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A Study on the Relationships of Perceived Barriers to Re-employment with Job Seeking Activities of the Unemployed

  • Journal of Regional Studies and Development
  • Abbr : JRSD
  • 2016, 25(1), pp.27-59
  • DOI : 10.18350/ipaid.2016.25.1.27
  • Publisher : Institute for Poverty Alleviation and International Development: IPAID
  • Research Area : Social Science > Area Studies > Regional Studies in general > Comparative / Statistical Regional Studies
  • Published : June 25, 2016

Choi Seok-Hyeon 1 Chang-Hyon Jo 1

1연세대학교

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ABSTRACT

The aim of this research is to study relationship between perceived barriers to re-employment for the unemployed who experienced involuntary job loss and their job-seeking activities in Korea. This research assumes that unemployeds' enthusiasm towards job search is affected not only by unemployment benefit alone but also obstacles created by their previous labor market experiences. Based on these assumption, the research analyzed Korean Employment Insurance data on unemployment benefit applicants aged between 20 to 50 in 2011 using logit analysis. The results showed that what the unemployed perceived as obstacles to re-employments differed by gender, education, and age from labour market experiences. However, the results showed that self-perceived professional skill shortage as barriers to re-employment commonly and negatively related with job seeking activities of the unemployed. Contrastingly, even though the unemployed perceived employment information deficiency and age factor as their barriers to re-employment, they actively search new jobs at the early stage of unemployment regardless of their individual backgrounds.

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This paper was written with support from the National Research Foundation of Korea.