• 사회복지연구
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• 제36호
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• pp.175-202
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• 2008

본 연구의 목적은 국민들의 최저생활보장과 저소득층의 빈곤완화를 주목적으로 설계된 국민기초생활보장제도의 빈곤완화 효과를 분석하는데 있다. 이를 위해, 국민기초생활보장평가단(NRB) 원자료를 이용해서 한국 공공부조제도의 빈곤완화 효과를 가구수 및 가구유형과 관련해서 분석하고, 이 결과를 비교적인 관점에서 규명하기 위해 영국의 FRS 원자료를 이용해서 분석한 영국 공공부조제도의 빈곤완화 효과와 비교한다. 분석결과는 다음과 같다. 중위소득의 40퍼센트를 기준으로 빈곤감소 효과를 비교한 결과 한국 공공부조제도의 효과성은 영국보다 현저히 낮게 나타났다. 현행 국민기초생활보장제도의 현금급여기준선의 산정 및 결정방식의 문제점을 그 원인 중 하나로 꼽을 수 있는데, 국민기초생활보장제도의 빈곤완화 효과성을 향상시키기 위해서는 현금급여기준이 국민들의 최저생활을 보장할 수 있도록 개선 보완될 필요가 있다. 또한 주거급여 수준을 향상시키고, 공공부조급여 또는 최저생계비를 지역적 가구 유형별 특성을 반영하도록 개선 할 필요가 있다.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제7권11호
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• pp.585-593
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• 2020

This study contributes to the existing literature by empirically exploring the causes of child labor in the Indonesian labor market. Factors identified include rate of poverty, average wages, education participation, and quality of education. This study utilized an aggregate data of 301 districts and cities across 34 provinces sourced from the National Labor Force Survey and the National School/Madrasah Accreditation Board of the Republic of Indonesia. Using a multiple regression analysis, the study found strong evidence of the positive effect of poverty on child labor. Conversely, the study documented the adverse impact of average wages on child labor in Indonesia. Similarly, the participation in the education system also contributed negatively to the child labor. Finally, the quality of education services is found to have a negative effect on child labor in Indonesia. The findings of this study suggest that, in efforts to reduce the involvement of children in the workforce, the poverty eradication program should be enhanced. The wages should be continuously improved, at least, in par with the changes in prices. Finally, the quality of education and its services ought to be further enhanced to attract more child student participation rates across junior high schools nationwide.

• 한국사회복지학
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• 제59권2호
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• pp.143-169
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• 2007

본 연구의 목적은 1995년부터 2005년까지 도시근로자 가구의 빈곤실태와 변화추이, 빈곤가구의 특성, 그리고 빈곤의 원인을 규명하고, 공 사적 이전소득과 조세의 빈곤완화 효과를 평가하여, 우리나라 빈곤문제에 대한 전반적인 이해를 도모하고, 그에 기초하여 보다 바람직한 정책적 대안을 모색하는데 있다. 이를 위해 도시가계조사의 연간 원자료를 분석의 자료로 활용하였으며, 종단자료에 대한 분석을 위해 GEE(Generalized estimating equation) 회귀분석을 실시하였다. 분석의 결과, 가장 중요한 사실 가운데 하나는, 경제위기를 경험하면서 그 규모와 심도 차원에서 심각했던 도시 근로자 가구의 빈곤 문제가, 이후 크게 개선되지 못하고, 오히려 더욱 악화되고 있다는 점이다. 또한 여성빈곤, 노령빈곤, 저학력 가구주 가구의 빈곤 등, 전통적인 빈곤가구의 특성이 확인되었으며, 이들 취약집단의 빈곤화 현상도 시간이 경과함에 따라 더욱 심화되는 모습을 보이고 있다. 그리고 임시 일용직, 단순노무직, 1차 산업과 민간서비스업 종사자 가구의 빈곤화 현상도 상대적으로 높게 나타나, 저임금과 고용불안정이 빈곤의 주된 원인임을 추정할 수 있다. 이러한 빈곤 가구의 특성은 빈곤의 원인에 대한 분석에서도 다시 한번 확인된다. 그리고 정부의 조세와 공적이전소득의 빈곤완화 효과는 이전의 시기에 비해 크게 확대되었지만, 그 상대적인 효과는 서구의 복지선진국과 비교해 볼 때, 아직 초보적인 단계에 머물러 있는 낮은 수준이다.

