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Advancing Labor Market Reforms in Korea / Stella Tam, Xin Xu.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Tam, Stella.
- Series:
- IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2024/183
- IMF Working Papers
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (25 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2024.
- Summary:
- This paper examines structural challenges facing the Korean labor market and analyzes the macroeconomic effects of potential labor market reforms. Our cross-country empirical analysis finds that easing of employment protection legislation tends to have positive macroeconmic effects during periods of strong growth but could turn contractionary in periods of slack. By contrast, increased spending on active labor market policies and reductions to the labor tax wedge tend to be more effective in periods of slack. Our analysis thus highlights the importance of considering economic and policy conditions when designing labor market reforms. Under the current disinflationary policy stance, the government’s focus on the working hour reform seems appriorate. With growth recovering, deregulation to reduce employment protection for regular workers can also be considered, combined with targeted support to vulnerable groups.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9798400289101
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