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Impacts of COVID-19 on parents with small children in South Korea: survey findings and policy implications
2022 Ito Peng, Jiweon JunTitle: Impacts of COVID-19 on parents with small children in South Korea: survey findings and policy implicationsLanguage: English Source: International Journal of Care and CaringPublishing Institution: Policy PressPublishing Date: January 2022Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic has emphasized the importance of care and care work, and exposed pre-existing inequalities. Our survey of the impacts of COVID-19 on parents with small children in South Korea reveals that mothers were much more likely to bear the increased burden of childcare than fathers, which, in turn, had direct and negative impacts on their well-being. We discuss how South Korea’s dualised labour market, gender-biased employment practice, social norms about childcare, and instrumental approach to family and care policies may have contributed to the persistent unequal distribution of unpaid care work within households and gender inequality.Read Report (Click)
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The Toll and Reward of Family Caregiving: Eldercare in South Korea
2021 Catherine Hensley, Jiweon Jun, Elizabeth M.King Title: The Toll and Reward of Family Caregiving: Eldercare in South Korea (CWE-GAM Working Paper Series: 21-08) Language: EnglishPublishing Institution: American University Publishing Date: August 2021
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Field Research on Refugees and Universities in South Korea: The Necessity of University-led Social Integration Program
Citation: Jooman Choi, Howon Kim, Sejung Kim, Dayoung Lee, and Dohyun Park. 2021. Field Research on Refugees and Universities in South Korea: The Necessity of University-led Social Integration Program. The Center for Transnational Migration and Social Inclusion: 21-12. DOI: https://doi.org/10.23059/refugee https://doi.org/10.23059/refugee
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Webinar Presentation at the World Population Assembly (IUSSP)
2020 Hyuna Moon   Citation: Hyuna Moon, ““Formation of Relationships Between Parents and Children in Korea: Legal Status and Social Meanings through Changes in Family Law from 1958-2005”. 2020 World Population Assembly webinar series Language: Korean Institution: 2020 World Population Assembly. Webinar series Publishing Date: 2020. 12. 09
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Demographic Challenges and Prospects for a Sustainable Society in the 21st Century: Presentation of the Post 2020 Korean Population Society Conference
2020 Jiweon Jun. Citation: “The effect of social distancing on work-family balance for married women: Focusing on the results of the survey. Post 2020 Korean Population Association symposium Language: Korean Institution: Presentation of the Post 2020 Korean Population Society Conference [Demographic Challenges and Prospects for a Sustainable Society in the 21st Century] Publishing Date: 2020. 12. 04
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Presentation at the Korean Association of Women’s Studies Fall Conference on “Population Change and the Future of Gender”
2020 Hyuna Moon Citation: Hyuna Moon, “Population Change and the Future of Gender”, Presentation at the Korean Association of Women’s Studies Fall Conference Language: Korean Institution: 2020 Korean Association of Women’s Studies Fall Conference Session for "Aging, Family Changes, Reorganization of Care" Publishing Date: 2020. 11. 14
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Korea's demographic cliff and seeking new directions for inclusive migration policies
2021 Hyuna Moon Citation: Hyuna Moon, Prospects for the introduction of migrant child care workers and the possibility of a qualification system, The Population Association of Korea - 2021 Conference Planning Session Language: Korean Institution: The Population Association of Korea - 2021 Conference Planning Session Publishing Date: 2021. 11. 27
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How Do They Do It?: Utilizing the Formal Elderly Care Services from the Perspective of Family Caregiver
2021 Seung-Eun Cha Citation: Seung-Eun Cha. 2021. "How Do They Do It? : Utilizing the Formal Elderly Care Services from the Perspective of Family Caregiver" Korea Journal of Population Studies 44(3): 23:-42 DOI: 10.31693/KJPS.2021.09.44.3.23 Language: Korean Publishing Institution: Korea Journal of Population Studies Publication Date: 2021. 09 Keywords: Formal Care, Informal Family Care, Long-term Care Service, Paid Care Service Hours The purpose of this study is to understand how and when families decide to utilize formal care services. This study used data of 499 family caregivers employed from 2018 Korean Elderly and Child Care Family Survey. Based on the logistic regression model results, the study found out that the elderly’s bad health status, the longer duration of caregiving, and the shorter hours of the preferred time of the main caregiver were significantly associated with the rate of using formal care service and the amount of hours used for paid service. Logistic regression analysis revealed that elderly recipients’ LTCI grade, duration of care, preferred amount of care time, other family memeber’s financial and intstrumental support was associated with formal care service utility. Tobit analysis revealed that caregiver’s sex, age, and the amount of actual care hours are significant factors associated with the formal care service utility. If the caregiver was female, relatively young, and spent longer care hours, care service hours were short. However, the hours of use of care services were long if there was financial help from other family members. Results may provide meaningful information in understanding the process and context of coordinating formal care with informal family care.
