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The economic determinants of old-age poverty in South Korea : evidence from longitudinal household data

Giannelli, Gianna Claudia; Hegyi, Tamara - 2026

In South Korea, nearly 40% of the elderly population lives in poverty, one of the highest rates in the developed world. As the country undergoes a rapid demographic transition and the share of older individuals increases, understanding the drivers of old-age poverty becomes increasingly...

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The policy edge of Japan and South Korea in securing critical minerals

Sharma, Abhishek - 2026

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Fintech adoption and bank risk, efficiency and stability : evidence from panel data of selected Asian economies

Uddin, Helal; Barai, Munim Kumar - 2026

Asia presently houses some of the top and dynamic economies in the world. These economies have also experienced high fintech adoption in their banking sectors. This paper examines the impact of fintech adoption and integration on the efficiency and stability of banks in 9 Asian countries, using...

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Changes in the ESG Discourses of Korean Global B2B corporations before and after Trump's second term : a social media-based text mining analysis

Park, Youngbin; Lee, Sungho - 2026

This study empirically investigates how Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) discourses among major Korean Business-to-Business (B2B) corporations (POSCO, LG Chem, and HD Hyundai) were reconfigured in the context of former President Trump's re-election campaign and the 2024 U.S....

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Lending to vulnerable households and consumption : evidence from Korea

Lee, Jieun; Shim, Ilhyock - 2026

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Non-economic motivation for international migration : a decennial investigation of Korean family migration to the United States

Park, Jiyoung; Lee, JongSoo; Lee, Seong-woo - 2026

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U.S .- Korea yield synchronization and its implications for monetary policy transmission

Kim, Jihyun; Kim, Somin; Kwak, Boreum - 2026

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Rethinking value of lost load in high-reliability electricity systems : methodological challenges and policy implications

Her, Yunji; Jin, Taeyoung - 2026

The Value of Lost Load (VoLL) is a key metric in electricity system planning and market design, informing reliability assessments, scarcity pricing, and capacity remuneration mechanisms. This study conducts a comprehensive review of VoLL estimation methods and identifies the most appropriate...

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Brains to the capital : wage gaps and the regional sorting of skilled migrants in South Korea

Chung, Jongwoo; Kim, Hyejin; Lee, Jongkwan - 2026

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Decoding upgrading in middle-income countries : the political economy of IT industrial policy in two Mexican states

Rangel Padilla, Mariana - 2026

In an era of fragmented global production and domestic decentralization, middle-income countries confront the complex challenge of industrial upgrading. While national governments remain central to industrial policy design and funding, upgrading unfolds through multi-level interactions between...

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Geopolitics and development in Central Asia : exploring opportunities for middle powers

Woo, Hyeyoung - 2026

Central Asia has emerged as a key region where the convergence of geopolitics and development cooperation is most visible. Major powers are redefining their approaches: Japan combines official development assistance (ODA) with commercial partnerships to advance connectivity and reform; the EU is...

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The K(orea)-factor in the Zeitenwende : South Korea and the rebuilding of Germany's defence industrial base

Ballbach, Eric J. - 2026

Germany is facing a security policy Zeitenwende whose industrial dimension has not yet been sufficiently addressed. The war in Ukraine, rising military threats in Europe, and the long-term underfunding of the German Armed Forces have exposed the limits of existing defence industrial capacity,...

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Local effects of industrial complexes

Palm, Lennart; Perl, Maximilian; Yesilbayraktar, Ugur - 2026

We examine the local effects of South Korea's large-scale place-based industrial policy of constructing industrial complexes in left-behind regions. We compile a novel dataset on industrial complex designations dating back to the 1960s and link it to administrative establishment surveys. Using a...

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From paddy to port : the role of Northwestern Korean rice cultivation in interwar Japan

Maeda, Kiyotaka; Kahm, Howard - 2026

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Firm responses to export controls : evidence from the Japan-Korea trade dispute

Baek, Youngmin; Hayakawa, Kazunobu; Park, Danbee - 2026

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Skill-based dualisation in latecomer economies? : analysing core employment in South Korean firms

Yoon, Francis K. - 2026

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Business strategy, audit risk, and auditor-client disagreement : evidence from Korea

Choi, Jihwan - 2026

This study examines the extent to which a firm's business strategy shapes its strategic and audit risk profiles, and whether these risk characteristics ultimately manifest as measurable auditor-client disagreements. Auditor-client disagreement is operationalized using a direct, disclosure-based...

