절효과를 살펴본 결과, 성별 조절효과는 기업가정신 교육경험과 기업가 활동의도의 관계에 대해서만 유의한 영향을 미치는 것으로 확인되었다. 구체적으로, 기업가정신 교육경험이 기업가 활동의도에 미치는 긍정적 효과는 여성이 남성보다 더 강한 것으로 나타났다. 마지막으로, 사회안전망의 삼원조절효과를 분석한 결과, 창업경험과 기업가 활동의도의 긍정적 관계는 여성이 남성보다 더 강한 것으로 나타났는데, 이러한 효과는 사회안전망이 높은 집단에서 더 높게 나타나는 것으로 확인되었다. 즉, 과거 창업경험이 있는 여성은 사회안전망이 높다고 인식할 경우 과거 창업경험이 있는 남성보다 기업가 활동의도가 더 많이 증가하는 것이다. 이와 관련된 논의는 본문에 제시하였다.

• Journal of the Korean Regional Science Association
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• v.33 no.2
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• pp.3-23
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• 2017

This study aims to understand how human capital is related to the inter-regional wage gap between the capital region and the non-capital region in Korea. We focus more specifically on whether the inter-regional wage gap is due to high levels of human capital in the capital region or due to high returns to human capital in the capital region. The decomposition method based on the unconditional quantile regression was used to examine how the relationship between human capital and the inter-regional wage gap varies along the wage distribution. When first estimating earnings functions from the two regions to apply this decomposition method, we included not only conventional indicators of human capital, such as education and on-the-job training, but also occupational skills including cognitive-interactive skills, technical skills, and physical skills. As a result, other things being equal, a large part of the inter-regional wage gap was explained by the human capital variables. Although the composition effect of the human capital variables existed in all the wage quantiles, the more important factor was the wage structure effect of the human capital variables. In addition, among the various human capital variables, the wage structure effect of years of education was a key factor in explaining the inter-regional wage gap. This study is meaningful in that it shows that the relationship between human capital and the inter-regional wage gap may vary depending on the wage quantiles.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.13 no.5
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• pp.177-185
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• 2015

The gender difference in social roles affects digital devices' utilization differences in man and woman even in the 21st Century. Prior studies analyze the digital divide (genders, ages, etc.) from the assessment perspectives of digital equipment, such as PCs. In the area of high speed internet, most functions of PCs have been replaced with smartphones, and around 80% of the mobile phone users adopt smartphones. Subsequently the inequality of physical access to the digital devices is no longer a criterion for digital divide. The focus on digital divide should be shifted from the physical access to other factors, such as socio-technical or socio-cultural ones. This paper examines utilization of women's digital equipment, in particular, preparing for tourism activities, which is popular but sensitive to the technology. A survey was conducted with participants of [Suncheon Garden Expo] 2013. The results of this study capture the inactive use of digital devices particularly women over 50s. This phenomenon (high utilization of the digital devices for social or informative purposes, but low utilization of the digital payment) implies other aspects of Korean women (economic independence, low self-assertion, technical difficulties, etc.), which is considered from the socio-technological convergence perspective. This study also has a practical implication on the side of the digital device developers as well as marketing, where the qualitative communication is likely to be incorporated for the women over 50s.