Economic development,intergenerational mobility,and health in South Korea |
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| Affiliation: | 1. University of Nevada Las Vegas, 4700 S. Maryland Pkwy, Las Vegas, NV 89119, United States;2. Korea Development Institute, 263 Namsejong-ro, Sejong-si 30149, Republic of Korea;1. School of Public Administration, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Wuhan, Hubei Province 430073, China;2. Center for Public Economy & Public Policy, School of Public Policy and Administration, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China;1. Centre for Health Economics and Policy Innovation, Imperial College Business School, Imperial College London, London, UK;2. Department of Economics and Public Policy, Imperial College Business School, Imperial College London, London, UK;1. DiGESIM, University of Napoli Parthenope, Napoli, Italy;2. Center for Economic Studies – CESifo, Italy;3. Department of Human and Social Science, University of Napoli L′Orientale, Napoli, Italy;4. Department of Mathematics, Information Sciences and Economics, University of Basilicata, Potenza, Italy;5. National University Centre for Applied Economic Studies – CMET 05, Italy;1. Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, 155 College St 4th Floor, Toronto, ON M5T 3M6, Canada;2. Canadian Center for Health Economics, University of Toronto, 155 College St 4th Floor, Toronto, ON M5T 3M6, Canada;3. Centre for Health Economics and Hull York Medical School, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, UK;4. Institute for Mental Health Policy Research, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, 1000 Queen Street West, Toronto, ON M6J 1H4, Canada;5. Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, 155 College St 6th Floor, Toronto, ON M5T 3M6, Canada;6. Department of Health Behavior, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA;1. Economic and Social Research Institute, Dublin, Republic of Ireland;2. Department of Economics, Trinity College Dublin, Republic of Ireland;3. Department of Economics, University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom;4. The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing, Trinity College Dublin, Republic of Ireland;5. Department of Economics, University of Limerick, Republic of Ireland |
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| Abstract: | A growing number of studies reported the association between social mobility and health. However, few studies investigated whether the association varies by age group. Drawing on the economic environment that facilitated social mobility in South Korea, we postulate each age group had a different extent of social mobility, which would vary with the extent of economic growth and affect the association between social mobility and health. We used data from KDI National Happiness Survey 2018 and measured perceived mobility using respondents’ perceived social position and their parents’ social position. We examined whether social mobility was associated with self-rated health and psychological well-being. The upwardly mobile individuals were more likely than the stable ones to report ‘happy’. Such a positive association between upward mobility and happiness was consistently found when the sample was restricted to the ages 30–59 and 40–49. For self-rated health, the downwardly mobile individuals were less likely to report good health. However, no significant difference in self-rated health was found after the youngest and oldest age groups were excluded. We found that perceived social mobility was strongly associated with psychological well-being rather than self-rated health. Moreover, we found a stronger association between upward mobility and happiness among the aged 40–49, who had the largest proportion of upwardly mobile individuals and spent their adolescence during rapid economic growth. The findings underscore the importance of the economic and social context in which individuals perceive their social position and shape their well-being. |
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| Keywords: | Social mobility Self-rated health Happiness Intergenerational mobility Perceived social mobility Psychological well-being |
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