The Career Mobility of Female Workers in Korea

• In Event: 512 - Section on Sex and Gender Roundtable Session (one-hour).
  In Refereed Roundtable: Section on Sex and Gender Roundtables (one-hour). Table 01. Women in the Labor Force

Abstract

This paper examines the pattern of job and career change for women. For this purpose, 2011 Korean Longitudinal Survey of Women and Families was analyzed. First of all, no major changes could be seen in job types for wage earners, sole business owners, unpaid domestic laborers and special type workers. However, differences in job change could be seen when the characteristics of employment form and demographic economics are considered. Among wage earners, irregular/part-time workers had a higher possibility of changes in jobs than regular/full-time workers. Non-paid workers showed differences according to age and educational attainment level. Those in the 20s and 30s with educational attainment of university level and above showed shifts from wage earning jobs to wage earning jobs, while those in their 40s with educational attainment of high school level showed changes between self-employment and special type worker jobs. Those in their 50s and 60s with middle school-level education showed noticeable changes in domestic unpaid work. Female employment shows existence of segmentation in these ways, and there is a connection with employment instability. In addition, it can be said that there is a link between female employment and life cycle, and it shows an overall declining tendency.

Author

• Myoung-Jin Lee, Korea University