The Labor Market Policy and Social Safety Net in Korea: After the 1997 Crisis – Appendix

Table 1-1. Korea’s Labor Market Profile (Thousands of persons unless otherwise specified)

Source: National Statistical Office, Monthly Review on Employment Trend (various issues, 1998). [Back]

Table 1-2. Loss of Employment by Occupation (1997 versus 1998)

Source: Author’s calculation based on the data of the National Statistical Office. [Back]

Table 1-3. Changes in the Composition of the Unemployed [Thousands of persons (percent)]

Source: See Table 1-2. [Back]

Table 1-4. Changes in the Composition of the Unemployed by Previous Job Status [Thousands of persons (percent)]

Source: See Table 1-2. Figures are only for those who responded to the survey. [Back]

Table 1-5. Unemployment by Company Size in 1998

Source: See Table 1-2. Figures are only for those who responded to the survey. [Back]

Table 1-6. Wage Changes in 1997 and 1998

Source: Ministry of Labor, Monthly Report on Labor Statistics Survey (Various issues, 1998). The figures cover only the wage levels of workers in the firms employing more than 10 people in the non-agricultural private sector. [Back]

Table 1-7. Reduction in Household Income by Income Group in 1998 (Percent)

Source: National Statistical Office, Quarterly Review on Urban Employees’ Household Trend (various issues, 1997 and 1998). [Back]

Table 1-8. The Means of Livelihood of Unemployed Household Heads: As of September 1998

Source: National Statistical Office, Monthly Review on Employment Trend (October 1998). [Back]

Table 1-9. Reasons for Not Finding Jobs: As of September 1998

Source: See Table 1-8. [Back]

Table 1-10. Changes in the Labor Market Budget: 1998 and 1999

Source: Author’s calculation based on the data of the Ministry of Labor. 1998 ½ figures were based on the government’s first comprehensive policy package released on March 26, 1998.

Indirect active labor market policy = vocational training + job placement activities.

Direct active labor market policy = public work program + various employment subsidies.

Passive labor market policy = unemployment insurance + livelihood subsidies for the unemployed. [Back]

Table 3-1. Major Indicators of Industrial Relations

Source: Ministry of Labor, Yearbook of Labor Statistics (various issues).
*Union membership of 1998 is not an official date, but a self-claimed one by two rival unions. [Back]

Table 4-1. The Unemployment Outlook: 1998-2002

Source: Ministry of Labor, 99 Jonghap Silup Daecheck (January 1999).