• Asian Journal of Business Environment
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.19-30
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• 2024

Purpose: This research article investigates the intricate relationship between economic growth and employment in the Korean agri-food industry. Research design, data and methodology: Drawing on Okun's law, which proposes a negative correlation between economic growth and unemployment, the study explores the applicability of this law to different sectors. By focusing on the agri-food industry, the study examines the impact of economic growth on both full-time and temporary employment. Results: The findings highlight the industry's role as a buffer, absorbing workers from other sectors, particularly manufacturing. Moreover, the study reveals that temporary employment is more sensitive to economic growth fluctuations compared to full-time employment. Conclusions: The research emphasizes the importance of implementing employment programs that support transitioning workers in the agri-food industry, facilitating knowledge and skill transfer to ensure sustained employment. Furthermore, it recommends government and company support for temporary employment during buffering periods to ensure safe job transitions. This study provides valuable evidence to understand the nuanced relationship between economic growth and employment in the Korean agri-food industry.

• 경영과학
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.15-25
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• 2017

We evaluated industry growth and employment effects of every possible pairs of 22 manufacturing sectors and 16 regions (i.e, 352 region-sectors). We used annual data of manufacturing sectors from 2008 to 2014 for the evaluation. The evaluation comprises of two steps; We first find several region-sectors that outperform others with respect to the effects of industry growth and employment, which are measured by location quotient analysis, shift share method, employment to GDP ratio and employment elasticity. In addition, cross-efficiency analysis follows to classify region-sector pairs into two sub-categories : efficient region-sectors that deserve to hold the current level of investments and inefficient region-sectors where we should consider efficiency improvements. To examine the efficiency, R&D investment, employment size, and capital investment were used as input factors and production volume, added value, changes in employment size, changes in annual salary per capita were used as output factors. For region-sector pairs that have outstanding growth and employment effects but are inefficient, we employed a CCR DEA model and analyzed how much to adjust the values of input and output factors to improve the efficiency scores. The analysis results showed that inefficiency is mainly due to several factors such as R&D investment, changes in employment size and changes in annual salary per capita.

• KDI Journal of Economic Policy
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• 제42권3호
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• pp.1-32
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• 2020

This paper studies urban growth in Korean cities. First, I document that population growth patterns change over time and that the current population distribution supports random urban growth. I confirm two empirical laws-Zipf's law and Gibrat's law-both of which hold in the period of 1995-2015, but do not hold in the earlier period of 1975-1995. Second, I find a systematic employment growth pattern of Korean cities in spite of the random population growth. I examine market access effects on employment growth. Market access, a geographical advantage, has a significant influence on urban employment growth. The market access effect is higher in the Seoul metropolitan area than in the rest of the country. This effect is stronger on employment growth in the manufacturing industry compared to employment growth in the service industry. These results are robust with various checks (e.g., different definitions of urban areas). The results here suggest that policymakers should consider geographical characteristics when they make policy decisions with respect to regional development.

• 지역연구
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• 제39권4호
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• pp.53-71
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• 2023

본 연구는 국내 7대 특·광역시를 대상으로 지난 20년(1996~2016년)간의 고용성장에 대한 요인별 기여도를 파악하는 것이 목적이다. 이를 위해 통계청에서 제공하는 사업체 조사 자료를 바탕으로 다요인분해(multifactor partitioning, MFP)분석을 수행하였다. 분석의 주요 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 장기간에 걸친 대도시권의 고용성장에서는 전반적으로 지역효과가 지배적인 영향력을 보이고 있으며, 산업구조효과가 이를 뒤따르고 있다. 동태적 다요인분해분석 결과는 향후 지역 간 고용 격차가 산업구조에 의해 설명될 가능성이 크다는 것을 보여준다. 둘째, 성별과 양질의 일자리구성효과는 지역별 고용성장에 큰 기여를 보이지 않는다. 단, 실질적인 개별 인자들의 기여를 보면 남성-상용근로자의 고용감소와 여성-비상용근로자의 고용성장 패턴을 유추할 수 있다. 이러한 결과는 각 지역 산업의 구조적 전환과 고용안정성이 동반된 질적성장을 도모할 수 있는 고용정책의 중요성과 필요성을 의미한다.

• KDI Journal of Economic Policy
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• 제37권4호
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• pp.55-74
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• 2015

Using the Census on Establishments collected by Statistics Korea, we analyze how the patterns of job creation and destruction differ across counties (si-gun-gu). We measure aggregate employment changes due to establishment startups, expansions, contractions, and shutdowns for each county and quantify the role of such reallocations in explaining variation in employment growth across counties. Overall we find that both rates of net entry and job creation play an important role in explaining differences in net job creation rates across regions. Moreover, counties with high employment growth rates also tend to have high exit and job destruction rates, which suggests that an active process of job reallocation is a key source of regional employment growth.

• 산업경영시스템학회지
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• 제41권4호
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• pp.34-41
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• 2018

This paper studied balanced regional development focused on employment in Korea, by analyzing regional disparity between regional and industrial employment. A Gini-coefficient decomposition method and Panel Granger causality test were conducted, using raw data of the Census on Establishments reported by the Statistics Korea. The regional and industrial disparity of employment, based on the Gini-coefficient decomposition method, have increased by year. However, the growth rates of disparity are on the decrease. Most of employment disparity occurred from regional disparity between SMA (Seoul Metropolitan Area) and Non-SMA. Industrial disparity are occurred mainly by the service industry. The amount of contribution to the whole disparity of inter/intra regional employment was differed by each industrial sector. Also the causal relationship between employment growth of manufacture and that of service industry was analyzed by Panel Granger causality test. In national level, the employment growth in manufacture industry has conduced that in service industry. On the other hand, in the Non-SMA, only the employment growth in manufacture industry has augmented that in service industry. In conclusion, to reduce employment disparity, the strategy for balanced regional development should be emphasized. Different strategies are needed across regions and industries. Basically creating new job in the Non-SMA is inevitable. In view of stable employment, manufacture industry is more desirable rather than service industry.