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Social protection in South Korea : transition from the developmental to the universal welfare state

Kwŏn, Hyŏk-chu; Kim, Eunju - 2026

South Korea's social protection system has undergone a profound transformation from a developmental welfare state, in which social protection policies were subordinated to the economic development goal, to a universal welfare state. This study traces this trajectory by examining six key...

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Off-peak charging incentives for electric vehicles: experimental evidence from South Korea

Woo, David; Kim, Yeong Jae; Park, David Sungho; Han, Sangwoo - 2026

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Young consumers in cultural context : a cross-national study of Hofstede's value dimensions

Bartosik-Purgat, Małgorzata; Rakowska, Wiktoria; … - 2026

Objective: The study aims to evaluate the internal validity of a scale measuring cultural traits in relation to Hofstede's framework and to identify the individual cultural characteristics of young people across three countries: Poland, South Korea, and the United States. Research Design &...

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How an unexpected asylum seeker influx affects host residents' mental health : quasi-experimental evidence from South Korea

Shin, Seonho - 2026

The impact of sudden asylum seeker inflows on host residents' mental health is largely unexplored. The present study addresses this research gap and provides the first causal evidence from the non-Western context by exploiting the unexpected influx of Yemeni asylum seekers to Jeju Island, South...

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Understanding the pathway from market-based capability to performance of Korean firms on the basis of dynamic capability and resource-advantage theory

Lee, Sungho; Shin, Sohyoun - 2026

This research identifies market-based capability dimensions based on Teece's (2007) first two classes of dynamic capability-sensing capability and seizing capability-and investigates their impacts on firm performance. By incorporating Resource-Advantage theory as a complement to the primary...

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Marriage and child penalties : evidence from South Korea

Kim, MinSub - 2026

This paper documents marriage and child penalties in Korea, where the female labor supply remains constrained by marriage and childbirth despite the urgent need to promote the female labor supply in the face of the world's most rapidly aging population. Using an event-study approach and...

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Recent socioeconomic differentials in marriage rates in Korea and China : a comparative study

Chae, Minhee - 2026

This paper explores the relationship between socioeconomic status (SES) and the recent rapid decline in marriage rates in China and South Korea, using nationally representative longitudinal data. The analysis shows that recently rising never-married rates (NVMR) are increasingly concentrated...

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PSO-based optimization of shipping box configurations : an empirical study with South Korean enterprise data

Ok, Changsoo; Ahn, Heesu; Park, SeJoon - 2026

Background: The rapid growth of e-commerce has intensified the need for packaging strategies that reduce logistics costs and environmental impact. Traditional box recommendation methods select the best-fitting box from a fixed set of options, which limits their ability to minimize unused space...

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South Korea's policy adjustments under Trump 2.0

Sharma, Abhishek - 2026

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Addressing the Demographic Decline in South Korea

Carroll, Daniel; Hur, Sewon; İmrohoroğlu, Selahattin; … - 2026

In this paper, we use an overlapping-generations standard-incomplete markets model to quantitatively investigate the long-run implications of Korea's demographic changes and policy reforms. Importantly, our quantitative model endogenizes the retirement decision and matches the elasticity of...

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Addressing the demographic decline in South Korea

Carroll, Daniel; Hur, Sewon; İmrohoroğlu, Selahattin; … - 2025

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Can healthy aging boost the labor supply? : evidence from Korea

Gruss, Bertrand; Huang, Jincheng; Lagerborg, Andresa; … - 2026

This paper examines the role of "healthy aging" in boosting labor supply in Korea. First, we use microdata from surveys to assess whether there is evidence that the physical abilities of individuals aged 50 years and above have been improving over successive cohorts. Second, we investigate...

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The economic contribution of the audiovisual industry in South Korea : a study by Oxford Economics for the Motion Picture Association – South Korea

2026

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Strategic collaboration of defense industry between India and South Korea : toward a matured economic partnership

Ahn, Choong Yong; Panda, Jagannath P. - 2026

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Do technical indicators enhance the predictability of the equity market risk premium? : evidence from Korea

Lee, Hyunah; Chun, Sungju - 2026

Prior empirical studies suggest that technical indicators may contain information useful for predicting the equity market risk premium and may complement forecasting models based on macroeconomic variables. This paper examines the predictive power of technical indicators in conjunction with...

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The effects of increased Korea Treasury Bond issuance on the yield curve

Kim, Meeroo; Hong, Jong Soo - 2026

This study examines the impact of the sharp increase in Korea Treasury Bond (KTB) issuance following the COVID-19 crisis and analyzes the effects of bond buybacks as a policy countermeasure. Using a dynamic Nelson-Siegel model with macroeconomic factors, we estimate the effects of changes in the...

