The Korean economic crisis and working women |
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Authors: | Haejin Kim |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Management and Marketing , California State University?–?Dominguez Hills , hakim@csudh.edu |
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Abstract: | This article evaluates the impact of the 1997 Korean economic crisis on female employees. Facts on employment, labour force participation, and the changing nature of jobs (permanent/temporary) tend to support “buffer” theories of women's employment. Occupational sex segregation was reduced substantially between 1997 and 2002; nonetheless, the unexplained portion of the wage differential between men and women (a proxy for wage discrimination) increased. The crisis created setbacks for the equality of working women in Korea; however, new realities stimulated a changed strategy in the form of a union for contingent and small-firm workers among Korean women. |
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Keywords: | Korea discrimination occupational segregation women unions |
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