Myungkook Joo
Biographic Data
| ID | 4457393 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Myungkook Joo |
| GIVEN NAMES | Myungkook |
| FAMILY NAME | Joo |
| SIGNATURE | JOO M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6736-930X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 19 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Earnings Premium of a BSW for Bachelor’s-Level Social Workers
Although bachelor’s level social workers are crucial in the social service sector, employers often hire graduates with non-social work degrees for these positions. This study explores the relationship between the limited job market recognition of a BSW degree and the earnings of bachelor’s level social workers. Analyzing a sample of 27,297 bachelor’s level social workers from the American Community Survey over 11 years, the study examines the eff…
Promoting Competence
This article examines the role of social work licensure in the promotion, assessment, and oversight of professional competence in social work practice. We ground our discussion of licensure and competence within a broader conceptualization of professional competence. The article (a) presents conceptual and assessment models of a multistage competence, (b) considers the extant empirical evidence on the assessment of competence at each stage, (c) d…
Effect of Race/Ethnicity on the 2018–2022 Social Work Clinical License Exam Outcomes
Purpose: We examined the effect of race and ethnicity on first-time passage of the ASWB Clinical exam using a person-in-environment conceptual framework. Method: We conducted descriptive and regression analyses using the 2018–2022 Clinical exam data ( N = 88,678), merged with zip code-level income data from the US Census Bureau and institutional characteristics data from the US Department of Education. Results: Results indicated that if examinees…
Characteristics of Social Work License Examinees
Objectives: Drawing on the social science literature, this study aims to contextualize the racial disparities in social work licensing exam outcomes as educational inequality stemming from cumulative lifetime (dis)advantages. Method: It conducts descriptive analyses of the 2022 ASWB Clinical ( N = 25,088) and Masters ( N = 26,550) licensing examinees and tests three hypotheses to identify indicators of lifetime disadvantages of examinees from his…
Individual, Institutional, and Community-Level Determinants of Professional License Exam Outcome
Objectives: This study reviews the extent and determinants of racial disparities in licensing exam outcomes in regulated professions to contextualize the disparities in social work. Methods: It reviews the empirical literature of ten regulated professions, discussing individual, institutional, and community-level determinants of exam outcomes. Results: All 10 reviewed professions report significant racial disparities in exam outcomes. The groups …
Social Work Licensure
The Effects of Direct Certification in the U.S. National School Lunch Program on Program Participation
Objective: The purpose of direct certification in the U.S. National School Lunch Program (NSLP) was to increase program participation among categorically eligible students by removing barriers to access. Because there is limited empirical evidence on the effect of direct certification, the goal of our study was to fill the knowledge gap and assess whether direct certification increased program participation. Method: We used a difference-in-differ…
National High School Graduation Rate
Debates about the national high school graduation rate have heated up as various national high school graduation estimates based on the Common Core of Data (CCD) and the Current Population Survey (CPS) do not coincide with one another partially due to different assumptions about graduation age. This study found that (a) while graduation rate by age 18 declined, the rate by age 24 remained relatively constant, creating larger differences between t…
Trend in U.S.-Born Dropouts’ GED and Postsecondary Degree Acquisition
Despite the economic and social costs of school drop-out, little is known about the rate and trend in dropouts’ transitions toward educational attainment through acquisition of General Education Development (GED) certificates and postsecondary degrees. Using the 2004 and 2008 Survey of Income and Program Participation, we identify 3 cohorts of U.S.-born dropouts (N = 6,559) who left school during the 1961–1970, 1971–1980, or 1981–1990 timeframes.…
Net effects of poverty on welfare use and dependency among children by family immigration and citizenship statuses
Explaining heterogeneity in the child poverty rate among immigrant families
How Much Does Change in the Proportion of Children Living in Immigrant Families Contribute to Change in the Poverty Rate among Children