• 지역연구
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.23-43
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• 1999

The strategy of regional industrial specialization is empirically evaluated by examining the relationship between regional industrial structures and economic performances. The regional industrial structure is measured by three industrial diversity indices such as ogive approach, entropy maximizing approach, and economic growth and employment instability in 12 regions is analyzed. According to the time series analysis, we found that the region with more diversified industrial structure experiences more stable in employment. Otherwise, the growth rate of the region with more simplified industrial structure is higher. Therefore, the strategy of industrial specialization is implemented in order to pursuit a rapid economic growth in the short run.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제7권8호
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• pp.117-130
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• 2020

The purpose of this study is to provide benefits and ethically-rooted managerial implications based on theoretical underpinnings through an empirical study using correlation between wages, bank credit, government expenditure on economic growth, and employment via a case study in Indonesia. Besides that, managerial implications strive to provide benefits to the government regarding the importance of establishing effective and pro-development regulations to realize economic growth and employment through the efficient role of wages, bank credit, and government spending. This study uses secondary macroeconomic data from the period 2010-2019 with analysis using the correlation test with the Pearson correlation method. Out of eight hypotheses tested, two hypotheses do not have a significant correlation. The details of the statistical results obtained the following correlations: the correlation between bank credit and wages has a significant, but indirect (negative) correlation. However, the correlation between bank credit and economic growth has a direct and significant (positive) correlation. Government expenditure correlates positively with wages, but correlates negatively with bank credit. Wages are positively correlated with economic growth, but have no significant effect on employment. Finally, economic growth has a positive correlation with government expenditure, but does not have a significant correlation with employment.

• 산업노동연구
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.141-167
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• 2017

본 연구는 작업장혁신 프로그램들의 고용효과에 관한 실증분석이다. 본 연구의 이론 모형과 가설은 혁신 일반의 고용효과에 관한 기존의 연구결과들을 발전시켜서 개발하였다. 사용 자료는 노사발전재단의 "일터혁신지수" 2013-14년 자료이다. 사용 자료는 횡단면 자료이고 통계모형은 OLS 모형이다. 본 회귀모형의 종속변수는 고용증가율이고 주된 독립변수는 작업장혁신 지수이다. 작업장혁신 지수는 TQM/6시그마, 제안제도, 다기능훈련 등을 합성하여 작성하였는데, 그 관행들의 도입 여부와 활용 정도(표준화값) 등 2 가지로 된 측정치들로 구성하였다. 분석 결과 작업장혁신 프로그램들의 도입 여부는 고용증가율에 통계적으로 유의한 영향을 미치지 못하고, 작업장혁신 프로그램들의 활용 정도는 고용증가율에 약하게 통계적으로 유의한 양(+)의 영향을 미치고 있었다. 이상의 분석 결과들은 작업장혁신의 도입이 고용에 통계적으로 유의한 영향을 미치지 못하고 있음을 말해주고 있는데, 그것의 활용도를 높일 경우에는 약한 수준에서나 고용에 긍정적인 영향을 미칠 가능성이 있음을 시사하고 있다. 그 밖에 정부 지원의 조직혁신 컨설팅을 받은 사업체(+), 임금수준(-), 1인당 훈련시간(+), 전년도 근로자수(-) 등이 고용증가율에 통계적으로 유의한 영향을 미치고 있다. 마지막으로 본 연구의 실증결과들을 요약하고, 연구의 한계와 향후 연구의 방향을 논의하였다.

• 벤처창업연구
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.75-83
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• 2015

본 연구에서는 중소기업 기술혁신개발사업에 참여한 중소기업 211개 기업을 대상으로 기업과 정부의 R&D투자, 정부R&D지원사업 참여경험이 기업의 고용증가율에 어떠한 영향을 미치는지를 실증적으로 분석하였다. 또한 기업의 R&D투자와 고용증가율간의 관계에서 정부 R&D투자규모와 정부R&D지원사업 참여경험이 조절역할을 하는지도 함께 분석하였다. 분석결과 기업의 R&D투자와 정부R&D투자규모는 고용증가율에 유의미한 영향을 미쳤으며 정부R&D투자는 기업의 R&D투자와 고용증가율간의 관계에서 조절효과를 나타냈다. 기업의 R&D 투자규모가 큰 기업과 작은 기업으로 나누어 정부R&D투자와 고용증가율간의 관계를 분석한 결과 기업의 R&D투자규모가 큰 기업군에서 정부R&D투자가 고용증가율에 유의미한 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구결과를 종합하면 중소기업에 대한 정부R&D투자는 고용창출효과를 나타내며 특히 혁신역량이 높은 중소기업에 대한 정부R&D투자가 고용창출에 대한 효과적인 역할을 한다고 설명할 수 있다. 그러므로 정부는 중소기업의 혁신역량에 따라 차별화된 R&D투자 전략을 통해 고용효과를 극대화할 수 있을 것이다.