• Journal of the Economic Geographical Society of Korea
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• v.22 no.3
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• pp.274-290
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• 2019

This article links the change in regional manufacturing employment in Korea after the financial crisis to the geography of technological and trade shocks. We conceptualize the trade shock as the rapid growth in Korean imports from and exports to China and ASEAN countries. We then measure the exposure to technological shocks as the degree to which regions are specialized in routine tasks, which are susceptible to automation technologies. Results show that local labor markets specialized in routine tasks experience significant falls in manufacturing employment. Regions whose industrial structure exposes them to rising import competition experience sharp drop in manufacturing employment. We also found that export plays a major role in explaining the growth of regional manufacturing employment.

• Journal of the Society of Disaster Information
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• v.18 no.2
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• pp.351-363
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• 2022

Purpose: The objective of this research is to find manufacturing employment clusters of the disaster safety sector in South Korea. Method: The LISA(Local Indicator of Spatial Association) analysis method is applied to the employment data of 229 local governments categorized by the 2019 Korean Standard Industry Classification and Disaster Safety Industry Special Classification. The LISA method identifies the spatial dependency of employment and the spatial cluster of industries. Result: Three research findings are summarized. First, employment of the disaster safety industry in South Korea occupies about six percent of the total manufacturing industry. The annual proportion is in increasing trend. Second, the employment cluster of the disaster safety industry is located in the western side of the Seoul metropolitan region. Third, manufacturing businesses of industrial safety goods preventing industrial accidents are concentrated in regions of Busan, Ulsan, Changwon, Gyeongnam, and Gimhae, where heavy and chemical industries and industrial complexes are formed. Conclusion: Investment and promotion policies are suggested to the manufacturing employment clusters of the disaster safety industry for fostering these regions. Research results can be used to the better policies for industrial development and employment improvement of manufacturing clusters of the disaster safety industry in South Korea.

• Journal of Korea Technology Innovation Society
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• v.22 no.3
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• pp.283-306
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• 2019

This study empirically analyzes the effects of non-technical innovation activities on employment growth. The study estimates the effects of organizational innovation and marketing innovation on employment growth using the data on manufacturing and service firms from the 2016 Korea Innovation Survey. The estimation results suggest that the detailed types of organizational innovation and marketing innovation have different effects on employment growth. In the case of organizational innovation, changes in business practices and changes in workplace organization do not have any significant impact on employment growth in both manufacturing and service firms. On the other hand, new external relationships have a positive employment effect in the manufacturing firms. Marketing innovations such as new methods in product placement and product promotion also have an effect of increasing employment in the manufacturing sector. However, the study finds that marketing innovation does not have any positive employment effect in the service firms.

• Korean Journal of Labor Studies
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• v.24 no.2
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• pp.293-319
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• 2018

This study analyzed the determinants of employment for the regular workers in the industrial type, and the results are as follows. First, 73.2% of companies use outsourcing as of 2015, and manufacturing (83.7%) is 20% p higher than non-manufacturing (63.7%). Over the past 10 years, the rate of outsourcing increased by 88.7% in manufacturing and 44.2% in non-manufacturing. Second, as a result of estimating the determinants of employment for regular workers, the variables of labor income distribution, operating profit, sales, R & D expenditure, foreign capital ratio significantly increase the employment of regular workers, while outsourcing, capital intensity, Were estimated to significantly reduce employment. Third, as a result of subdivision of industrial type and estimation of the effect of outsourcing on employment, it decreased employment of regular workers in all types. The size of influence was the biggest decrease in 'basic material type' in manufacturing industry and 'distribution service type' in non - manufacturing industry.

• Journal of the Economic Geographical Society of Korea
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• v.12 no.4
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• pp.494-506
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• 2009

This paper tests whether or not manufacturing specialization, employment growth, establishment size, employment size, industrial mix in manufacturing, regional difference between the Capital region and the others and so on are empirically related to manufacturing employment volatility levels across 203 municipalities called shi-gun-gu during the period 1990~2006. Using the spatial econometric analysis of cross sectional data, the municipalities tending to be more volatile are more specialized; they have higher-than-average employment growth rates, smaller establishment and employment sizes, regardless of any industrial mix in manufacturing; and they tend to be located in the Capital region. Unlike existing foreign literature based upon the spatial econometric analysis of cross sectional data, this paper finds that volatility of growth in a municipality is negatively rather than positively influenced by volatility of growth in its neighboring municipalities.