In the midst of the debate over immigration, some argue that the high poverty rate among children in the United States is mainly due to the large number of children who live in poor immigrant families. Using data from the US Current Population Survey, this study investigates how much of the dramatic decrease in the child poverty rate between 1993 and 2001, and the equally dramatic increase between 2001 and 2010, can be attributed to changes in th…
Did PRWORA's mandatory school attendance policy increase attendance among targeted teenage girls
Effects of federal programs on children
Women versus Men
This article reports on a study of the extent to which the gap between women and men's income levels narrow down in Korea and the United States when social insurance benefits, non-social insurance public transfers, and private transfers are distributed in incremental ways. The major findings were that transfer activities are still in their infancy in Korea compared with the United States; gender-based gaps do not narrow down in Korea to the same …
Long-term effects of Head Start on academic and school outcomes of children in persistent poverty
The impact of social transfers on children in female-headed households
Income Class and the Accumulation of Net Worth in the United States
The purpose of this study was to investigate the differential rates of accumulating net worth among low- and high-income households. To achieve this objective, the authors, using a sample drawn from the 1998 Survey of Consumer Finances, investigated the degree of elasticity of household net worth (or wealth) to household income among five income quintiles of households. The major finding was that among the lowest quintile, the elasticity was less…
Economic deprivation and child well-being
Effects of federal programs on children
Explaining heterogeneity in the child poverty rate among immigrant families
Economic deprivation and child well-being
Characteristics of Social Work License Examinees
Objectives: Drawing on the social science literature, this study aims to contextualize the racial disparities in social work licensing exam outcomes as educational inequality stemming from cumulative lifetime (dis)advantages. Method: It conducts descriptive analyses of the 2022 ASWB Clinical ( N = 25,088) and Masters ( N = 26,550) licensing examinees and tests three hypotheses to identify indicators of lifetime disadvantages of examinees from his…
Social Work Licensure
The Effects of Direct Certification in the U.S. National School Lunch Program on Program Participation
Objective: The purpose of direct certification in the U.S. National School Lunch Program (NSLP) was to increase program participation among categorically eligible students by removing barriers to access. Because there is limited empirical evidence on the effect of direct certification, the goal of our study was to fill the knowledge gap and assess whether direct certification increased program participation. Method: We used a difference-in-differ…
How Much Does Change in the Proportion of Children Living in Immigrant Families Contribute to Change in the Poverty Rate among Children
In the midst of the debate over immigration, some argue that the high poverty rate among children in the United States is mainly due to the large number of children who live in poor immigrant families. Using data from the US Current Population Survey, this study investigates how much of the dramatic decrease in the child poverty rate between 1993 and 2001, and the equally dramatic increase between 2001 and 2010, can be attributed to changes in th…
Long-term effects of Head Start on academic and school outcomes of children in persistent poverty
Economic deprivation and child well-being
Income Class and the Accumulation of Net Worth in the United States
The purpose of this study was to investigate the differential rates of accumulating net worth among low- and high-income households. To achieve this objective, the authors, using a sample drawn from the 1998 Survey of Consumer Finances, investigated the degree of elasticity of household net worth (or wealth) to household income among five income quintiles of households. The major finding was that among the lowest quintile, the elasticity was less…
The impact of social transfers on children in female-headed households
Women versus Men
This article reports on a study of the extent to which the gap between women and men's income levels narrow down in Korea and the United States when social insurance benefits, non-social insurance public transfers, and private transfers are distributed in incremental ways. The major findings were that transfer activities are still in their infancy in Korea compared with the United States; gender-based gaps do not narrow down in Korea to the same …
Long-term effects of Head Start on academic and school outcomes of children in persistent poverty
Did PRWORA's mandatory school attendance policy increase attendance among targeted teenage girls
Effects of federal programs on children
Trend in U.S.-Born Dropouts’ GED and Postsecondary Degree Acquisition