• 응용통계연구
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.741-762
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• 2015

본 연구는 동학적 미시모의실험(Micro-simulation) 모형인 MMESP(ver. 2.1)를 활용하여 절대빈곤선으로 간주되는 최저생계비를 기준으로 공적연금 수급액수준을 장기적으로 전망 평가한다. 즉, 본 논문에서 제시하는 노인빈곤율은 공적연금소득만을 고려한 전망치임을 주의할 필요가 있다. 그 주요 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 공적연금액의 장기적 변화는 경제성장효과와 제도효과로 분해할 수 있다. 두 효과를 모두 고려하는 경우, 공적연금액이 최저생계비 이하인 노인가구는 2040년대에 20% 정도수준까지 감소한다. 그러나 경제성장효과를 제외한 제도효과만을 고려하는 경우 노인빈곤율은 장기적으로 90% 내외 수준에 이를 것으로 전망된다. 둘째, 기초연금을 A값의 10% 수준으로 고정한다고 할지라도 경제성장효과를 제외한 공적연금 제도 효과만을 보면, CPI에 연동하는 현행 제도에 비해 노인빈곤율을 10%p 정도 더 축소시킬 뿐이다. 셋째, 현행 국민연금의 급여산식에는 소득수준과 가입기간의 현실적인 상관관계가 고려되지 못함으로써 소득계층간 연금급여의 소득대체율이 역전될 가능성이 높다. 넷째, 2007년 개혁으로 소득대체율이 인하되지 않았다면 현행 체계(국민연금+기초연금)에 비해 과거 체계가 노인빈곤 완화 측면에서는 더 효과적일 수 있다. 즉, 개혁 이전의 제도 하에서는 국민연금만으로도 노인빈곤율은 약 70% 수준까지 축소되었을 것이다. 이것은 2007년 개혁을 통한 연금재정 상의 이득을 얻기 위해 지불한 비용이다. 연금개혁의 올바른 평가는 사회적 편익과 비용을 동시에 고려할 때 가능하다는 점에서 기존 논의에 대한 재검토와 향후 발전적인 논의가 필요하다.

• 한국보건간호학회지
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.492-504
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• 2017

Purpose: This study aims to investigate the effect of employment of elderly over 65 years on elderly depression using the "Nation Elderly Survey 2014". Methods: The subjects were 10,451 elderly aged 65 or older who were selected from 16 cities and provinces via multilevel stratified sampling method. In an effort to represent well the nation's elderly population, composite sample analysis method was used for the study, and a hierarchical logistic regression analysis was performed to identify those factors affecting the depression among the elderly population. Results: The factors affecting the depression were education level, household income, Perceived health status, smoking, drinking, physical activity, body mass index and employment status. It was found that the unemployed persons were 1.68 times more likely to be depressed than those who remain employed. Conclusion: Where the average life expectancy is getting longer and the poverty rate of elderly is high, employment activities of the elderly are of great significance in terms of ensuring economic stability as well as in lowering medical expenses through reduction of depression. Therefore, it is necessary to increase the employment rates of the elderly for economic, social and healthcare perspectives.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제9권8호
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• pp.123-134
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• 2022

In 2021 One Tambon One Product (OTOP) food products reached $3,447 billion domestically and $200 million internationally. Mirroring Japan's highly successful OVOP (One Village One Product) poverty reduction and rural employment program, Thailand's OTOP program has since become a global model of success as well. From May through June 2022, OTOP snack food vendor entrepreneurs were contacted and asked to contribute their opinions about what factors affected their enterprise's food product quality. Using systematic random sampling across six Thai regions, 311 export entrepreneurs, production managers, and marketing managers participated. The results revealed that product innovation (PDTI), process innovation (PCSI), packaging design (PKD), and the 4P marketing mix (4PMM) all positively influenced OTOP snack food product quality (PDQ), which, when combined, had a total effect R² value of 27%. Also, the latent variable TE values for PDTI, PKD, 4PMM, and PCSI, were 0.38, 0.29, 0.22 and 0.11, respectively. Seven of the nine hypotheses examined were supported, with packaging design (PKD) determined to have the greatest influence on the 4P marketing mix (4PMM).

• Journal of Korea Trade
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• 제26권6호
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• pp.1-19
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• 2022

Purpose - This study empirically investigates the effects of Official Development Assistance (ODA) on the economic activities of private actors in recipient countries. As a proxy for the economic activities of private actors, we utilize the job creation activities of foreign subsidiaries in recipient countries. The foreign subsidiaries provide a foundation for economic development by creating paying jobs. That is, if ODA has been successfully transferred to foreign subsidiaries, then these foreign subsidiaries should help economic growth and help create a boom in the local market by providing jobs. These jobs eventually lead to the achievement of the primary aims of foreign aid, including poverty reduction. Thus, this study empirically examines the relationship between ODA and the number of jobs created by foreign subsidiaries in recipient countries. Design/methodology - This is the first study to examine the effects of the ODA on the job creation of foreign subsidiaries because it has been hard to obtain internal information related to the employment status of foreign subsidiaries. Fortunately, we have a unique panel dataset provided by the Export-Import Bank of Korea (KEXIM) for 2006 to 2013. In terms of the empirical specification, we use the generalized least squares (GLS) method. The panel GLS estimator allows us to have an efficient estimation that overcomes the limitations of the panel data. It employs assumptions about the heteroscedasticity between the panels and makes an autocorrelation of the error term within each panel. Findings - We find that ODA influences job creation in foreign subsidiaries. In particular, we found that ODA creates more jobs in sales than in managerial or production positions. This study also shows that the effect of the ODA on the foreign subsidiaries' job creation activities depend on the purpose of the ODA. By examining ODA effects on the foreign subsidiaries' economic activities (e.g., job creation), this study fills a gap in the current literature. Originality/value - Existing studies that focus on the ODA effect have either a macroeconomic point or a microeconomic point of view. However, both approaches do not explain how well foreign aid has influenced private economic actors of recipient countries. In essence, previous researchers found it difficult to obtain the necessary data for internal employment status from foreign subsidiaries. However, thanks to the Korea Export-Import Bank, this study shows that ODA indeed influences the job creation activities of foreign subsidiaries even after controlling for other factors such as FDI, GDP growth rate, employment rate, household expenditure, mother firms' share, etc. By doing so, we can examine how ODA influences the job creation of foreign subsidiaries, which might help economic development and reduce the amount of poverty in recipient countries.

