노동경제논집 (Journal of Labour Economics)

한국노동경제학회 (The Korean Labor Economic Association)
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최저임금이 고용에 미치는 영향

The Effect of the Minimum Wage on Employment in Korea

  • 투고 : 2016.03.12
  • 심사 : 2016.06.22
  • 발행 : 2016.06.30
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초록

본 논문은 2006~2014년 "고용형태별 근로실태조사" 원자료를 이용하여 최저임금 인상이 고용에 미치는 영향을 추정하였다. 본 논문은 최저임금 인상의 영향력이 인구사회학적 집단별로 다르다는 점을 이용하여 최저임금 인상이 고용에 미치는 인과적 효과를 추정하고자 시도하였다. 분석 결과, 최저임금이 1% 상승하면 고용은 주당 44시간 일자리 수 기준으로 약 0.14% 감소하는 것으로 나타났다. 최저임금 인상의 부정적 고용효과는 여성, 고졸 이하, 청년층과 고령층, 근속기간이 짧은 근로자, 5~29인 사업체에서 크게 나타나는 것을 발견하였다.

We estimate the effect of an increase in the minimum wage on employment. In Korea, there is no exogenous variation in the minimum wage across regions or industries. One single minimum wage is applied to every worker in the whole country. In this paper, we exploit arguably exogenous variation in the proportion of workers affected by the minimum wage across worker groups defined by age, sex, education, tenure and establishment size. Using the data from the Survey on Labor Conditions by Type of Employment (SLCTE) from 2006 to 2014, we find that a 1% increase in the minimum wage decreases the full-time equivalent employment by about 0.14%. The effect is heterogeneous across workers; we find the effect is more adverse for female workers, low-educated, younger and older workers, workers with a shorter tenure, and workers in small- and medium-sized establishments.

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