Both Japan and Korea are trying to boost female labor force participation (FLFP) as they face the challenges of a … tend to reduce the proportion of regular female employment in Japan and Korea, (ii) the persistent gender wage gap … fertility, and (iv) there is a need for more public spending on childcare for age 6-11 in Japan and Korea to help women continue …

States and the quantitative and qualitative easing (QQME) of Japan. Korea is an intriguing case due to its borderline … position between advanced and emerging market country groups, and the common perception that Korea competes fiercely with Japan … in the world market for trade. We find that QE had little direct impact on capital flows to Korea, and tapering is …

information have been removed. Since 2011, Korea also applies the Korean International Financial Reporting Standards (K-IFRS) that …-deliberation committees at various levels. Self-regulatory organizations—the Korea Exchange (KRX), the Korea Financial Investment …

This paper discusses key findings of the Report on the Observance of Standards and Codes for the Republic of Korea …. Responsibilities, objectives, and powers related to banking supervision are clearly defined in the Republic of Korea. The legal …

The financial stability assessment under the Financial Sector Assessment Program (FSAP) for Korea was carried out in … the Bank of Korea (BOK), complemented by macroeconomic projections from the BOK’s macroeconomic model. These were …

This Financial System Stability Assessment report on the Republic of Korea highlights that the Korean economy is …

Korea was hit hard by the 2008 global financial crisis, with the foreign bank deleveraging channel coming prominently … 2008. Impulse responses from a Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium (DSGE) model calibrated to Korea shows that it … appears better prepared to handle such shocks relative to 2008. Indeed, Korea is much more resilient to such shocks due to the …