동구(1)자유화와 그 전망

황선재 북한연구소 1972 北韓 Vol.- No.1

재산상속대상 결정요인 분석

황선재,김현식 한국사회학회 2013 한국사회학회 사회학대회 논문집 Vol.2013 No.12

경제적 불평등 인식에 대한 경험적 연구: 한국 사례와 함의

황선재,계봉오 한국인구학회 2018 한국인구학 Vol.41 No.4

Along with the substantial increase in inequality of Korea since the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis, the perception of inequality in Korean society has also changed. In particular, as economic inequality in income and wealth has been accumulated and structured over time, the objective dimension of inequality is gradually translating into the subjective inequality. Problematizing this movement, this study empirically investigates both the level and factors of the perception of economic inequality in Korea, using the Korea Academic Multimode Open Survey for Social Sciences data. According to the results, the level of economic inequality in income and wealth is perceived relatively high in Korea, and the perception is affected by both individual and societal characteristics as well as universal and Korean-society-specific factors. Notably, when the dependent variable is a ‘perception’ variable as in this study, ‘perception’ independent variables show more explanatory power than the variables of objective conditions (e.g., subjective social class), and if the target of the perception is society as in this case, perception variables of the society better explain the dependent variable than the perception variables of individuals (e.g., social trust and evaluation of national economy vs. intragenerational social mobility). Since the perception of inequality contains individual’s complex and multi-dimensional evaluation of the unequal reality, more attention needs to be paid to the subjective perception of inequality as well as to the objective indicators in order to better understand the inequality of Korean society. 1997년 외환위기 이후 한국사회의 불평등이 급증하면서, 불평등 수준에 대한 인식 역시 함께변하고 있다. 특히 소득이나 재산과 같은 경제적 영역에서의 불평등이 점차 누적되고 구조화되면서, 객관적인 차원에서의 불평등 변동이 주관적인 불평등 인식의 변화로 이어지고 있다. 이러한 문제의식아래 본 연구는 한국사회의 경제적 불평등 수준에 대한 인식과 그 원인을 한국사회과학조사(KAMOS) 자료를 활용하여 경험적으로 분석하였다. 분석결과에 따르면 한국 사회는 소득 및 재산과 같은 경제적인 불평등에 대한 인식이 다소 높은 것으로 나타났으며, 이러한 인식수준에는 개인적 특성과 사회적 특성, 보편적인 요인과 한국사회의 특수성이 반영된 요인이 복합적으로 작용하는 것으로 드러났다. 특히 불평등 인식과 같은 ‘인식’이 종속변수일 경우 객관적인 조건을 나타내는 변수보다 또 다른 ‘인식’ 변수(예: 주관적 계층의식)가 높은 설명력을 보였으며, 그 인식의 대상이 본 연구에서와 같이 사회일 경우, 개인상황에 대한 인식보다 사회전반에 대한 인식 변수가 보다 더 주요한 설명 요인으로 나타났다(예: 사회적 신뢰 수준 및 국가경제 상황에 대한 평가 vs. 세대내 사회이동 가능성). 불평등에 대한 인식은 불평등한 현실에 대한 개인의 복합적이고 다차원적인 평가가 녹아들어 있다는 점에서, 향후 한국사회의 불평등을보다 정확히 이해하기 위해서는 객관적인 지표 뿐 아니라 주관적인 인식에도 더 많은 관심을기울일 필요가 있다.

