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@article{ART001910324},
author={Do-Hyun Yoon},
title={Welfare State and Middle Class in Korea: Focusing on ‘the self-employed’},
journal={Journal of the Scandinavian Society of Korea},
issn={1229-8646},
year={2014},
number={15},
pages={63-101}

TY - JOUR
AU - Do-Hyun Yoon
TI - Welfare State and Middle Class in Korea: Focusing on ‘the self-employed’
JO - Journal of the Scandinavian Society of Korea
PY - 2014
VL - null
IS - 15
PB - The Scandinavian Society of Korea
SP - 63
EP - 101
SN - 1229-8646
AB - This paper attempts to explore alternatives to the low social security system, especially for the self-employed, focusing on their characteristics and problems in Korea. As a result of this review, I would like to argue as follows; First, if the best social policy is employment policy(and income creation through it), employment-extension is most important, but the relative high rate of self-employed compared with OECD countries and low mobility in the wage labor market are intrinsically related with low wages and low levels of social security in the wage labour market, which is dualized in regular and non-regular status. So, it is necessary and urgent to restrict large-scale restructuring and discrimination against non-regular workers in enterprises. Second, because the income of most self-employed workers depends on the income and expenditure of economically actives in first and secondary industry, it is also necessary to increase real wages and disposable income of wage earners. Third, strengthening the social safety net for the self-employed requires an approach by stages. In this sense, introducing EITC and expanding the coverage of the self-employed in social insurance systems by government will be important reforms in the short run, but to ensure stable life and social security for self-employed workers, citizenship-based, tax-based universal social services must be expanded in the long run.
KW - self-employed;social security;labour market dualism;social insurance;universal social services
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Do-Hyun Yoon. (2014). Welfare State and Middle Class in Korea: Focusing on ‘the self-employed’. Journal of the Scandinavian Society of Korea, 15, 63-101.

Do-Hyun Yoon. 2014, "Welfare State and Middle Class in Korea: Focusing on ‘the self-employed’", Journal of the Scandinavian Society of Korea, no.15, pp.63-101.

Do-Hyun Yoon "Welfare State and Middle Class in Korea: Focusing on ‘the self-employed’" Journal of the Scandinavian Society of Korea 15 pp.63-101 (2014) : 63.

Do-Hyun Yoon. Welfare State and Middle Class in Korea: Focusing on ‘the self-employed’. 2014; 15 : 63-101.

Do-Hyun Yoon. "Welfare State and Middle Class in Korea: Focusing on ‘the self-employed’" Journal of the Scandinavian Society of Korea no.15(2014) : 63-101.

Do-Hyun Yoon. Welfare State and Middle Class in Korea: Focusing on ‘the self-employed’. Journal of the Scandinavian Society of Korea, 15, 63-101.

Do-Hyun Yoon. Welfare State and Middle Class in Korea: Focusing on ‘the self-employed’. Journal of the Scandinavian Society of Korea. 2014; 15 63-101.

Do-Hyun Yoon. Welfare State and Middle Class in Korea: Focusing on ‘the self-employed’. 2014; 15 : 63-101.

Do-Hyun Yoon. "Welfare State and Middle Class in Korea: Focusing on ‘the self-employed’" Journal of the Scandinavian Society of Korea no.15(2014) : 63-101.