• Korean Journal of Labor Studies
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• v.17 no.1
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• pp.177-208
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• 2011

This article examines that how in-house subcontract has been introduced and developed in metal industry in 1970s, focusing typical workplaces in steel industry. That was essential for the capital to insure control mechanism for large number of laborer because of mobilizing a large scale of capital in industrialization of heavy metal industry. In case of Pohang steel industry, this necessity was fulfilled by introduction and imitation of Japanese personnel management by being included of Japanese economic hinterland. This was embodied in both constructing internal labor market for regular workers and introducing in-house subcontracting system for contingent workers at workplaces. This was exceptional comparing in-house subcontracting system in Korean steel industry with in-house subcontracting system in advanced economies, because of disappearing in-house subcontracting system by making internal labor market. And this was closely linked by late development of Korea. Implications of Pohang steel company's case are as follows : first, late development effect in formation of employment system, second, in linking informality of Korean employment system. This implications mean that in-house subcontracting in steel industry is structured as mechanism for personnel management in large factory being influenced by industrialization of heavy industry. In this point, improvements which include wide economic solution beyond labor solution for present problem of in-house subcontracting system is desirable.

• Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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• v.41 no.2
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• pp.65-92
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• 2003

This study explored and described the life course of poor female household heads. The data was gathered by in-depth interviews with thirteen poor female heads of households. Most of poor female household heads grew up in poor families. nev could not be educated properly due to their families' poverty and boy preference, and they moved to urban areas to become informal sector laborers. After the marriages, their living conditions became worse, because many of them got married to so lazy men who had alcoholic problems that were not willing to provide their families. The poor female heads of households were under difficulties owing to low income and unstable labor Condition. The economic hardship disturbed the interaction with kins and friends. Although they got in touch with these people, they had uncomfortable feelings because they did not have enough resources which made these relationships reciprocal. Therefore, social welfare policy were essential to support the poor female heads of households.

• KDI Journal of Economic Policy
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• v.9 no.2
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• pp.25-37
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• 1987

본(本) 연구(硏究)의 목적(目的)은 우리나라에 장시간근로가 행해지고 있는 데 원인을 규명함에 있다. 이를 위하여 초과근로시간(超過勤勞時間)과 신규고용간(新規雇傭間)의 상대적(相對的) 노동비용(勞動費用)을 비교 분석하였으며 분석방법으로는 이론모형(理論模型)의 활용(活用) 대신에 수식(數式)을 이용하여 비용을 직접 계측(計測)하였다. 분석을 위하여 근로자(勤勞者)는 소득을 증대시키기 위하여 기업의 초과근로시간을 받아들이는 것으로 가정되었다. 통계자료는 노동부의 각종 공식 발표통계와 기업별(企業別) "서베이" 자료를 사용하였다. 분석결과에 따르면 우리나라 전체로 볼 때 초과근로시간(超過勤勞時間)에 따른 노동비용(勞動費用)이 신규고용(新規雇傭)의 경우에 따른 비용의 72%에 달하였다. 초과근로시간으로 인한 노동비용(勞動費用)이 상대적으로 낮은 주된 이유는 기업(企業)의 임금체계상(賃金體系上) 정규임금(正規賃金)의 비중(比重)이 낮고 비임금노동비용(非賃金勞動費用)이 높은 데 있었다. 한편 산업별(産業別)로는 섬유(纖維) 의류(衣類) 신발 등 비교적 노동집약적(勞動集約的)이며 저임금부문(低賃金部門)이 집중되어 있는 산업에서 신규고용(新規雇傭)에 대한 초과근로시간의 상대적(相對的) 노동비용(勞動費用) 비율(比率)이 낮게 나타났으며 기업별(企業別)로는 규모가 클수록 이 비율이 낮게 나타났다. 이러한 결과에 의하면 기업의 임금체계를 점차 기본급(基本給) 위주로 바꾸어 나가고 실업보험제(失業保險制)를 도입하여 기업으로 하여금 근로시간(勤勞時間)보다는 고용수준(雇傭水準)을 경기변동에 맞추어 조절하도록 도와주는 것이 바람직하다.