• 대한건축학회논문집:계획계
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• 제36권1호
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• pp.105-111
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• 2020

The purpose of this study was to empirically analyze the effects of physical environment change on the Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) project implemented in Gamcheon 2 Dong on the fear of crime, neighborhood satisfaction, and neighborhood attachment in the poor. In this study, the data collected through field surveys and questionnaires were analyzed using a structural equation model, specifically the SPSS AMOS 25 program. From the results of the analysis, it was found that the neighborhood satisfaction was enhanced by the improvement in the walking environment and the reduction in the neighborhood disorder level of the target area through the installation of major CPTED facilities. The results of the statistical analysis show that the reduction in the neighborhood disorder due to the CPTED project enhanced the neighborhood satisfaction and the level of neighborhood attachment in the local residents. In addition, the changes in the walking environment caused by the CPTED project had a positive effect on the neighborhood satisfaction, and as the degree of neighborhood disorder decreased, the neighborhood satisfaction increased and the local people's attachment level increased.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제61권2호
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• pp.103-126
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• 2023

In the l950s, under the legacy of traditional agriculture, Ascaris lumbricoides, spread epidemically in the war-bitten society of Korea. Consensus on the parasite control was drafted in the Parasite Disease Prevention Act, which passed a parliamentary agreement in 1966, and established safe disposal of feces and mass chemotherapy as control strategies. Biannual stool examinations and treating infected schoolchildren were basic scheme of the control activity through which revenue could be secured for organized business. In the 27 years following 1969, a maximum of 16 million stool examinations had been done every year. Cellophane thick smear enabled the task. The infection declined remarkably in the 1970s when industrialization and green revolution proceeded. A population study of A. lumbricoides in the late 1970s helped us better understand its epidemiology. The data also settled down the understandable protest of teachers against the repeated stool examinations. In the 9 years following 1987, the target population was gradually reduced when the egg positive rate was below 0.1%. An article in the Korean Law, stipulating obligatory stool examinations, was made optional. Although the long-term Korean effort of Ascaris control was a success, the effect of mass chemotherapy was not as succinct in terms of lowering reinfection. In the period of control, Korean agricultural technology changed, and the economy grew and supplied sanitary facilities by which the vicious cycle was disconnected. Reduction of morbidity was a benefit of mass chemotherapy, which is the only control method feasible in economically difficult countries. The most important hurdle of parasite control in the 1960s was poverty of general population and limited financial resources in Korea but the society formed a consensus on the priority of intestinal helminthiasis control during the ordeal period. The national consensus in the 1960s was the critical milestone for Ascaris control in Korea. Under the social agreement, application of timely technical and research advancements in parasitology achieved the success of ascariasis elimination. The successful experience of ascariasis elimination in Korea can be a benchmark for countries where neglected tropical diseases are endemically recycled.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제58권3호
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• pp.267-278
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• 2020

The heterogeneity and complexity of malaria involves political and natural environments, socioeconomic development, cross-border movement, and vector biology; factors that cannot be changed in a short time. This study aimed to assess the impact of economic growth and cross-border movement, toward elimination of malaria in Yunnan Province during its pre-elimination phase. Malaria data during 2011-2016 were extracted from 18 counties of Yunnan and from 7 villages, 11 displaced person camps of the Kachin Special Region II of Myanmar. Data of per-capita gross domestic product (GDP) were obtained from Yunnan Bureau of Statistics. Data were analyzed and mapped to determine spatiotemporal heterogeneity at county and village levels. There were a total 2,117 malaria cases with 85.2% imported cases; most imported cases came from Myanmar (78.5%). Along the demarcation line, malaria incidence rates in villages/camps in Myanmar were significantly higher than those of the neighboring villages in China. The spatial and temporal trends suggested that increasing per-capita GDP may have an indirect effect on the reduction of malaria cases when observed at macro level; however, malaria persists owing to complex, multi-faceted factors including poverty at individual level and cross-border movement of the workforce. In moving toward malaria elimination, despite economic growth, cooperative efforts with neighboring countries are critical to interrupt local transmission and prevent reintroduction of malaria via imported cases. Cross-border workers should be educated in preventive measures through effective behavior change communication, and investment is needed in active surveillance systems and novel diagnostic and treatment services during the elimination phase.