인구고령화와 세대갈등: 자원배분을 둘러싼 세대간 형평

황선재 충남대학교 사회과학연구소 2022 사회과학연구 Vol.33 No.2

Since the early 2000s, issues of population aging and generational conflict have begun to emerge in Korean society. On the one hand, socioeconomic inequality, polarization, and instability, which began to increase in the mid-1990s, led to discourses on fairness and equity, and socioeconomic burdens and the ripple effects from deepening population aging began to be seen from the perspective of intergenerational equity. On the other hand, concerns about the decrease in the working-age population and the sustainability of the national economy, which are accelerating due to low birth rates and the aging population, are forming the demographic basis of this trend. The key issues linking population aging and generational conflict examined through big data analysis turned out to be “jobs” and “national pension,” and “medical expenses” were not yet a key factor. In the case of job issues examined through official statistical analysis, the trend of the entire group in their 50s, which has been relatively strong over the same period as the male group in their 20s, who has been struggling in terms of job quantity (the employment rate) and quality (employment type, income level) since the early 2000s, is noticeable. In the case of intergenerational resource allocation issues such as pensions, welfare, and medical expenses examined through the analysis of National Transfer Accounts, age redistribution from the working-age population to the elderly continues to increase. In conclusion, population aging and generational conflict in Korean society today need to be approached from the perspective of intergenerational equity and integration over socioeconomic resource allocation at the national level.

표고버섯 배양배지 사업모델화 (톱밥배지 상면재배를 중심으로)

황선재 한국버섯학회 2019 버섯 Vol.23 No.2

Long-Term Implications of Neoliberal Restructuring and Rising Inequality: South Korea after the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis

황선재 한국사회학회 2015 韓國社會學 Vol.49 No.3

More than a decade has passed since the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis, which not only severely debilitated many Asian economies at the time but also fundamentally altered the course of political economy of the countries ever since. In this study, I examine the long-term consequences and implications of the so-called “neoliberal socioeconomic restructuring” implemented in the wake of the crisis. In particular, I look at the case of South Korea and investigate how the implementation of neoliberal programs following the crisis resulted in substantial increase in socioeconomic inequality and polarization, which became a lasting feature of contemporary Korean society. I also discuss various adverse consequences of rising inequality to argue why it is necessary to contain increasing socioeconomic gaps between individuals for both the society and its members. In the concluding section, some solutions and policy measures for rising inequality are suggested in the light of more sustainable socioeconomic development than as in the current mode of capitalist development in the early twenty-first century.

Rising earnings inequality and the role of education revisited

황선재 한국사회과학협의회 2013 Korean Social Science Journal Vol.40 No.1

Numerous studies have found a strong positive association between the level of education and economic returns (i.e., earnings). This relationship, however, has received less examination in the context of institutional or temporal variability. Drawing on the experience of South Korea in the decade after the 1997 Asian financial crisis, this study examines the role of education in rising earnings inequality under a radically changing institutional environment. Based on data from the Korean Labor Income Panel Study and Theil index decomposition, this study finds that despite the robust association between education and earnings inequality in post-crisis South Korea, a substantial amount of the rise in overall inequality is primarily attributable to rapid increase in within-educationgroup inequality rather than between-group inequality. This demands renewed attention to the role of education in earnings inequality to fully account for the changing dynamics of inequality in the twenty first century.

탈성장 시대의 성장지표: 한국의 발전지표에 대한 비판적 검토

황선재 비판사회학회 2020 비판사회학회 학술대회 자료집 Vol.2020 No.10

코로나19 백신수용성: 정부신뢰요인을 중심으로

황선재,길정아,최슬기 한국사회학회 2021 한국사회학회 사회학대회 논문집 Vol.2021 No.12

Differential Roles of Education on Attitude toward Old-Age Support among Korean Elderly

황선재,김정석 한국인구학회 2017 한국인구학 Vol.40 No.4

In an aging society, it is critical to understand the norms and expectations of the elderly for their old age. Among the important dimensions of their expectations, this study focuses on the elderly's attitude toward potential sources for their old-age financial support (i.e., self-reliance, children, or the government) and how this attitude varies by one's education level. Using a national survey data of South Korean elderly, we empirically tested two hypotheses: 1) the elderly's attitude systematically varies by their education level with highly educated elderly being more independent for their old age, but 2) the sense of independence derived from one's education has two distinguishable dimensions that could be separated into what we call an attitudinal and material dimension of education. The results of statistical analysis support our hypothesis that educated elders in general are more likely to support the idea of self-reliance for their old age, but what education actually implies in the decision process was somewhat different, depending on who they compare themselves to for the desirable sources of old-age support. In other words, both the attitudinal and material dimensions of education seem to operate when the elderly compare themselves to their children as a source of financial support, but only the latter tend to work when comparing themselves to the government. The consequences and implications of the differential roles of education on the attitude are further discussed in a conclusion section, particularly in light of aging population.