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The effect of the non-regular employee protection law on the employment of vulnerable social groups

Jin Sung Yoo 1

1한국경제연구원

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ABSTRACT

This study uses the 1st~11th waves of Korea Welfare Panel and the method of difference in differences(DID) to analyze the effect of the non-regular employee protection law on the employment of the vulnerable social groups. Overall, the empirical results indicate that the law decreased the employment in the labor market. Especially the law decreased the employment of non-regular workers significantly while there was no empirical evidence for the increase in the employment of regular workers. In addition the law had much worse effect on the employment of the vulnerable social groups such as youth group, low income group, and female heads of household group. This paper also finds that the negative effects intensified over time. Therefore we should consider amending the non-regular employee protection law in the direction of easing the regulation on the use of non-regular workers while emphasizing the prohibition of discrimination against the non-regular workers.

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