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Volatility spillover effects in foreign exchange markets among China, Japan, and South Korea

Yu, Bok-Keun; Kim, Kwon Sik - 2026

This paper analyzes the dynamic spillover effects of exchange rate volatility among the foreign exchange markets of China, Japan, and South Korea from January of 2010 to March of 2024 based on exchange rate determination theories, the GJR-GARCH model, and the TVP-VAR model. The key empirical...

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Gendered performance in competitions : learning from a Korean quiz show

Booth, Alison L.; Lee, Jungmin - 2026

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Identifying key topics and network structures : a case in Korean AI value chain

Jang, Hyo Jung; Ma, Hyoung Ryul - 2026

This study provides results of key topics and actor relationships in the Korea AI value chain using news articles. We build a dataset of 5200 news articles (2021-2024). Using LDA topic modeling, we identify 14 key topics and track yearly changes in the number of news articles in four value chain...

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Nursing and Artificial Intelligence in the Republic of Korea

Cheon, EunJeong - 2026

This paper examines the gap between what nurses need and what actually gets built, through a three-month ethnographic study at Mirae Hospital (MH) in Seoul, South Korea, combining interviews, ward observations, and participatory design workshops with hospital staff and union nurses. Our findings...

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How Effective Are Emission Trading Systems in Reducing Emissions? Empirical Evidence from the EU, New Zealand, and the Republic of Korea

Song, Ze; Hochman, Gal; Timilsina, Govinda - 2026

Emission trading schemes are among the primary pricing instruments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Currently, more than 35 emission trading schemes are in operation around the world at multinational, national, and subnational levels. How effective these systems are in reducing emissions is a...

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The COVID-19 pandemic, fiscal policies, and the Korean economy : a CGE model analysis

Kitetu, Geoffrey Musyoki; Ko, Jong-Hwan - 2025

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An exploration of air pollution patterns in Japan, South Korea, and China

Dominguez, Alvaro - 2025

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How bureaucratic competition shapes foreign aid allocation : the case of South Korea's aid agencies

Whang, Taehee; McLean, Elena V.; Yu, Chamseul - 2025

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Robots, labor market outcomes and life satisfaction : evidence from South Korea

Adema, Joop; Cho, Jae; Hashish, Nourhan - 2025

This paper investigates the impact of South Korea's rapid robotization, driven by the country's proactive robotization policies, on subjective well-being using individual and householdlevel panel data. We measure individual exposure to robotization by estimating the probability that individuals...

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Robots, Labor Market Outcomes and Life Satisfaction : Evidence from South Korea

Adema, Joop; Cho, Jae; Hashish, Nourhan - 2022

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Why did inflation rise and fall so rapidly? : lessons from the Korean War

Gagnon, Joseph E.; Rose, Asher - 2025

The speed of both the rise and fall of US inflation in 2021–23 took many economists by surprise. This paper shows that the rise of COVID era inflation reflects three independent shocks: a plethora of pandemic-related shifts in demand patterns and supply disruptions; the largest commodity price...

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Economic development and changing socioeconomic differences in health : evidence from South Korea, 1946-1977

Lee, Chulhee - 2025

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State-led carbon data value chain development : a case study of the Republic of Korea

In, Soh Young; Zegas, Greg; Baek, Yong Jun - 2025

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Republic of Korea : 2024 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for the Republic of Korea

2025

The Korean economy has remained resilient against multiple shocks. Economic growth has recovered, inflation has steadily declined, and financial stability risks have decreased. However, downside risks have increased amid high uncertainty from policy shifts in major trading partners and recent...

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Are natural disasters disastrous for education? : evidence from seven Asian countries

Zhang, Yujie; Behrman, Jere R.; Hannum, Emily; Mahmud, … - 2025

We estimate natural-disaster impacts on children's school enrollments and math skills and test for impact heterogeneities with respect to age and gender in seven countries in Asia and the Pacific, which is the world's most disaster-prone region. We link survey data on children aged 5 to 17 to...

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South Korea's ever-closer relations with NATO : intersecting and varying motives of South Korea's Moon Jae-in and Yoon Suk-yeol administrations

Ballbach, Eric J. - 2025

Driven by both political camps in Seoul, relations between South Korea and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) have deepened significantly since their initiation in 2005. While this intensified relationship was shaped to a large extent by geopolitical developments and increasing...

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Debt's shadow : how leverage weighs down investment

Zubair, Siraz; Huang, Xiaohong - 2025

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Open-source data-driven prediction of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) ratings using deep learning techniques

Lee, Hye Lim; Hwang, Jin Ho; Ryu, Do Yeol; Kim, Jong Woo - 2025

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