The Changes in Gender Difference in Effect of Family Background on Entering Postsecondary Education in South Korea

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Abstract

Through multinomial-logistic analyses of KILIPS, Korean nationally representative dataset, this study examines why the gender inequality on entrance to post-secondary education was reduced in Korea, comparing different mechanisms on how the effects of individual background upon entering post-secondary education have been differentiated by gender. The results support the rapid income growth in Korea is significant factor to reduce the gender gap on entrance to post-secondary education. Meanwhile, this study shows, although there is massification of post-secondary education in Korea, poor female students are still less likely to access college than poor male students. To reduce a gender gap on entrance to post-secondary education in Korea, educational policies are more needed to help poor female student from primary to secondary education.

Author

• Chungseo Kang, University at Buffalo - SUNY