The Korean Labour Market After the 1997 Economic Crisis

For economists, policy-makers, and historians who want to learn how the Korean labor market dealt with the 1997 financial crisis and how this informed future policies, this volume provides a succinct summary of what Korean experts know and how they view the problems the country must overcome to continue on its road to the top rungs of economic success. The book is filled with institutional detail and statistics to enlighten scholars and with critiques of policy and potential solutions from labor specialists. It provides a guide to the data on Korean workers and firms that can inform future research work.

Joonmo Cho is Professor of Economics at Sungkyunkwan University, Korea. Richard B. Freeman is Professor of Economics at Harvard University. Jaeho Keum is a Researchers at the Korea Labor Institute. Sunwoong Kim is Professor of Economics at University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.