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Searching for A Possibility of Caring Masculinities: Focusing on the Cases of Male Family Carers
2021 Hyuna Moon Citation: Moon, Hyuna. 2021 Searching for a Possibility of Caring Masculinities: Focusing on the Cases of Male Family Carers. Journal of Korean Women’s Studies DOI: 10.30719/JKWS.2021.09.37.3.33 Language: Korean Publisher: KOREAN ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN’S STUDIES Publishing Date: 2021. 09. 30 This paper aims to search for a possibility of caring masculinities based on the experiences of men caring children or elderlies. Male carers are a few in number. Nevertheless, the fact that male carers exist can be a sign of change, a fissure in the hegemonic masculinities. Unlike previous studies which considered male child carers and male elderly carers separately, this paper attempts an integrated approach examining both types of male carers. In other words, this paper seeks to examine a possibility of caring masculinities focusing on the care in a relational sense and not the care distinguished by the types of care receiver. It is too early to say that this fissure in the hegemonic masculinities would lead to an expansion of new caring masculinities and eventually a creation of new masculinity. Be that as it may, with an optimistic but critical examination of the realities faced by male carers and their socio-cultural structures, this paper searches for a possibility of a social change where everyone shares the responsibility of care, not passing the burden from women to men.
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[Korea - Norway Webinar] Gender Equality and Family Policy - "Work-Family Balance in South Korea: An Overview"
Work-Family Balance in South Korea: An Overview. Presenter: Dr. Jiweon Jun - Senior Research Fellow
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Impacts of COVID-19 on parents with small children in South Korea: survey findings and policy implications
2022 Ito Peng, Jiweon JunTitle: Impacts of COVID-19 on parents with small children in South Korea: survey findings and policy implicationsLanguage: English Source: International Journal of Care and CaringPublishing Institution: Policy PressPublishing Date: January 2022Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic has emphasized the importance of care and care work, and exposed pre-existing inequalities. Our survey of the impacts of COVID-19 on parents with small children in South Korea reveals that mothers were much more likely to bear the increased burden of childcare than fathers, which, in turn, had direct and negative impacts on their well-being. We discuss how South Korea’s dualised labour market, gender-biased employment practice, social norms about childcare, and instrumental approach to family and care policies may have contributed to the persistent unequal distribution of unpaid care work within households and gender inequality.Read Report (Click)
Journal Articles ㆍ
The Toll and Reward of Family Caregiving: Eldercare in South Korea
2021 Catherine Hensley, Jiweon Jun, Elizabeth M.King Title: The Toll and Reward of Family Caregiving: Eldercare in South Korea (CWE-GAM Working Paper Series: 21-08) Language: EnglishPublishing Institution: American University Publishing Date: August 2021
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Field Research on Refugees and Universities in South Korea: The Necessity of University-led Social Integration Program
Citation: Jooman Choi, Howon Kim, Sejung Kim, Dayoung Lee, and Dohyun Park. 2021. Field Research on Refugees and Universities in South Korea: The Necessity of University-led Social Integration Program. The Center for Transnational Migration and Social Inclusion: 21-12. DOI: https://doi.org/10.23059/refugee https://doi.org/10.23059/refugee
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Webinar Presentation at the World Population Assembly (IUSSP)
2020 Hyuna Moon   Citation: Hyuna Moon, ““Formation of Relationships Between Parents and Children in Korea: Legal Status and Social Meanings through Changes in Family Law from 1958-2005”. 2020 World Population Assembly webinar series Language: Korean Institution: 2020 World Population Assembly. Webinar series Publishing Date: 2020. 12. 09
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Demographic Challenges and Prospects for a Sustainable Society in the 21st Century: Presentation of the Post 2020 Korean Population Society Conference
2020 Jiweon Jun. Citation: “The effect of social distancing on work-family balance for married women: Focusing on the results of the survey. Post 2020 Korean Population Association symposium Language: Korean Institution: Presentation of the Post 2020 Korean Population Society Conference [Demographic Challenges and Prospects for a Sustainable Society in the 21st Century] Publishing Date: 2020. 12. 04
