Gendered Narratives of Transition to Adulthood among Korean Work-bound Youth
Jo, Hyejeong | January 2017
Abstract
The transition to adulthood has recently drawn diverse social attention in many post-industrial countries (Arnett, 2000; Furstenberg Jr, 2010; Hogan & Astone, 1986; Newman, 2008) including Korea (B.-H. Kim, Lee, & Park, 2016; H. Park, 2013, 2016; H. Park & Sandefur, 2005). Particularly, in Korea, public discourse and scholarship has recently shed light on the uphill battle that college-bound youth have been grappling with for becoming adults (especially for completion of education, entry into the labor marker). In contrast, there has been relatively limited attention to the transition experience of the work-bound youth – young adults who join the labor force with only high school education – as the proportion of this population in young adults has gradually decreased and their transition trajectory has become a non-dominant way to become adults.
Citation
Jo, Hyejeong. 2017. Gendered Narratives of Transition to Adulthood among Korean Work-bound Youth. © Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/6964.Keywords
Comparative Analysis
Preschool education
Basic education
Educational policy
Sociological Analysis
Sex Discrimination
Equal Opportunity
Women's Rights
Gender
Gender Equality
Women's Education
Public Education
Equity In Education
Educational Statistics
Gender Bias
Gender Inequality
Gender Policy
Gender Discrimination
Primary school supervision
Discrimination in higher education
Elementary education
Literacy
School environment
Right to education
Educational evaluation
Gender-based analysis
Sex dicrimination against women
Equal rights
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