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Get PDFThesis(Master) -- KDI School: Master of Development Policy, 2021Half of Korea’s population has been concentrated in the Seoul metropolitan area since 2020 with an earlier concentration of young people and this phenomenon is expected to continue. In this paper, I analyze the effect of internal migration from college graduates on their first labor market outcomes in terms of job status, being employed in a large-sized company, and average monthly income by using five-year Graduates Occupational Mobility Survey. The results show that migration has positive impact on labor outcomes even after matching samples using propensity scores to reduce selection bias issues. However, the estimates on being workers in large-sized companies do not present statistically significant. The results from sub-groups analysis show that labor outcomes from migration may vary depending on the direction of movement. This study suggests that youth outflow could continue if locals fail to clarify reasons of migration from youth and create decent jobs with residential policies.1. Introduction
2. Background
3. Literature review
4. Data and summary statistics
5. Methodology
6. Results
7. Conclusion and discussionmasterpublishedDa Hee CHO
a case study of Magok Smart City living lab in Seoul
Get PDFThesis(Master) -- KDI School: Master of Development Policy, 2021This paper discusses how stakeholders are participating in the government-led Magok Smart City Living Lab (MLL) in Seoul, South Korea. A living lab is a platform that invites multiple stakeholders to participate in solving urban problems together. The MLL is led by the Seoul Metropolitan Government and the Seoul Housing & Communities Corporation and aims to revitalize the Magok area. Through the case study of MLL, this paper examines how the living lab concept has been applied in the context of Seoul, a city that has been accustomed to mostly top-down governance. It explores the main characteristics of the government-led MLL and identifies the critical challenges and limitations.1. Introduction
2. Literature Review
3. Methodology
4. The Case Study of the Magok Smart City Living Lab
5. Conclusion
6. ReferencemasterpublishedYoojin NA
Introduction of new organic matter indicator and improvement of management system for quality control of drinking water in Korea
Get PDFThesis(Master) --KDI School:Master of Public Management,2021.This paper aims to introduce a new organic matter indicator in order to manage water quality consistently from water resources to drinking water, and to expand the usability of water quality results in Korea's drinking water quality standards.
CODMn exists as an existing indicator of organic matter, but it has not been used as a water quality indicator several decades ago in foreign countries due to measurement inaccuracy and reliability problems. Water resources sector in Korea recognized these problems about 20 years ago and changed the water quality standard to TOC (Total Organic Carbon) through continuous researches and policy implementation.
However, in the water supply sector, KMnO4 consumption similar to the CODMn method is still used as an organic matter indicator in the drinking water quality standards, but various problems similar to the CODMn method may be raised. On the other hand, as TOC is being used for water treatment process management in water treatment plants, it is urgently necessary to realize the organic matter indicator of drinking water quality standards.
This paper reviewed policy trends in the water resource sector, correlation with KMnO4 consumption, TOC water quality standards draft, and environmental and economic impacts. The TOC water quality standard draft was presented as 6 mg/L by comparing the water quality standards of foreign countries and calculating the KMnO4 consumption/TOC ratio of tap water in domestic water treatment plants.
In the future, it is necessary to take a long-term perspective and reflect the TOC in the water quality monitoring items for drinking water and periodically monitor it and introduce an appropriate TOC water quality standard plan.1. Introduction
2. Literature review
3. Water quality standard system and current status
4. Status and policy direction for organic matter indicators
5. Status of organic matter detection in drinking water
6. Drinking water quality standards draft and policy improvement points
7. Conclusionmasterpublishe
Integrated water management strategies centered on local governments according to the unification of water management
Get PDFThesis(Master) --KDI School:Master of Public Management,2021.This report presents ways to achieve water management and solve water problems within basin through organic water management integration between local and local governments.
In the short term, the 'K-water Water Management Integrated Implementation Promotion Team' is formed to produce short-term results of policies and prepare for integrated materials management. In the long term, 'The water management integration implementation council' involving committees, local governments, institutions and research institutes that can serve as an implementation platform for integrated water management by the National Water Management Committee will be formed to supplement water management policies and coordinate roles with local governments.
