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Part‐Time Employment and Problem Behaviors: Evidence From Adolescents in South Korea
Author(s) -
Lee Moosung,
Oiyeung Lam Beatrice,
Ju Eunsu,
Dean Jenny
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of research on adolescence
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.342
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1532-7795
pISSN - 1050-8392
DOI - 10.1111/jora.12258
Subject(s) - propensity score matching , psychology , context (archaeology) , matching (statistics) , work (physics) , developmental psychology , panel data , demographic economics , medicine , econometrics , geography , mechanical engineering , archaeology , pathology , engineering , economics
This study explores the impact of adolescent part‐time work experience on problem behaviors in the South Korean context. To achieve this, propensity score matching ( PSM ) analyses were employed based on data from the Korean Education Employment Panel ( KEEP ). Results indicate that adolescents' part‐time employment during their secondary school years had significantly undesirable effects on drinking and smoking, even after preexisting differences between the two groups (i.e., those adolescents who participated in part‐time work and those who did not) were controlled by PSM . However, an insignificant difference was detected in the likelihood of running away from home. Implications of the results are discussed in terms of changes in the meanings of adolescence and of participating in part‐time work in South Korea.