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http://dx.doi.org/10.14400/JDC.2021.19.1.177

The Effect of Firm Characteristics on the Female Employment Ratio  

Kwon, Hee-Kyung (Department of Family Welfare, Changwon National University)
Ahn, Mi-Gang (Department of Accounting, Changwon National University)
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Journal of Digital Convergence / v.19, no.1, 2021 , pp. 177-186 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study examined the effects of the firm characteristics of the manufacturing industry on the female employment ratio. Three hypotheses regarding female employment ratio, were tested for 5,729 firms that could use financial data among the firms listed on the KOSPI from 2011 to 2019, in terms firm size, listing period, and foreign ownership. Follwing the analyses, three hypotheses were mostly adopted. It was found that as the size firm and foreign ownership ratio increased, the female employment ratio increased in the number of regular and permanent contract employees, fixed-term employees, and total employees. As for the listing period, the higher the value, the lower the female employment ratio in the number of regular and permanent contract employees, fixed-term employees, and total employees. These research results may be used as basic data for gender equal employment policies such as Affirmative Atcion for Gender Equal Employment.
Keywords
Gender equality; firm size; listing period; foreign ownership ratio; female employment;
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