{"id":1773,"date":"2025-04-27T11:56:21","date_gmt":"2025-04-27T02:56:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/inequality.kr\/en\/?p=1773"},"modified":"2025-04-27T11:56:21","modified_gmt":"2025-04-27T02:56:21","slug":"1773","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/inequality.kr\/en\/2025\/04\/27\/1773\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Colloquium in April 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hoyong Jung (Seoul National University, Graduate School of Public Administration and Korea Institute of Public Affairs)<\/strong><!-- notionvc: 7e8e6e9e-859c-4d37-b381-f7bb9e05db9a --><\/p>\n<p>Amidst the ongoing phenomenon of Seoul-centric concentration in South Korea, this study examines wage differentials among graduates of In-Seoul universities in the early labor market.<\/p>\n<p>Even after controlling for individual student competencies\u2014particularly College Scholastic Ability Test scores\u2014graduates of Seoul-based universities earn, on average, approximately 8% more than their regional counterparts.<\/p>\n<p>We infer that this disparity largely reflects differences in labor market characteristics, particularly the availability and quality of employment opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>These findings highlight persistent wage imbalances linked to university location and broader regional disparities, underscoring the need for policies that promote high-quality job creation beyond Seoul.<!-- notionvc: fd44c820-0d7f-4d29-9b83-d5ccc6e435da --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Colloquium in April 2025 Hoyong Jung (Seoul National University, Graduate School of Public Administration and Korea Institute of Public Affairs) Amidst the ongoing phenomenon of Seoul-centric concentration in South Korea, this study examines wage differentials among graduates of In-Seoul universities in the early labor market. Even after controlling for individual [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1774,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[17,37,23],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/inequality.kr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1773"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/inequality.kr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/inequality.kr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/inequality.kr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/inequality.kr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1773"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/inequality.kr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1773\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1775,"href":"http:\/\/inequality.kr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1773\/revisions\/1775"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/inequality.kr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/inequality.kr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/inequality.kr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/inequality.kr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}