• Korean Journal of Labor Studies
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• v.14 no.2
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• pp.267-307
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• 2008

이 논문은 일본 임금교섭의 '높은 수준의 조율'과 '상당한 기업규모별 임금격차의 존재'라는 일견 서로 모순되는 두 현상을 종합적으로 이해하고자 하였다. 이를 위해 우선 일본에서의 기업규모별 임금격차의 상황을 보았다. 여기서 상당한 정도의 임금격차가 있다는 것을 재확인했다. 그렇지만 일본의 임금격차의 양상은 보다 복합적이어서 소정내 임금을 기준으로 할 때 초임에서는 기업규모별 임금격차가 거의 없었다. 또한 1970년대 이후 1990년대까지 기업규모별 임금격차가 거의 확대되지 않았으며, 한국과 비교할 때 기업규모별 임금격차는 작았다. 이렇게 된 한 가지 이유는 임금교섭인 춘투가 긴밀하게 조율됨으로써 초임이 통일되었고 기업간 평균임금의 격차를 일정 범위 내로 제한할 수 있었기 때문이다. 그리고 기업별 교섭이 긴밀하게 조율될 수 있었던 데에는 일단 '통일투쟁'을 주도한 노조의 전략이 중요한 요인이었다. 통일투쟁의 선두에 선 대기업 노조들은 기업 내에서의 임금극대화보다는 사회적 임금결정 기준을 형성하는 데에 노력했다. 이와 함께 노조에 맞서 강한 단결을 유지하고 긴밀한 협의체제를 만들어간 사용자의 대응 역시 결정적 요인이었다. 그럼에도 상당 폭으로 존재하는 임금격차 역시 임금교섭의 양상과 연관되어 있다. 기업별 교섭이 긴밀히 조율되긴 하나 조율에 한계가 있어서 임금격차를 어느 한도 이상 줄이지 못하는 것이다. 조율의 한계로는 첫째 노조 연대임금 정책의 부재, 둘째 기업별 교섭으로 인한 전국적 조율의 한계, 셋째 연공적 임금체계 하에서 기업횡단적 임금결정 기준이 부재한 것 등을 들 수 있다.

• Journal of Labour Economics
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• v.41 no.3
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• pp.61-93
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• 2018

This paper examines the gender pay gap among doctorate holders in Korea to understand the determinants of this gap and control of its variation. A particular focus of this study is to seek to infer the extent to which this pay gap is the consequence of gender-based disparate treatment. The main results indicate that there is a sizeable gender pay gap even among workers with doctorate degrees, that is, very highly educated workers. Moreover, this gender pay gap cannot be largely explained by gender differences in characteristics, indicating the existence of discrimination against female doctorate holders in the Korean labor market.

• Journal of Labour Economics
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• v.42 no.1
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• pp.43-72
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• 2019

As a result of decomposing the wage gap between large enterprises and SMEs using Oaxaca's wage gap decomposition method, the total wage gap of supply side factors was 44.2%, and the service years and educational background were the biggest influences. and As a result of decomposing the wage gap by firm size based on demand side factors such as business performance, total wage gap was 44.9%, and the influence on wage gap was in the order of labor productivity, union and outsourcing ratio. The results of this analysis suggest that it is necessary to consider the demand side factors such as business performance and capital structure of supply side companies such as differences in human capital in order to solve wage gap by firm size.

• Journal of Labour Economics
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• v.37 no.4
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• pp.113-141
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• 2014

This paper examines the occupational gender wage gap in the Korea labor market. This paper classifies occupations into three(the blue-collar profession, white-collar profession and female-dominated profession) according to job characteristics and female worker's ratio. To analyze occupational gender wage gap, this paper uses Mincer's wage equation(1974) and Oaxaca model(1973). The results are listed below. First, the gender wage gap is growing in all occupations. Second, the cause of increasing gender wage gap varies in different occupations.

• Journal of Labour Economics
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• v.24 no.1
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• pp.67-96
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• 2001

The recent economic crisis started at the end of 1997 has brought about changes in labor market practices. One of them is rapid increase in the ratio of workers with alternative employment arrangement, so-called contingent workers. This type of arrangement, unlike traditional employment arrangement, makes employers properly adjust employment to business cycles and it also makes it possible for employees to solve time and spatial constraints related to labor supply. However, recent experience has revealed its negative characteristics such as lower wage rate, deficient fringe benefits, insufficient job security. Using the data from the first and the second wave of the Korea Labor and Income Panel Survey, this study focuses on change in the tendency of being contingent workers and decomposition of the wage differentials among regular and contingent workers by estimating the switching regression model. Results show that the recent crisis significantly contributed to probabilities of being contingent workers, especially for women, the young, the older, and the lowly educated. Decomposition shows that one quarter or one third of 35% of wage differentials are due to the price effect that the same productive characteristics are differently paid by the types of employment arrangements.

