Women in the Korean National Assembly 1948-2020: Are they really ‘underqualified’ compared to men?

This study presents a novel analysis of women's qualifications compared to men in the Korean National Assembly (KNA) from 1948 to 2020. Throughout this period, women's parliamentary representation in South Korea lagged severely behind women's share of the voting population, a gap that...

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Main Author: JOSHI, Devin K.
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spelling sg-smu-ink.soss_research-47542022-01-27T03:42:03Z Women in the Korean National Assembly 1948-2020: Are they really ‘underqualified’ compared to men? JOSHI, Devin K. This study presents a novel analysis of women's qualifications compared to men in the Korean National Assembly (KNA) from 1948 to 2020. Throughout this period, women's parliamentary representation in South Korea lagged severely behind women's share of the voting population, a gap that may have stemmed from public perceptions that unlike their male counterparts, women members of parliament (MPs) are "underqualified." But are they really underqualified? Drawing upon the biographies of all MPs to have served in the KNA until 2020, this study finds KNA women parliamentarians' educational qualifications, ages, and incumbency rates to have risen considerably over time with women now more likely to hold advanced academic degrees than their male counterparts. Hence, this study concludes that although women in the Korean National Assembly may to a certain extent be "differently qualified" than male legislators, they can no longer be said to be "underqualified" compared to male MPs. 2021-08-30T07:00:00Z text https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3496 info:doi/10.29152/KOIKS.2021.52.3.461 Research Collection School of Social Sciences eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University Political Science
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JOSHI, Devin K.
Women in the Korean National Assembly 1948-2020: Are they really ‘underqualified’ compared to men?
description This study presents a novel analysis of women's qualifications compared to men in the Korean National Assembly (KNA) from 1948 to 2020. Throughout this period, women's parliamentary representation in South Korea lagged severely behind women's share of the voting population, a gap that may have stemmed from public perceptions that unlike their male counterparts, women members of parliament (MPs) are "underqualified." But are they really underqualified? Drawing upon the biographies of all MPs to have served in the KNA until 2020, this study finds KNA women parliamentarians' educational qualifications, ages, and incumbency rates to have risen considerably over time with women now more likely to hold advanced academic degrees than their male counterparts. Hence, this study concludes that although women in the Korean National Assembly may to a certain extent be "differently qualified" than male legislators, they can no longer be said to be "underqualified" compared to male MPs.
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author JOSHI, Devin K.
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title Women in the Korean National Assembly 1948-2020: Are they really ‘underqualified’ compared to men?
title_short Women in the Korean National Assembly 1948-2020: Are they really ‘underqualified’ compared to men?
title_full Women in the Korean National Assembly 1948-2020: Are they really ‘underqualified’ compared to men?
title_fullStr Women in the Korean National Assembly 1948-2020: Are they really ‘underqualified’ compared to men?
title_full_unstemmed Women in the Korean National Assembly 1948-2020: Are they really ‘underqualified’ compared to men?
title_sort women in the korean national assembly 1948-2020: are they really ‘underqualified’ compared to men?
publisher Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
publishDate 2021
url https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3496
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