Addressing Labour Market Duality in Korea

The Korean labor market has created many jobs over the past several decades, accompanying rapid economic growth. More recently, this favorable job performance has gone hand-in-hand with a rapid increase of temporary employment and other flexible or atypical work arrangements (usually called "no...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Grubb, David
Other Authors: Lee, Jae-Kap, Tergeist, Peter
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Paris OECD Publishing 2007
Series:OECD Social, Employment and Migration Working Papers
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Collection: OECD Books and Papers - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:The Korean labor market has created many jobs over the past several decades, accompanying rapid economic growth. More recently, this favorable job performance has gone hand-in-hand with a rapid increase of temporary employment and other flexible or atypical work arrangements (usually called "non-regular" work in Korea. This trend has raised much concern in Korean society about the risk of persistent labor market duality and the various downsides associated with such a development..
Physical Description:86 p. 21 x 29.7cm