High investment in school education does not necessarily lead to higher academic achievement. Therefore, an increase in students' motivation and other contributory causes is more important than an increase in quantitative input. - Academic achievement is a key indicator for measuring the...

Individuals with a strong tendency to compare themselves to others are those who place the priority on work, position, and material goods; have a high degree of financial success; and tend to engage in overconsumption and conspicuous consumption. However, this relative concern was correlated...

Korean society, once characterized by a high degree of intergenerational social mobility, faces increasing pessimism over the significance of one's efforts in moving up the social ladder. Rising skepticism is being cast on the role of education as a pathway to social ascent, given how...

Cases of policy decision-making processes that fail to fully recognize the foreseeable problems facing younger and future generations indicate that current policy governance is vulnerable in terms of intergenerational equity and sustainability. Hence, it is vital to design an effective policy...

Can education improve Korea's self-cultivating society which has left its people untrusting of others? Reforming public education, particularly eliminating rote-based learning and encouraging horizontal and participatory classes, will enhance peer relationships, trust and cooperation to...

- Need to assess equity and efficiency of investment of time, effort, and money into Koreans' development of English ability from standpoint of economic resource allocation - One-third of all primary and secondary school students' private tutoring expenditures go toward English study; college...

People's concern about their relative status is regarded as an explanation to the Easterlin paradox, which reports that happiness has not increased despite continued growth in average income. The strength of concerns about relative position varies across people. First, we examine the...