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A Comparative Study on Precarious Labor Market in Korea and Japan: Gender and Occupational Division of Precarious work

  • Korea Social Policy Review
  • Abbr : KSPR
  • 2017, 24(2), pp.1-29
  • DOI : 10.17000/kspr.24.2.201706.1
  • Publisher : Korean Association of Social Policy
  • Research Area : Social Science > Sociology > Medical / Welfare / Social policy
  • Published : June 30, 2017

Baek Seung Ho 1 AN Juyoung 2 Sophia Seung-yoon Lee 3

1가톨릭대학교
2일본 도코하대학교 법학부
3이화여자대학교

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ABSTRACT

This study compares and analyzes precarious labor market in Korea and Japan in terms of gender and occupational class. Previous studies have analyzed precarious labor limited to the level of employment type such as non-standard workers. This study reconceptualizes precarious labor in terms of the combination of employment relations and income level. In addition. we analyzed whether there are differences in the characteristics of precarious labor between Korea and Japan. In order to analyze the labor market precariousness in Korea. we used data from the 17th Korea Labor Panel Survey (2014) and for Japan. we used the 9th (2012) data from the Keio Household Panel Survey. As a result. we could confirm the feminization of labor market precariousness and horizontal division by occupation in both Korea and Japan. Also. ordered logistic regression analysis showed that the more women. and those in their 60s or older. the less skilled service workers. or the manufacturing workers are likely to face labor market instability in both Korea and Japan. The results of this analysis reflect the fact that Korea and Japan have experienced similar changes in the labor market structure with institutionalized employment protection system based on male workers.

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