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A Study on the Working-Time Stratification in Korea

  • Korea Social Policy Review
  • Abbr : KSPR
  • 2016, 23(3), pp.17-47
  • DOI : 10.17000/kspr.23.3.201609.17
  • Publisher : Korean Association of Social Policy
  • Research Area : Social Science > Sociology > Medical / Welfare / Social policy
  • Published : September 30, 2016

Shin Young Min 1 Kyu Sung Hwang 2

1서울교육대학교
2한신대학교

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ABSTRACT

This paper aims to analysis working-time of Korea focusing on “the difference and the distribution” by a stratum. Classifying working-time into four categories including marginal part-time, part-time work, standard-time work and long-time working, it compares the relative distribution by income quintile. The outcome is as following : 20% of low-ranking income quintile are (marginal) part-time working, 60% from income quintile 2 to 4 are in long-time working and 20% of top-ranking income quintile are in the standard-time working in overall. Working-time classes can be divided up into three: short time-low income of type 1, long time-medium income of type 2 and standard time-high income of type 3. Analysing working time type, the low wage-short time, medium wage-long time and high wage-standard time by the wage per month and low wage-very long time, medium wage-long time and high wage-standard time by the wage per hours are confirmed. Also, stratification of working- time has been intensified in terms of age, jobs and work status. Policy implication from this study is that the increase of minimum wage to the lowest income class and creation of employment by the reduction of working-time to the medium income class could be effective policies.

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