Factors Related to the Risk of a Substantial Income Decrease between 2006 and 2008 in South Korea

Between 2006 and 2008, 9% of Korean households had an income decrease of 50% or more, a rate almost identical to the U.S., despite the much lower impact of the global financial crisis on Korea. We ran a logistic regression to determine factors related to the likelihood of a substantial income decrease between 2006 and 2008 for Korean households. The likelihood of a substantial decrease was low for households below the 75th percentile of 2006 income, probably due to differences in composition of income. Households with college education were less likely than those without college to have a substantial decrease