Both Japan and Korea are trying to boost female labor force participation (FLFP) as they face the challenges of a … Korea to increase FLFP by type (i.e., regular vs. non-regular employment), using the SVAR model. In so doing, we compare … tend to reduce the proportion of regular female employment in Japan and Korea, (ii) the persistent gender wage gap …

Going forward, Korea faces two closely related challenges: sustaining economic growth against the backdrop of a rapidly … promote more sustainable and inclusive growth in Korea. In particular, simulation results suggest that social spending which …?there is still a social spending gap relative to Korea's OECD peers. Because of several fiscal challenges in t …