Life Satisfaction of Cross-Border Marriage Migrants in South Korea: Exploring the Social Network Effects

2018 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 597-634 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sojin Yu ◽  
Feinian Chen
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Network Effects ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Marriage Migrants ◽  
Foreign Brides ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Using Data

This study examines the recent phenomenon of “cross-border marriage” in South Korea: foreign brides migrating into Korea to get married to Korean bachelors. Using data from the National Survey of Multicultural Families 2009, one of the biggest data sets on marriage migrants, we analyze how the difference in migrants’ initial methods of entry affects the level of their life satisfaction. The findings show greater life satisfaction for those who used personal social networks, when compared with those who used commercial brokers as a method of entry. The analyses also reveal the importance of current social networks and their role in moderating the effect of the initial methods of entry after a prolonged period of residence.

scholarly journals Institutional Supports and Life Satisfaction: The Case of Cross-border Marriage Migrants in South Korea

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 237802311880585
Author(s):  
Hyunsu Oh
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Marriage Duration ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Marriage Migrants ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Female Marriage

The positive influence of institutional supports from social networks on psychological well-being of immigrants is extensively acknowledged in the literature. However, immigration experiences outside the Western societies are underexplored. Using data from the 2012 Korean National Survey for Multicultural Family, I examine how institutional supports for cross-border marriage migration shape life satisfaction among female marriage migrants in South Korea. Findings reveal that levels of life satisfaction among marriage migrants married via commercially arranged marriage agencies are lower than those of female marriage migrants using interpersonal networks from kinship and friends/colleagues. Religion-motivated marriage migrants show lower levels of life satisfaction. In addition, the impacts of institutional supports on life satisfaction are mediated by marriage duration and language proficiency, indicating higher levels of satisfaction are associated with shorter marriage duration and better language proficiency; however, the impacts vary by institutional supports.

POSTPARTUM AMENORRHOEA IN RURAL EASTERN UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA

1998 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 227-243
Author(s):  
K. N. S. YADAVA ◽  
S. K. JAIN
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Uttar Pradesh ◽  
Current Status Data ◽  
North India ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Survival Status ◽  
The Mean ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Using Data

This paper calculates the mean duration of the postpartum amenorrhoea (PPA) and examines its demographic, and socioeconomic correlates in rural north India, using data collected through 'retrospective' (last but one child) as well as 'current status' (last child) reporting of the duration of PPA.The mean duration of PPA was higher in the current status than in the retrospective data;n the difference being statistically significant. However, for the same mothers who gave PPA information in both the data sets, the difference in mean duration of PPA was not statistically significant. The correlates were identical in both the data sets. The current status data were more complete in terms of the coverage, and perhaps less distorted by reporting errors caused by recall lapse.A positive relationship of the mean duration of PPA was found with longer breast-feeding, higher parity and age of mother at the birth of the child, and the survival status of the child. An inverse relationship was found with higher education of a woman, higher education of her husband and higher socioeconomic status of her household, these variables possibly acting as proxies for women's better nutritional status.

scholarly journals Tropospheric CO vertical profiles deduced from total columns using data assimilation: methodology and validation

2014 ◽  
Vol 7 (9) ◽  
pp. 3035-3057 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. El Amraoui ◽  
J.-L. Attié ◽  
P. Ricaud ◽  
W. A. Lahoz ◽  
A. Piacentini ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Data Assimilation ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Vertical Profiles ◽  
Night Time ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Independent Observations ◽  
The Mean ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Total Column

Abstract. This paper presents a validation of a method to derive the vertical profile of carbon monoxide (CO) from its total column using data assimilation. We choose version 3 of MOPITT CO total columns to validate the proposed method. MOPITT products have the advantage of providing both the vertical profiles and the total columns of CO. Furthermore, this version has been extensively validated by comparison with many independent data sets, and has been used in many scientific studies. The first step of the paper consists in the specification of the observation errors based on the chi-square (χ2) test. The observations have been binned according to three types: over land during daytime, over land during night-time, and over sea. Their respective errors using the χ2 metric have been found to be 8, 11 and 7%. In the second step, the CO total columns, with their specified errors, are used within the assimilation system to estimate the vertical profiles. These are compared to the retrieved profiles of MOPITT V3 at global and regional scales. Generally, the two data sets show similar patterns and good agreement at both scales. Nevertheless, total column analyses slightly overestimate CO concentrations compared to MOPITT observations. The mean bias between both data sets is +15 and +12% at 700 and 250 hPa, respectively. In the third step, the assimilation of total column has been compared to the assimilation of MOPITT vertical profiles. The differences between both analyses are very small. In terms longitude–latitude maps, the mean bias between the two data sets is +6 and +8% at the pressure levels 700 and 200 hPa, respectively. In terms of zonal means, the CO distribution is similar for both analyses, with a mean bias which does not exceed 12%. Finally, the two analyses have been validated using independent observations from the aircraft-based MOZAIC program in terms of vertical profiles over eight airports. Over most airports, both analyses agree well with aircraft profiles. For more than 50% of recorded measurements, the difference between the analyses and MOZAIC does not exceed 5 ppbv (parts per billion by volume).

