scholarly journals Essays on labor market policies in Korea

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Tai Lee
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Panel Study ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
Market Reform ◽  
Employment Protection ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Labor Market Reform ◽  
Alternative Employment ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The Impact

This dissertation examines the impact of employment protection regulations using job duration data in Korea. In 2007, the Korean government introduced a labor market reform that required employers to convert a worker's contract from a temporary to permanent one in order to continue to employ a worker for more than two years. I analyzes the effects of the reform from the perspectives of employers and employees. ... In the third chapter, I verify if the upsurge of alternative employment arrangements is found after the 2007 Korean labor market reform in the Economically Active Population Survey (EAPS) as well as Korean Labor and Income Panel Study (KLIPS). For this, I compare the two labor market surveys, the EAPS and KLIPS, from the perspective of reported employment arrangements using the same survey questions on the employment types of wage and salary workers. However, we are confronted with a puzzle because the results using the two data sets show different patterns for the shares of temporary worker groups. The continued growth in the proportion of alternative employment arrangements after 2007 was not found in the results using EAPS data. To answer as to what factors cause the different results in the two data sets, I investigate if there are differences in demographic characteristics between the EAPS and KLIPS data sets. However, I cannot find any significant difference that is large enough to explain the different pattern of the share of alternative employment arrangements between the EAPS and KLIPS. Therefore, we conclude the difference in demographic characteristics is not a main factor causing different results in the EAPS and KLIPS.

scholarly journals The Politics of Labor Market Reform in Coordinated Welfare Capitalism

2016 ◽  
Vol 69 (1) ◽  
pp. 144-183 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timo Fleckenstein ◽  
Soohyun Christine Lee
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Welfare State ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Relative Stability ◽  
Market Reform ◽  
Employment Protection ◽  
Labor Market Reform ◽  
Welfare Capitalism ◽  
Coordinated Market Economies ◽  
Labor Market Reforms

Coordinated welfare capitalism has been subject to comprehensive change since the 1990s, with workfare measures and the deregulation of employment protection at the heart of labor market reforms. Developments in Sweden, Germany, and South Korea challenge not only the assumption of relative stability that is commonly associated with the study of coordinated market economies, but also the assertion that this stability is associated with the persistence of established political coalitions. The authors contend that a collapse of longstanding welfare state coalitions is the key political driver of labor market reform, with the withdrawal of employers from previous welfare settlements at the center of this development.

The Diverging Political Pathways of Labor Market Reform in Japan and Korea

2012 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 161-192 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiyeoun Song
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Regulatory Reform ◽  
Market Reform ◽  
Employment Protection ◽  
Protection System ◽  
Market Liberalization ◽  
Labor Market Reform ◽  
Basic Rights ◽  
Labor Market Flexibility ◽  
Institutional Features

In this article, I analyze diverging political pathways of labor market reform with an empirical focus on the cases of Japan and Korea. Despite similar trends of regulatory reform toward the increase of labor market flexibility, the patterns of labor market reform differed in the two countries. Japan adopted labor market liberalization for nonregular workers with the persistence of employment protection for regular workers. In contrast, Korea opted for regulatory reform for all workers while simultaneously strengthening workers' basic rights and improving protections for nonregular workers. I argue that the institutional features of the employment protection system determine the diverging patterns of labor market reform in Japan and Korea.

Zastosowanie modelu logitowego do analizy czynników wpływających na bezrobocie wśród ludności wiejskiej

2015 ◽  
pp. 33-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dorota Kmieć
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Rural Population ◽  
Household Income ◽  
Logit Model ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
Explanatory Factors ◽  
Personal Competencies ◽  
The Impact

The paper attempts to identify the causes of unemployment among the rural population. Logit model was used to determine the size of the impact of explanatory factors examined the situation in the labor market. The following potential predictors were considered: socio-demographic characteristics and household income, improving one’s skills through training and personal competencies.

scholarly journals Impacts of Labor Market Institutions and Demographic Factors on Labor Markets in Latin America

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (155) ◽  
Author(s):  
Adriana Kugler
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Older Workers ◽  
Market Performance ◽  
Demographic Factors ◽  
Employment Protection ◽  
Labor Market Institutions ◽  
Market Institutions ◽  
Payroll Taxes ◽  
The Impact

This paper documents recent labor market performance in the Latin American region. The paper shows that unemployment, informality, and inequality have been falling over the past two decades, though still remain high. By contrast, productivity has remained stubbornly low. The paper, then, turns to the potential impacts of various labor market institutions, including employment protection legislation (EPL), minimum wages (MW), payroll taxes, unemployment insurance (UI) and collective bargaining, as well as the impacts of demographic changes on labor market performance. The paper relies on evidence from carefully conducted studies based on micro-data for countries in the region and for other countries with similar income levels to draw conclusions on the impact of labor market institutions and demographic factors on unemployment, informality, inequality and productivity. The decreases in unemployment and informality can be partly explained by the reduced strictness of EPL and payroll taxes, but also by the increased shares of more educated and older workers. By contrast, the fall in inequality starting in 2002 can be explained by a combination of binding MW throughout most of the region and, to a lesser extent, by the introduction of UI systems in some countries and the role of unions in countries with moderate unionization rates. Falling inequality can also be explained by the fall in the returns to skill associated with increased share of more educated and older workers.

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