North Korean Refugee’s Attitude to Welfare in South Korea (2017.12)

• Author : Sung-woo Lee
• Journal : Journal of Peace and Unification Studies
• Publisher : Institute for Peace and Unification Studies, Seoul National Univeristy
• Volume : 9(2)
• Publication Date : December, 2017
• Abstract : This paper is a introductory study what any factors have a crucial effect on welfare attitude of North Korean refugees in South Korea. This paper uses two indicators – government responsibility on income gap, preferences on nine welfare policies – as dependent variables. Independent variables use several variables of objective economic status and subjective economic judgement. Objective variables are income, employment status, some experience of some welfare services. Subjective things are perception on social income gap, attitude on market economy, prospects on national economy, prospects on household economy, social status in North Korea, social status in South Korea. This paper finds that employment status, experiences of welfare services among objective variables have some significant effects on welfare attitude of North Korean refugees and that significant variables among subjective things are perception on social income gap, social status in South Korea. Depending on this results, this paper argues that changes of welfare attitude of North Korean refugees in South Korea depends on perceptions of economic stability and understanding on South Korean society.

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