• KDI Journal of Economic Policy
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• v.17 no.3
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• pp.55-128
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• 1995

본고(本稿)에서는 지난 1973~93년 기간동안 제조업부문에서의 고용(雇傭), 임금(賃金), 생산성(生産性) 등의 변화추이(變化推移)에 대한 분석을 통하여 우리나라 중소제조업(中小製造業)의 세가지 특징적(特徵的)인 팽창양식(膨脹樣式)으로 (1)급격한 양적(量的) 팽창(膨脹), (2)중소기업(中小企業)과 대기업(大企業)간 임금(賃金) 생산성(生産性) 격차(隔差)의 거대(據大), (3)산업조정(産業調整)에 따른 고용조정(雇傭調整) 등에 주목(注目)하였다. 이러한 중소제조업 고용의 동태적인 변화에 대한 이해를 바탕으로 최근 심각히 부각되고 있는 중소제조업 생산직의 인력부족문제를 단순히 '노동(勞動)에 대한 초과수요(超過需要)'로 파악하는 정태적(靜態的)인 관점(觀點)을 비판하였으며, 또한 중소기업 인력(人力)의 질(質)이 대기업(大企業)에 비하여 상대적으로 저하되었음을 보임으로써 중소제조업(中小製造業) 고용문제(雇傭問題)의 핵심은 양적(量的)인 부족(不足)이 아니라 '인력(人力)의 질(質)'의 문제임을 강조하였다. 특히 우리나라 인력개발체계가 국가적(國家的)으로 직업자격(職業資格)을 갖춘 중간기술인력(中間技術人力)을 제대로 배출해 내는 데 실패함으로써, 대기업에 비하여 종업원에 대한 교육훈련에 있어서 규모의 경제를 갖지 못하는 중소기업의 경우 질 높은 인력의 확보에 어려움을 겪는 데 문제의 심각성이 있음을 지적하였다. 또한 본고(本稿)에서는 우리나라의 중소기업(中小企業)이 생산현장(生産現場)에서 바로 활용할 수 있는 직업자격(職業資格)을 갖춘 중간기술인력(中間技術人力)을 제대로 공급할 수 있도록, (1)직업기술교육(職業技術敎育), 직업훈련(職業訓練), 자격제도(資格制度)간의 연계(連繫) 강화(强化), (2)새로운 국가기술자격제도(國家技術資格制度)의 확립(確立), (3)인력개발(人力開發)네트워크의 구축(構築), (4)인력개발지원체계(人力開發支援體系)의 정비(整備) 등 네가지를 기본방향(基本方向)으로 하는 우리나라 인력개발체계(人力開發體系)의 전반적(全般的)인 개편(改編)을 제언(提言)하였다.

• Industry Promotion Research
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• v.6 no.3
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• pp.1-8
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• 2021

This study is about the current status of management performance and employment prospects during the COVID-19 period, and the analysis data are based on the Q3 and Q4 2020 economic survey of manufacturing industry provided by the National Statistical Office's Microdata Integrated Service Portal. It used 83 large companies and 435 small and medium-sized businesses as analysis data. The analysis results are summarized as follows. It was analyzed that there was little change in business performance by company size on creation of jobs. In the analysis of the economic outlook for 2021, sales of large companies were analyzed to increase, but there was little change in creation of jobs at 66.3%. In terms of sales, small and medium-sized businesses are expected to see little change at 31.3% and increase at 30.3%. Therefore, it can be seen that there is no change in the company's management performance during the COVID-19 period. In other words, it can be seen that the COVID-19 pandemic does not have a significant impact on manufacturing employment and management performance of large and small businesses.

• Journal of Labour Economics
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• v.33 no.1
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• pp.85-107
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• 2010

In this article, since the financial crisis, Korean employment movement to service market, productivity gap between manufacturing and service industry was significant compared with other countries. The results from productivity decomposition show that negative structural changes, which employment increase is contrary to the productivity, have been intensified since the financial crisis. It is caused from a different developing pattern. While the proportion of employment was reduced, productivity has improved in manufacturing industry. While the developing was due to the high increase of the employment proportion in service industry, productivity was not improved significantly. This tendency is clearly revealed in international comparisons. In Korea the negative trend of structural changes in service industry are intensified compared to manufacturing industry after the financial crisis.

• Journal of Technology Innovation
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• v.21 no.1
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• pp.1-26
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• 2013

The objectives of this paper are to analyze the effect of government R&D expenditure on employment in the Korean manufacturing sector in which employment is rapidly declining. According to the results of our empirical analysis, government R&D expenditure decreases the level of employment in Korean manufacturing sector in short term period, but it has positive effect on employment by compensation effect in the middle and long term period. Second, the effect of private R&D expenditure on job creation is three times larger than that of government R&D expenditure. Third, costs of labor and capital has negative effect on employment. This study is believed to help understanding the relation between R&D expenditure and employment, and providing policy implications of how to plan and manage government R&D expenditure as a tool of job creation.

• Journal of the Society of Disaster Information
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• v.14 no.4
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• pp.510-518
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• 2018

Purpose: The objective of this research is to analyze the effects of industrial complex sites to manufacturing business of South Korea. Method: This research first investigates previous relative studies for employment factors of industrial complex sites. Second, this research identifies employment decision factors of industrial complex sites by applying the two-stage ordinary least squares method to the Korea Industrial Complex Directory and the census data on establishments published by the Statistics Korea. Third, this research provides findings and policy recommendations based on study results. Results: The number of major companies, production quantity, and diversity of manufacturing have positive impacts to employment of industrial complex. The ratio of foreign workers, the number of universities and colleges, and the fiscal self-reliance ratio are also important to employment of industrial complex. Conclusion: The employment enhancement policy of industrial complex should consider regional characteristics as well as infrastructure of industrial complex.