Thesis (M.S. in Management)--Naval Postgraduate School, March 2010. / Thesis Advisor(s): Hildebrandt, Gregory ; Franck, Raymond. "March 2010." Author(s) subject terms: South Korea, North Korea, Korean Unification, Korean Reunification, Republic of Korea Army, People's Republic of China, People's Liberation Army, German unification, TASC score, Military Integration, Korean People's Army. Includes bibliographical references (p. 67-69). Also available in print.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 1986. / Vita. Bibliography: leaves [547]-572.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 1996. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 266-290). Also available on the Internet.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 1996. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 266-290). Also available on the Internet.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Brown University, 2006. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 208-230).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 1996. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 266-290).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 1992. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 268-278).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Harvard University, 1995. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 460-500).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, 2004. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 350-360).

A large amount of literature has addressed the relationship between women’s employment and fertility in the Western context. We have less relevant knowledge about the context of East Asia. This thesis addresses this situation by providing insight into how women’s employment is interrelated with their fertility in South Korea. I investigate women’s life-course transitions to motherhood, labor force return after childbearing, and second childbearing, respectively. Data used for my analyses come from the Korea Labor and Income Panel Study (KLIPS). My studies show that the traditional practice of leaving the labor market at an early stage of family life has gradually been replaced by a pattern of staying at work until and during pregnancy. Among wage earners, women with stable employment positions are more likely than others to become a mother. Further, women with a good labor market standing are more likely to return to the labor force immediately after childbirth without any career interruption. Still, a considerable number of women shift to homemaking after childbirth. The outbreak of the Asian financial crisis in 1997 pushed mothers to hold tighter to the labor market than before. Labor force participation after first birth depresses women’s likelihood of having a second child. These studies suggest that a good labor market standing facilitates both motherhood entry and job continuity after childbirth in South Korea. However, the considerable number of women that shift to homemaking during motherhood and the depressed second birth rates of mothers in the labor force reveal that Korean women still face hardships when trying to combine work and family responsibilities. / <p>At the time of the doctoral defense, the following papers were unpublished and had a status as follows: Paper 2: Manuscript. Paper 3: Manuscript.</p>