Causes of Gender Discrimination in Korean Labor Markets

Asian Journal of Women's Studies

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 7-38

  Lee, Key Woo ^a   Cho, Kisuk ^a   Lee, Sun Ju ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Cultural gender stereotyping approach; Financial crisis; Gender discrimination; Korean labor markets; Labor market risk and cost approach; Marxist feminist; Neoclassical theory; Patriarchal approach

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035636973     PISSN: 12259276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/12259276.2001.11665902     Document Type: Article

References (26)

1. Banton, Michael (1994), Discrimination, Buckingham: Open University Press.
2. Bayes, Jane (1988), "Occupational Sex Segregation and Comparable Worth," Comparable Worth Pay, Equality and Public Policy, eds. Rita Mac Kelly and Jane Bayes, New York: Greenwood.
3. Becker, Gary S. (1985), "Human Capital, Effort, and the Sexual Division of Labor," Journal of Labor Economics, Vol. 3, No. 1: s33-s58.
4. Beechy, Veronica (1978), "Women and Production: A Critical Analysis of Some Sociological Theories of Women's Work," Feminism and Materialism: Women and Modes of Production, eds. Annette Kuhn and Ann Marie Wolpe, London: Routledge: 155-197.
5. Bradley, Harriet (1989), Men's Work and Women's Work, Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
6. Chung, Hye-Sun (1996), "In-Plant Motherhood Protection and Trade Unions" ("Mosung Bohoeui Giupnae Jedohwawa Nodong Johap"), The Journal of Korean Woman Studies (Hanguk Yeosunghak), Vol. 12. No. 1: 45-72.
7. Collinson, David L., David Knights and Margaret Collinson (1990), Managing to Discriminate, London: Routledge.
8. Crompton, Rosemary and Kay Sanderson (1990), Gendered Jobs and Social Change. London: Unwin Hyman.
9. Dunn, Danna (1996), "Gender-Segregated Occupations," Women and Work, eds. Paula J. Dubeck and Kathryn Borman, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press.
10. England, Paula (1992), Comparable Worth: Theories and Evidence, New York: Aldine de Gruyter.
11. Figart, Deborah and Ellen Mutari (1999), "Global Feminization and Flexible Labor Markets: Gender Discourse in the Opposition to Pay Equity Reform," Women, Work, and Inequality: The Challenge of a Deregulated Labor Market, eds. Jeanne Gregory, Rosemary Sales, and Arine Hegewisch, New York: St. Marin's Press: 44-57.
12. Hanson, Susan and Geraldine Pratt (1995), Gender, Work and Space, London: Routledge.
13. Hartmann, Heidi I. (1979), "Capitalism, Patriarchy and Job Segregation by Sex," Capitalist Patriarchy, ed. Sillah R. