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@article{ART001140574},
author={Myoung jin Lee and Moonkyung Choi},
title={A Comparative Study of Fairness Judgements with regard to Earnings in Korea and Japan},
journal={Korean Social Science Journal},
issn={1225-0368},
year={2005},
volume={32},
number={2},
pages={19-42}

TY - JOUR
AU - Myoung jin Lee
AU - Moonkyung Choi
TI - A Comparative Study of Fairness Judgements with regard to Earnings in Korea and Japan
JO - Korean Social Science Journal
PY - 2005
VL - 32
IS - 2
PB - Korean Social Science Research Council
SP - 19
EP - 42
SN - 1225-0368
AB - This paper explores cross-national variations in individuals’ideas on what constitute just earnings for occupational groups in two Asiancountries, Korea and Japan. A primary assumption of the study is that severalstructural factors in each of the two societies affect the difference between justearnings and actual earnings in the eyes of observers. A major objective of thestudy is to examine indices with which to assess the degrees of fairnessjudgments across different countries. Additionally, it is the authors’ intentionto explore factors which may possibly help to explain the variations identifiedby these indexes. To answer these questions, the paper relies on Japanese datasets, 1999 ISSP and the Korean set, 2003 Korean GSS. We ask three types ofquestions related to the subjects’ evaluations of their earnings: (i) whetherthey thought they were underpaid, fairly paid, or overpaid; (ii) what they wereactually paid (actual earnings); and (iii) what they should be paid (justearnings). Compared to the Japanese, the Koreans feel that they are under-rewarded. Moreover, the variations in just earnings for occupational groups arewider among the Koreans. The lower returns to schooling and experience inKorea suggest that these rates work as the mechanisms through which Koreansexhibit a stronger sense of injustice as measured by the justice indexes.
KW - Justice theory;Justice evaluation;Korea;Japan;Occupational groups;Earnings;Comparative study
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Myoung jin Lee and Moonkyung Choi. (2005). A Comparative Study of Fairness Judgements with regard to Earnings in Korea and Japan. Korean Social Science Journal, 32(2), 19-42.

Myoung jin Lee and Moonkyung Choi. 2005, "A Comparative Study of Fairness Judgements with regard to Earnings in Korea and Japan", Korean Social Science Journal, vol.32, no.2 pp.19-42.

Myoung jin Lee, Moonkyung Choi "A Comparative Study of Fairness Judgements with regard to Earnings in Korea and Japan" Korean Social Science Journal 32.2 pp.19-42 (2005) : 19.

Myoung jin Lee, Moonkyung Choi. A Comparative Study of Fairness Judgements with regard to Earnings in Korea and Japan. 2005; 32(2), 19-42.

Myoung jin Lee and Moonkyung Choi. "A Comparative Study of Fairness Judgements with regard to Earnings in Korea and Japan" Korean Social Science Journal 32, no.2 (2005) : 19-42.

Myoung jin Lee; Moonkyung Choi. A Comparative Study of Fairness Judgements with regard to Earnings in Korea and Japan. Korean Social Science Journal, 32(2), 19-42.

Myoung jin Lee; Moonkyung Choi. A Comparative Study of Fairness Judgements with regard to Earnings in Korea and Japan. Korean Social Science Journal. 2005; 32(2) 19-42.

Myoung jin Lee, Moonkyung Choi. A Comparative Study of Fairness Judgements with regard to Earnings in Korea and Japan. 2005; 32(2), 19-42.

Myoung jin Lee and Moonkyung Choi. "A Comparative Study of Fairness Judgements with regard to Earnings in Korea and Japan" Korean Social Science Journal 32, no.2 (2005) : 19-42.