한국과 일본의 여성노동참여 비교연구: 확장-연령-시기 코홀트 분석

Abstract

Women’s work force participation rates are alarming when addressing the lack of labor force due to an aging society with a low fertility rate of Korea. Albeit time difference, Japan has also been interested in women's labor participation under a similar socio-economic situations(such as an increased rate of elder population and exceptionally low fertility rate). And thus it is inevitable and urgent to find out factors to improve the labor market conditions on behalf of female labor forces. In this regard, this study is aimed at projecting the effects associated with the environmental change surrounding South Korean and Japanese females, but using an extended age-period-cohort model. The study found that suggested is fitted to the data on female labor force participation rates given by age and period in South Korea and Japan. The study results also suggest that the environmental changes surrounding females after 1980 indicate almost the same increasing trend for both countries. Additionally, suggestions are made for labor policy policies in regard with the female labor forces.