The Korean labour market after the 1997 economic crisis

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Title:

Author:

Cho, Joonmo.

ISBN:

9780415592093

9780203128015

Publication Information:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2012.

Physical Description:

xxii, 220 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Series:

Routledge studies in the modern world economy ; 103

Routledge studies in the modern world economy; 103.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction / Sunwoong Kim -- 2.Historical background before and after the financial crisis / Jae-Ho Keum -- 3.Tertiarization of employment / Jai-Joon Hur -- 4.Female employment structure and policy agenda in Korea / Hyewon Kim -- 5.Income polarization and rising social unrest / Donggyun Shin -- 6.Institutional insecurity and dissipation of economic efficiency from the labor market flexibility in the Korean labor market / Joonmo Cho -- 7.Youth employment measures / Jae-Ho Keum -- 8.Not in education, employment, or training (NEET) youth / Kwangho Woo -- 9.The relationship between the research performance and the teaching outcome: evidence from higher education in South Korea / Young Lee -- 10.Economic crisis and policies on foreign workforce / Kyuyong Lee -- 11.Economic crisis and Korean vocational training / Chang Kyun Chae.

Subject Term:

Labor -- Korea (South)

Financial crises -- Korea (South)

Geographic Term:

Korea (South) -- Economic conditions -- 1988-2002.

Added Author:

Cho, Joonmo.

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Summary

For economists, policy-makers, and historians who want to learn how the Korean labor market dealt with the 1997 financial crisis and how this informed future policies, this volume provides a succinct summary of what Korean experts know and how they view the problems the country must overcome to continue on its road to the top rungs of economic success. The book is filled with institutional detail and statistics to enlighten scholars and with critiques of policy and potential solutions from labor specialists. It provides a guide to the data on Korean workers and firms that can inform future research work.