South Korea has experienced a great U-turn in its inequality trends during the past few decades. In this paper, we explore the role of international trade in its wage inequality dynamics over the 1998-2012 period, using a unique household panel survey. Our analysis reveals that most of the...

This paper investigates the reason why Korea's export suddenly and rapidly expanded in the early 1960s. By doing so, it hopes to throw light on the unresolved issue, whether it was market-liberalizing or interventionist policies that explain Korea's rapid growth and industrialization. Evidences...