Using detailed longitudinal data from the Korean Labor and Income Panel Study (KLIPS) from 1998 to 2008, this paper analyzes gender-specific impacts as well as anticipation and adaptation to major life and labor market events. We focus on six major events: marriage, divorce, widowhood,...

Aging is a global phenomenon for many countries and Korea is not an exception. After becoming an aging society in 2000, Korea turned an aged country in 2017 by having 14.3% of its population with older than 65 years old. It is expected to become a super-aged society by 2025 (Statistics Korea...