• Korean Journal of Logic
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• v.22 no.1
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• pp.183-209
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• 2019

In this paper, I first examine Reiss'(2005) arguments for the causal instrumental variable. Second, I argue that the conditions for causal transitivity I consider meet what the causal instrumental variables and the interveners of the manipulation theory of causation are intended to hold. Reiss shows that two conditions for instrumental variables are not sufficient for causal significance of independent variables for dependent variables. Reiss articulates and reformulates the conditions for instrumental variables in terms of the conditions on causality, while naming his instrumental variables as causal instrumental variables. Reiss argues that the causal instrumental variables are similar to the interveners of the manipulation, or intervention theory of causation. He further argues that the causal instrumental variables do a better job the interveners do. I argue that the conditions for causal transitivity I consider meet the goal the conditions for the causal instrumental variables and the conditions for the interveners both are intended to achieve.

• Journal of Labour Economics
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• v.40 no.3
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• pp.105-131
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• 2017

This study analyses the effect of a minimum wage on employment by using the government's progressiveness as an instrumental variable. The Ordinary Least Squares regression (OLS) can result in upward biased employment effect due to the endogeneity among variables. Therefore, it is necessary to analyse the casuality that removed endogeneity between variables by using proper instrumental variables. The analysis using instrumental variable shows that the growth of the increasing rate of the minimum wage reduces employment. The negative effect of employment depending on the increase of minimum wage corresponds with the predictions of Neoclassical Economics.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.18 no.1
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• pp.268-276
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• 2018

This study examined the effects of indemnity private health insurance on the medical utilization among the Korean adults. The used data were the 2014 survey data of Korea Health Panel, and the number of subjects was 11,436. Authors employed instrumental variable regression model where the instrument variables for controlling for endogeneity of indemnity were the purchasing of private pension and number of family members. The results showed that the number of outpatient visits and the number of hospitalizations for indemnity private health insurance subscribers were higher than non-subscribers. The number of household members and the private pension variables were proved to be appropriate as instrumental variables. This paper recommends the Korean government to monitor and evaluate the effects of indemnity private health insurance on the medical utilization in order to improve the efficiency of health care finance.

• Journal of Labour Economics
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• v.38 no.1
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• pp.1-30
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• 2015

The aggregate matching function is estimated to explain dynamics among job seekers, vacancies and new hires in Korea. Due to measurement errors inherent in vacancies data, I introduce a latent variable for job openings and use the instrumental variables to correct its endogeneity. Matching efficiency is also estimated using some explanatory variables like job seekers' characteristics and public employment services. The result shows that Korea's matching function also exhibits a constant returns to scale.

• Journal of Labour Economics
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• v.44 no.2
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• pp.33-69
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• 2021

This study estimates the employment relationship of domestic and foreign workers by establishing 16 municipal and provincial panel data for the period 2010-2018. It attempts to analyze industry-specific (manufacturing and construction), scale-specific (5-29, 5-29, 5-299 and 5 above) and uses the foreign worker's national share (foreigner's concentration index) as an instrumental variable to control the endogeneity of foreign workers. Finally, it compares the results of panel GLS, which does not consider the endogeneity of foreign workers, with the results using instrumental variable method that considers it. As a result of the analysis, the complementary relationship between domestic and foreign workers was confirmed in the panel GLS analysis. However, although the employment relationship between domestic and foreign workers was not statistically significant in the instrumental variable method, the analysis of the combination of manufacturing and construction industry showed a statistically significant substitute relationship. This study is highly regarded for the first time in Korea that an instrumental variable method was created to identify and control the endogeneity of foreign workers in estimating employment relationships between domestic and foreign workers.

• Journal of the Korean Data and Information Science Society
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• v.24 no.3
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• pp.593-601
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• 2013

We often need to include categorial variables as explanatory variables in regression models. The categorial variables in regression models can be quantified through dummy variables. In this study, we provide an education tool using Excel VBA for displaying regression lines along with test results for regression models with a continuous explanatory variable and one or two categorical explanatory variables. The regression lines with test results are provided step by step for the model(s) with interaction(s), the model(s) without interaction(s) but with dummy variables, and the model without dummy variable(s). With this tool, we can easily understand the meaning of dummy variables and interaction effect through graphics and further decide which model is more suited to the data on hand.

• Journal of Korean Academy of Fundamentals of Nursing
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• v.8 no.3
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• pp.430-437
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• 2001

모든 질병에서 피로감은 환자가 경험하는 매우 흔한 증상으로서 임상간호현장에서 쉽게 간과 되어져왔다. 최근까지 건강관련 학문분야에서 피로감에 관한 수많은 연구가 진행되어져 왔지만. 임상간호현장에 도움이 될 만한 연구결과, 즉 임상 간호사의 간호사정과 간호중재에 지침이 되는 연구는 부족한 현실이다. 구체적인 연구 계획에 앞서, 연구의 이론적인 배경과 근거, 이론에서 추출된 개념, 변수와 연구 도구들간의 전체적인 일관성이 매우 중요하다. 추상적인 이론으로부터 개념과 변수를 거쳐 연구에 직접 사용될 구체적인 연구도구를 일관성 있게 선택하는 일련의 과정을 'Theoretical Substruction'이라 한다. 심부정맥환자가 지각하는 피로감에 관한 연구에 앞서, 본 글을 통해 심부정맥과 피로감의 이론적인 연관성과 이 연구를 위한 개념과 변수, 구체적인 연구도구를 선택하는 과정, Theoretical Substruction에 대해 토의될 것이며, 이에 따른 연구질문도 제의 될 것이다.

• Economic Analysis
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• v.27 no.3
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• pp.33-60
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• 2021

This study estimates the fiscal multiplier using Input-Output table panel data from year of 2010 to 2018. Considering the endogeneity of the government expenditure, this study uses the share of government expenditure by sector in the initial period as an instrument variable. The estimation from the panel fixed effect instrumental variables model shows that the estimate for the current period of government expenditure is 1.15~1.22 and the estimate for the cumulative multiplier is 1.23~1.32 depending on the method of controlling time trend. Since the general equilibrium effect absorbed by the time-fixed effect in the estimation equation, the estimated multiplier in this study may be different from the multiplier of the economy as a whole. The general equilibrium effect depends on the response of monetary policy, changes in tax policy, and interaction between sectors.

• Korean Journal of Social Welfare Studies
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• v.41 no.3
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• pp.213-239
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• 2010

The purpose of this research is to explore the explanatory factors of preference for the universality of the welfare system at the time of expanding the welfare system. In particular, considering endogenous problem that may occur in the process of analyzing the causal relationship between subjective perception and preference for welfare policy, the 2SLS regression analysis using instrument variables was attempted in this research. The key findings of this research were as follow. First, the groups who are opposed to the welfare state expansion, for example high income earners, low risk group, and employer/self-employer, prefer the more universal welfare systems. Second, the negative perception of welfare policy and recipients, which is stronger in older generation who experienced a much longer period of industrializaion, have a negative effect on preference for the universal welfare system. Last, we find that the endogenous problem arise in this research and distort the estimated regression coefficients. Therefore, subsequent studies must be mindful of this problem when they explain attitudes with attitudes.

• Communications for Statistical Applications and Methods
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• v.3 no.1
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• pp.1-9
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• 1996

반응표면분석에서 다반응값의 최적화 문제는 다반응값 최적화 문제보다 복잡하다. 이런 다반응값 문제에서 반응변수들이나 설명변수 상호간의 곤계나 중요성 등을 평가하는 것은 중요하다. 이러한 평가를 위하여 biplot가 유용한 그림도구로 쓰일 수 있다.