Chin S H
Korea J Popul Dev. 1995 Jul;24(1):95-129.
The present study investigates the determinants and patterns of married women's labor force participation in Korea. Married women's employment in Korea is largely determined by age, urban residence, household characteristics of the husband's socioeconomic status, family income, fertility, and the lagged effect of work. Older age, rural residence, inferior household economic condition, and recent work experience are the major positive causes of married women's participation in the market work. On the other hand, younger women with preschool children, who currently reside in urban areas, enjoying better household economic conditions (due to higher socioeconomic status of husbands and/or higher family income) are the groups of women with the smallest probability of working in the market. Married women's employment pattern in Korea shows a pattern typical of less-developed and low-income countries in two aspects: married women working and characterized by a low level of education; the difference between urban and rural areas in terms of work participation pattern is remarkable. Although Korea belongs to the advanced group of currently industrializing countries, she lags behind with other developing countries in terms of married women's employment. Moreover, it is difficult to predict in advance that Korea would have similar experiences as those of contemporary advanced countries.
本研究调查了韩国已婚女性劳动力参与的决定因素和模式。韩国已婚女性的就业情况在很大程度上取决于年龄、城市居住状况、丈夫社会经济地位的家庭特征、家庭收入、生育情况以及工作的滞后效应。年龄较大、农村居住、家庭经济状况较差以及近期有工作经历是已婚女性参与市场工作的主要积极因素。另一方面，目前居住在城市地区、家庭经济状况较好（由于丈夫社会经济地位较高和/或家庭收入较高）且有学龄前儿童的年轻女性，是在市场工作可能性最小的女性群体。韩国已婚女性的就业模式在两个方面呈现出欠发达和低收入国家的典型模式：已婚女性就业且受教育程度低；城乡在工作参与模式方面的差异显著。尽管韩国属于当前工业化国家中的先进群体，但在已婚女性就业方面落后于其他发展中国家。此外，很难预先预测韩国会有与当代发达国家类似的经历。