• Journal of Labour Economics
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• v.32 no.3
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• pp.1-26
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• 2009

Using panel data from the Korean Labor and Income Panel Study(KLlPS), we examine the wage differentials between standard and Don-standard workers. To control for unobserved individual heterogeneities, we estimate the fixed effect models. Our results show that the OLS estimates are upwardly biased. We also find that labor unions and firm size are important determinants of the wage differentials.

• Journal of Families and Better Life
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• v.12 no.2
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• pp.50-59
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• 1994

본 연구에서는 가사노동분배에 영향을 준다고 믿어지는 결혼여부가 남녀임금격차에 미치는 영향을 조사하기 위하여 계속해서 직장에 근무하고 있는 기혼남녀와 미혼여성들의 임금수준과 인적자본의 수익들을 비교분석하였다 미국의 NLSY 데이터를 이용하여 Probit 분석과 최소자승법에 의한 회귀분석으로 자교를 분석하였으며 임금격차를 분리하는 과정은 Oaxaca(1973) 등이 사용한 절차와 같은 방법을 이용하였다 Probit 분석결가 기혼남성의 경 우 많은변수들이 지속적인 전일제 근무자가 될 가능성을 높이거나 낮추는 반면에 단지 소수의 변수들만이 기,미혼여성들에게 유의한 효과를 나타냈다 회귀분석결과 결혼여부보다는 성별관계가 임금을 낮추는 것으로 나타났으며 기혼남녀간 임금차액의 38~39%를 기혼남성과 미혼여성간 임금차액의 61~65%가 인적자본의 특성에 의해 설명되었다 본연구결과는 가정내 의 노동분배가 임금격차의 중요한 요소라는 Becker의 가설을 증명하지 못하고 있다 이는 여성의 미래 경제적지위를 염려해야 할 상당한 근거를 제시하며 인적자본의 양을 통제하였 을 때에도 임금격차가 만연하였기 때문에 인적자본의 질적인 면이 포함된 연구가 필요하다.

• Journal of Labour Economics
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• v.30 no.2
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• pp.33-60
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• 2007

This study analyzes the trend of the gender wage gap and its sources in the Korean labor market for the years 1985-2004. Following Oaxaca and Ransom (1994), the gender wage gap is composed of the productivity-related gap and non-productivity-related gap (unobserved productivity gap and discrimination). Empirical findings indicate that both the productivity-related gap and non-productivity-related gap have dwindled, while the decline of the former far excelled that of the latter. The non-productivity-related gender wage gap is much larger for married women than for single women, possibly implying a lower unobserved productivity of married women because of their childcare responsibilities. The non-productivity-related gap is also very substantial in the male-dominated occupations as compared to the female=dominated occupations, supporting the existence of network externalities in employment.

• Journal of Labour Economics
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• v.40 no.4
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• pp.1-31
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• 2017

Recent empirical studies highlight the importance of between-firm or between-establishment factors in rising wage inequality. Examining the establishment-level data from the Mining and Manufacturing Survey of 2000-14, this paper finds that overall between-establishment wage dispersion has increased in Korea. However, unlike other OECD countries, the divergence occured in the lower tail of the wage distribution. Dispersion in labor productivity exhibits a similar movement, therefore explains the widening wage dispersion. In contrast, the link between wages and total factor productivity is much weaker, which appears to be associated with inefficient capital reallocation. I also find much heterogeneity in the productivity-wage relationship across productivity distribution. The most productive establishments turn the smallest portion of productivity gains into wage increases.

• Journal of Labour Economics
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• v.43 no.2
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• pp.75-107
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• 2020

Using the data from 1980 to 2017, I show the long-term trends in the gender wage gap in Korea and analyze factors using decomposition method. It tended to decline until the 1990s, but gradually slowed after the 2000s. Gelbach(2016)'s decomposition method is used as an alternative rather than Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition. The results show that the proportion of explanation of traditional factors, such as age, education, firm size, industry and occupation, are continuously decreasing in explaining the gender wage gap. Expecially, the proportion of explanation of age and that of education have decreased, and that of industry tended to decrease in the 1990s but to increase after the 2000s.