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Exploring Job Changes for Disabled Workers Due to COVID-19  

Kang, Young Sook (Seoul Bible Graduate School of Theology)
Kim, Byung Chul (Ansan University)
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Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Venturing and Entrepreneurship / v.16, no.5, 2021 , pp. 177-187 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study was conducted for the purpose of exploring the experiences of workers with disabilities on job change according to the COVID-19 situation. To this end, the data from the 2020 survey on economic activity for the disabled and data from the National Statistical Office were used, and the analysis was conducted using a literature study method. The results were as follows. First, COVID-19 had caused a change in the working pattern of wage workers with disabilities. Second, the degree of employment security for the disabled had deteriorated after COVID-19. Third, non-wage workers were experiencing difficulties in business operation due to COVID-19. Fourth, it had affected the resignation due to COVID-19. Fifth, there were difficulties in finding a job due to COVID-19. Through this, it was found that the economic activities of the disabled were being greatly restricted due to COVID-19. Accordingly, a proposal for a solution was made. This study is meaningful in that it explored the instability of the domestic disabled people's labor market due to COVID-19 based on data.
Keywords
COVID-19; disabled Worker; economic activity; job;
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