Labor Market Outcomes of Youth and Women in Newly Industrialized and Developing Countries

Sung-Bou Kim

ResearchPublished Dec 4, 2017

This dissertation includes three essays that empirically examine the effects of exogenous shocks and labor market policies on employment, wages, and human capital development of youth and women. The first two essays focus on Korea, a newly industrialized country that depends heavily on trade, while the third essay examines two sub-Saharan African countries, Liberia and Malawi.

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  • Copyright: Sung-Bou Kim
  • Publisher: RAND Corporation
  • Availability: Web-Only
  • Year: 2017
  • Pages: 162
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.7249/RGSD398
  • Document Number: RGSD-398

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Kim, Sung-Bou, Labor Market Outcomes of Youth and Women in Newly Industrialized and Developing Countries. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 2017. https://www.rand.org/pubs/rgs_dissertations/RGSD398.html.
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This document was submitted as a dissertation in September 2017 in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the doctoral degree in public policy analysis at the Pardee RAND Graduate School. The faculty committee that supervised and approved the dissertation consisted of Shanthi Nataraj (Chair), Howard Shatz, and Francisco Perez-Arce.

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