본문 바로가기
  • Home

Why Women Remain Outsiders: A Comparative Study of Labour Market in Korea and Japan

Sophia Seung-yoon Lee 1 AN Juyoung 2 Yuhwi Kim 1

1이화여자대학교
2일본 도코하대학교 법학부

Accredited

ABSTRACT

This paper focuses on Korean and Japanese female workers participating in the outside (secondary) labour market, especially with an attention given to two aspects. First, we explain how females are ‘more outsiders’ than males in the labour market. Secondly, we investigate M-shape in the female labour market participation by focusing on different proportion of non-standard worker. Then, in order to explain why women keep on being more concentrated in the outer side of the labour market, we examine the development of three policies in Korea and Japan since 1990s. Labour market deregulation policy, female employment policy and lastly, family policy are examined as institutional arrangement. Lastly, we discuss on how institutional combination is associated with females’ concentration in the outside labour market in Korean and Japanese dual labour market.

Citation status

* References for papers published after 2023 are currently being built.

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