This will enable the unification of water management policies, from small-scale water management controlled by local governments to large-scale basin management managed by the state, to be successfully implemented.1. Introduction
2. An Analysis of the Influence of the Unification of Water Management Policy
3. Water Integration Management Plan and Business Strategy
4. Conclusionsmasterpublishe
Economic Perception to Political Performance Evaluation: Establishing Precursors to Economic Voting in Africa
No full textEmpirical support for economic voting is well documented in advanced democracies. We know less, however, about the extent and dynamics of economic voting in the developing democracies of sub-Saharan Africa. The relationship between economic perceptions and incumbent performance evaluations is a critical precursor to vote choice. I evaluate this link using more than fifty-five thousand individual-level observations across sixteen sub-Saharan African countries. I find that there exists a strong association between economic perception and performance evaluation while controlling for a host of covariates, including ethnicity, partisanship, information, and public goods provision. Contrary to previous findings, however, I show that the influence of economic perception is stronger than many other factors considered in the models such as coethnicity with the incumbent. Moreover, my findings indicate that coethnicity-but not copartisanship-conditions the influence of economic perception on performance evaluation. I use an instrumental variables approach to further validate the findings.1
A Socio-Behavioral Approach to Understanding the Spread of Disinformation
No full textAlthough the development of digital technology has increased communication efficiency, confusion caused by the rapid circulation of misleading information is hindering the sustainable development of modern society. Therefore, scholars have recently begun to pay attention to understanding the behavior of the public concerned with disinformation spread. In this context, the present paper attempts to provide a theoretical insight into the public’s motivations to spread disinformation and how these interact with socioinstitutional variables, such as trust in government and media literacy, in the process of disinformation spread. Based on the evaluation of the traditional and modern literature on different types of information sharing behaviors as well as the key factors that are unique to the context of disinformation spread, we propose a conceptual framework of the socio-behavioral mechanism underlying the public’s communication of disinformation from the perceptual to communication level. Lastly, we suggest adequate government interventions based on the framework and a new culture that our society should endorse to be protected against the risk of disinformation. The current research will provide a foundation for the further development of humancentered solutions in the field.2
Individual vaccination decision under uncertainty and information asymmetry
Get PDFThesis(Master) -- KDI School: Master of Public Policy, 2021Two models for individual decisions on vaccination under incomplete information, which poses uncertainty and information asymmetry, have been presented in this thesis. In the state- preference model, the vaccine plays a role of insurance against the disease. It suggests that the interaction between actuarial fairness of the vaccine and risk aversion of the agent commands her vaccination decision. The more actuarially advantageous the vaccine is and the more risk-averse the agent’s personality is, the more likely the agent will purchase the vaccine. The signaling game model shows that an individual buyer of the vaccine builds up her belief of the vaccine’s quality by observing the signal sent by the producer, in this case, the type of technology. The producer’s pooling and separating strategies may result in perfect Bayesian equilibria with conditions that bound the buyer’s belief and the producer’s incentive to deviate from the initial strategy.I. INTRODUCTION
II. LITERATURE REVIEW
III. THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK
IV. DISCUSSIONS
V. CONCLUDING REMARKSmasterpublishedWonseog LE
The Impact of export incentives on its contribution to manufacturing export growth in Ethiopia
Get PDFThesis(Master) -- KDI School: Master of Public Policy, 2021Export incentives have played a catalytic role in encouraging exports in poor countries. However, it is important to recognize the impact of export incentives on manufacturing export growth. The study has examined the effect of manufacturing export incentives on Ethiopian manufacturing export performance. The study aims to shed light on whether there is an impact and to what degree the government's incentives have contributed to the country's manufacturing export value by using time-series quarterly data on manufacturing export incentives, world GDP growth rate, and real effective exchange rates from 2005 quarter 1 to 2019 quarter 4. Three phases of research were carried out, including a review of the trends in the scheme of export incentives and growth of manufacturing exports, a review of the correlation between variables, and subsequently, quarterly time series econometric analysis conducted among the manufacturing export value against the independent variables. The study results showed that Ethiopian manufacturing export growth increased after the implementation of export tax incentives, but manufacturing exports share to the total export is still minimal. This study concluded that export incentives have a positive role in improving manufacturing export growth. It has also been noted that the effect of world GDP growth rate and real effective exchange rate on manufacturing exports are limited to the long run only.1. Introduction
2. Literature Review
3. Data and Methodology
4. Ethiopian Manufacturing Industry Export Growth
5. Result and Discussion
6. Discussion and ConclusionsmasterpublishedAbiy Mohammed HUSSIE
Steel Overcapacity and the Global Trading System
No full textThe steel sector is strategically important for supplying necessary inputs to many manufacturing industries in both domestic and overseas markets. Since the global financial crisis of 2008, steelmaking companies have been facing formidable challenges associated with "overcapacity" or "excess capacity," that is underutilization of their productive capacity. Overcapacity in steel- created and maintained by certain government interventions and low demand-have downward pricing effects across international markets, which has given rise to trade frictions. The persistent sluggish demand worldwide and the current extent and lasting repercussions of steel overcapacity make it urgent for the world community to find long-term policy solutions. As a result, the Global Forum on Steel Excess Capacity, established by the Group of Twenty in 2016, and the World Trade Organization have been discussing this matter in the context of state interference. This article examines recent trends in steel overcapacity as a global problem and related developments in China as the world's largest steelmaking country, as well as international policy agendas and the ways forward in addressing trade-related aspects of this issue.1
The Network Labeling Optimization for Hidden Population Size Estimation: A Case Solution for the Bangladesh kidney Sellers Problem
Get PDFEstimating the prevalence of hidden population is a challenging but important task for policymakers. Without knowing the precise scale of the problem, it is difficult to design a sharp remedy. Existing tools such as facility-based sentinel surveillance, snowball sampling, respondent-driven sampling, and network scale-up methods are prone to respondents' misinformation, false responses, and sample misrepresentation. Therefore, this paper proposes a novel analytical framework to overcome such weaknesses and derive better estimates. Specifically, our optimization-based mathematical model employs the Integer Programming (IP) and Social Network Analysis (SNA) to directly remove double-counting from the survey of more accessible subjects of the general public. To validate the model, the study implemented a survey on kidney trafficking in the kidney selling hotspot of Bangladesh. Reflecting the survey responses of 400 residents in a Ward of one Union in Kalai Upazila, we simulated an Exponential Random Graph Models (ERGMs) driven network. Although the model validation using the simulated network showed some signs of over-representation, a secondary validation using other data showed that the model estimates are fairly accurate