scholarly journals Impact of Social Networks on Diffusion of Products

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-50
Author(s):  
Yudai Arai ◽  
Tomoko Kajiyama ◽  
Noritomo Ouchi
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Consumer Behaviour ◽  
Advertising Budget ◽  
The World ◽  
Agent Simulation ◽  
Multi Agent ◽  
Simulation Results ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The Impact

In light of the rapid growth of social networks around the world, this study analyses the impact of social networks on the diffusion of products and demonstrates the effective way to diffuse products in the society where social networks play an important role. We construct a consumer behaviour model by multi-agent simulation taking the movie market as an example. After validating it by using data from 13 US movies, we conduct simulations. Our simulation results show that the impact of social networks on the diffusion differs according to the customers’ expectations and evaluation for a movie. We also demonstrate the effective weekly advertising budget allocations corresponding to the types of movies. We find that the difference of weekly advertising budget allocations gives greater impact on the diffusion with the growth of social networks. This paper provides firm’s managers with important suggestions for diffusion strategy considering the impact of social networks.

Reducing information asymmetry before marriage: Evidence from South Korea

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-100
Author(s):  
Haeil Jung ◽  
Yeonwoo Sim
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
Information Asymmetry ◽  
National Survey ◽  
Business Management ◽  
Difference In Differences ◽  
International Marriage ◽  
South Korean ◽  
Male Clients ◽  
Foreign Brides ◽  
The Difference

This study examines whether information asymmetry during the matchmaking period affects women’s choice of spouse. The 2010 amendment of the Marriage Brokers Business Management Act requiring international marriage brokers in South Korea to provide more information about their South Korean male clients to prospective foreign brides in brokered marriages provided an opportunity to probe this question. Using the National Survey of Multicultural Families 2015, we employed the difference-in-differences method. Following the 2010 amendment, foreign women in brokered marriages were more likely to marry a more-educated Korean man and were less likely to work in low-skilled jobs after marriage.

Social Networks in the Brazilian Electorate

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barry Ames ◽  
Andy Baker ◽  
Amy Erica Smith
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Voting Behavior ◽  
Network Effects ◽  
Panel Study ◽  
The United States ◽  
Political Discussion ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Design Elements ◽  
Partisan Identification ◽  
Established Democracies

Research on social networks and voting behavior has been largely limited to long-established democracies. In young democracies with unstable party systems and low levels of mass partisan identification, such networks should be even more important. This chapter examines egocentric political discussion networks in Brazil, where political discussion is plentiful and exposure to disagreement is somewhat more frequent than in the United States. Over the course of campaigns, such conversation affects voting choices and helps citizens learn about candidates and their issue positions; networks are especially important for learning among low-status individuals. The chapter highlights the availability of two important panel data sets incorporating design elements that can improve inference regarding network effects: the 2002–2006 Two-City Brazilian Panel Study and the 2014 Brazilian Electoral Panel Survey.

scholarly journals Social Networks and the Decision to Insure

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 81-108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jing Cai ◽  
Alain De Janvry ◽  
Elisabeth Sadoulet
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Network Effects ◽  
Rural China ◽  
Insurance Premium ◽  
Network Effect ◽  
Purchase Decisions ◽  
Percent Reduction ◽  
Default Options ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Weather Insurance

Using data from a randomized experiment in rural China, we study the influence of social networks on weather insurance adoption and the mechanisms through which they operate. To quantify network effects, the experiment provides intensive information sessions about the product to a random subset of farmers. For untreated farmers, the effect of having an additional treated friend on take-up is equivalent to granting a 13 percent reduction in the insurance premium. By varying the information available about peers’ decisions and randomizing default options, we show that the network effect is driven by the diffusion of insurance knowledge rather than purchase decisions. (JEL G22, O12, O16, P36, Q12, Q54, Z13)

scholarly journals (Un)Happiness in Transition

2009 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 143-168 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sergei Guriev ◽  
Ekaterina Zhuravskaya
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Transition Countries ◽  
Macroeconomic Volatility ◽  
Macroeconomic Conditions ◽  
Low Levels ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Near Future

Despite strong growth performance in transition economies in the last decade, residents of transition countries report abnormally low levels of life satisfaction. Using data from the World Values Survey and other sources, we study various explanations of this phenomenon. First, we document that the disparity in life satisfaction between residents of transition and nontransition countries is much larger among the elderly. Second, we find that deterioration in public goods provision, an increase in macroeconomic volatility, and a mismatch of human capital of residents educated before transition (which disproportionately affects the aged population) explain a great deal of the difference in life satisfaction between transition countries and other countries with similar income and other macroeconomic conditions. The rest of the gap is explained by the difference in the quality of the samples. As in other countries, life satisfaction in transition countries is strongly related to income; but, due to a higher nonresponse of high-income individuals in transition countries, the survey-data estimates of the recent increase in life satisfaction, driven by 10-year sustained economic growth in transition region, are biased downwards. The evidence suggests that if the region keeps growing, life satisfaction in transition countries will catch up with the “normal” level in the near future.

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