Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, 30147 (Building D) 370, Sicheong-Daero, Sejong-si, South Korea.
Eval Program Plann. 2024 Dec;107:102493. doi: 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2024.102493. Epub 2024 Aug 28.
This longitudinal study evaluated the effectiveness of Korea's 2007 employment protection legislation (EPL), aimed at mitigating labor discrimination against non-regular workers (NRW). Specifically, we use the Korean Workplace Panel Survey data from 2005 to 2013 and adopt a difference-in-difference methodology (DD) to explore whether establishment reduces the gap in training opportunities between NRW and regular workers (RW). Results show that compliance with government regulations depends on how business establishments react to the rules and the characteristics of these stakeholders. Overall, the 2007 reform partially improved the training opportunities in NRW. However, this positive outcome was mostly concentrated in companies with affluent resources or stronger bargaining power of NRW. Policymakers should consider in what context the policy works well and what factors may hinder its operation at the policy design stage.
本纵向研究评估了韩国 2007 年就业保护立法（EPL）的有效性，该立法旨在减轻对非正规工人（NRW）的劳动歧视。具体而言，我们使用了 2005 年至 2013 年的韩国工作场所面板调查数据，并采用了双重差分方法（DD）来探讨企业是否减少了 NRW 和正规工人（RW）之间培训机会的差距。结果表明，对政府法规的遵守取决于企业如何对这些规则做出反应，以及这些利益相关者的特征。总体而言，2007 年的改革部分改善了 NRW 的培训机会。然而，这种积极的结果主要集中在资源充裕或 NRW 的谈判能力较强的公司。政策制定者应该考虑在何种情况下政策效果良好，以及在政策设计阶段哪些因素可能会阻碍其运作。
