Labor Market Polarization in South Korea
The Role of Policy Failures in Growing Inequality
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8371875 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ji-Whan Yun (0000-0002-7437-2507, Postdoctoral Fellow of the Institute of East Asian Studies (IEAS) at the University of California, Berkeley. Email: ., corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 268-290 |
| Publication date | 2009-03-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Asian Survey (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0004-4687 • E-ISSN: 1533-838X |
| Publisher | University of California Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1525/as.2009.49.2.268 |
| OpenAlex | W1976584812 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
This study provides a complement to the structural understandings of labor market polarization in South Korea by highlighting its policy-related aspects. It argues that there have been considerable policy failures by the Korean government, which have offset any possible positive effects of new redistributive and anti-poverty policy measures
Development economics · Economic growth · Economic system · Economics · Inequality · Labour economics · Offset (computer science · Polarization (electrochemistry · Poverty · Asian Industrial and Economic Development
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| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2008 - 2025 (18) |
| Highly cited | No |