Despite the economic and social costs of school drop-out, little is known about the rate and trend in dropouts’ transitions toward educational attainment through acquisition of General Education Development (GED) certificates and postsecondary degrees. Using the 2004 and 2008 Survey of Income and Program Participation, we identify 3 cohorts of U.S.-born dropouts (N = 6,559) who left school during the 1961–1970, 1971–1980, or 1981–1990 timeframes.…
Net effects of poverty on welfare use and dependency among children by family immigration and citizenship statuses
Explaining heterogeneity in the child poverty rate among immigrant families
How Much Does Change in the Proportion of Children Living in Immigrant Families Contribute to Change in the Poverty Rate among Children
In the midst of the debate over immigration, some argue that the high poverty rate among children in the United States is mainly due to the large number of children who live in poor immigrant families. Using data from the US Current Population Survey, this study investigates how much of the dramatic decrease in the child poverty rate between 1993 and 2001, and the equally dramatic increase between 2001 and 2010, can be attributed to changes in th…
National High School Graduation Rate
Debates about the national high school graduation rate have heated up as various national high school graduation estimates based on the Common Core of Data (CCD) and the Current Population Survey (CPS) do not coincide with one another partially due to different assumptions about graduation age. This study found that (a) while graduation rate by age 18 declined, the rate by age 24 remained relatively constant, creating larger differences between t…
The Effects of Direct Certification in the U.S. National School Lunch Program on Program Participation
Objective: The purpose of direct certification in the U.S. National School Lunch Program (NSLP) was to increase program participation among categorically eligible students by removing barriers to access. Because there is limited empirical evidence on the effect of direct certification, the goal of our study was to fill the knowledge gap and assess whether direct certification increased program participation. Method: We used a difference-in-differ…
Social Work Licensure
The Earnings Premium of a BSW for Bachelor’s-Level Social Workers
Although bachelor’s level social workers are crucial in the social service sector, employers often hire graduates with non-social work degrees for these positions. This study explores the relationship between the limited job market recognition of a BSW degree and the earnings of bachelor’s level social workers. Analyzing a sample of 27,297 bachelor’s level social workers from the American Community Survey over 11 years, the study examines the eff…
Promoting Competence
This article examines the role of social work licensure in the promotion, assessment, and oversight of professional competence in social work practice. We ground our discussion of licensure and competence within a broader conceptualization of professional competence. The article (a) presents conceptual and assessment models of a multistage competence, (b) considers the extant empirical evidence on the assessment of competence at each stage, (c) d…
Effect of Race/Ethnicity on the 2018–2022 Social Work Clinical License Exam Outcomes
Purpose: We examined the effect of race and ethnicity on first-time passage of the ASWB Clinical exam using a person-in-environment conceptual framework. Method: We conducted descriptive and regression analyses using the 2018–2022 Clinical exam data ( N = 88,678), merged with zip code-level income data from the US Census Bureau and institutional characteristics data from the US Department of Education. Results: Results indicated that if examinees…
Characteristics of Social Work License Examinees
Objectives: Drawing on the social science literature, this study aims to contextualize the racial disparities in social work licensing exam outcomes as educational inequality stemming from cumulative lifetime (dis)advantages. Method: It conducts descriptive analyses of the 2022 ASWB Clinical ( N = 25,088) and Masters ( N = 26,550) licensing examinees and tests three hypotheses to identify indicators of lifetime disadvantages of examinees from his…
Individual, Institutional, and Community-Level Determinants of Professional License Exam Outcome
Objectives: This study reviews the extent and determinants of racial disparities in licensing exam outcomes in regulated professions to contextualize the disparities in social work. Methods: It reviews the empirical literature of ten regulated professions, discussing individual, institutional, and community-level determinants of exam outcomes. Results: All 10 reviewed professions report significant racial disparities in exam outcomes. The groups …
Economics (16 works) · Political science (14 works) · Psychology (13 works) · Sociology (13 works) · Demographic economics (11 works) · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (9 works) · Demography (8 works) · Demography (8 works) · Economic growth (8 works) · Medicine (8 works)