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This study examines the factors affecting the current socioeconomic status evaluated subjectively by female marriage immigrants, using the National Survey of Multicultural Families in 2012. The study employs the maximum likelihood estimation of a simultaneous bivariate ordered probit model, in order to resolve the endogeneity of the socioeconomic status in their home country used as an explanatory variable in the model. The empirical evidence suggests the subjective assessments for the current socioeconomic status of female marriage immigrants are significantly affected by their Korea life features, the economic activity of their spouse, and family's economic situation etc. The results also demonstrate that women marriage migrants of low socioeconomic status in their home county are more likely to under-evaluate their current status, implying that the transboundary movement of inequalities in the social hierarchy occurs. |