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Presentation at the Korean Association of Women’s Studies Fall Conference on “Population Change and the Future of Gender”
2020 Hyuna Moon Citation: Hyuna Moon, “Population Change and the Future of Gender”, Presentation at the Korean Association of Women’s Studies Fall Conference Language: Korean Institution: 2020 Korean Association of Women’s Studies Fall Conference Session for "Aging, Family Changes, Reorganization of Care" Publishing Date: 2020. 11. 14
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Korea's demographic cliff and seeking new directions for inclusive migration policies
2021 Hyuna Moon Citation: Hyuna Moon, Prospects for the introduction of migrant child care workers and the possibility of a qualification system, The Population Association of Korea - 2021 Conference Planning Session Language: Korean Institution: The Population Association of Korea - 2021 Conference Planning Session Publishing Date: 2021. 11. 27
Presentations ㆍ
How Do They Do It?: Utilizing the Formal Elderly Care Services from the Perspective of Family Caregiver
2021 Seung-Eun Cha Citation: Seung-Eun Cha. 2021. "How Do They Do It? : Utilizing the Formal Elderly Care Services from the Perspective of Family Caregiver" Korea Journal of Population Studies 44(3): 23:-42 DOI: 10.31693/KJPS.2021.09.44.3.23 Language: Korean Publishing Institution: Korea Journal of Population Studies Publication Date: 2021. 09 Keywords: Formal Care, Informal Family Care, Long-term Care Service, Paid Care Service Hours The purpose of this study is to understand how and when families decide to utilize formal care services. This study used data of 499 family caregivers employed from 2018 Korean Elderly and Child Care Family Survey. Based on the logistic regression model results, the study found out that the elderly’s bad health status, the longer duration of caregiving, and the shorter hours of the preferred time of the main caregiver were significantly associated with the rate of using formal care service and the amount of hours used for paid service. Logistic regression analysis revealed that elderly recipients’ LTCI grade, duration of care, preferred amount of care time, other family memeber’s financial and intstrumental support was associated with formal care service utility. Tobit analysis revealed that caregiver’s sex, age, and the amount of actual care hours are significant factors associated with the formal care service utility. If the caregiver was female, relatively young, and spent longer care hours, care service hours were short. However, the hours of use of care services were long if there was financial help from other family members. Results may provide meaningful information in understanding the process and context of coordinating formal care with informal family care.
Journal Articles ㆍ
Searching for A Possibility of Caring Masculinities: Focusing on the Cases of Male Family Carers
2021 Hyuna Moon Citation: Moon, Hyuna. 2021 Searching for a Possibility of Caring Masculinities: Focusing on the Cases of Male Family Carers. Journal of Korean Women’s Studies DOI: 10.30719/JKWS.2021.09.37.3.33 Language: Korean Publisher: KOREAN ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN’S STUDIES Publishing Date: 2021. 09. 30 This paper aims to search for a possibility of caring masculinities based on the experiences of men caring children or elderlies. Male carers are a few in number. Nevertheless, the fact that male carers exist can be a sign of change, a fissure in the hegemonic masculinities. Unlike previous studies which considered male child carers and male elderly carers separately, this paper attempts an integrated approach examining both types of male carers. In other words, this paper seeks to examine a possibility of caring masculinities focusing on the care in a relational sense and not the care distinguished by the types of care receiver. It is too early to say that this fissure in the hegemonic masculinities would lead to an expansion of new caring masculinities and eventually a creation of new masculinity. Be that as it may, with an optimistic but critical examination of the realities faced by male carers and their socio-cultural structures, this paper searches for a possibility of a social change where everyone shares the responsibility of care, not passing the burden from women to men.
Journal Articles ㆍ
[Korea - Norway Webinar] Gender Equality and Family Policy - "Work-Family Balance in South Korea: An Overview"
Work-Family Balance in South Korea: An Overview. Presenter: Dr. Jiweon Jun - Senior Research Fellow
Presentations ㆍ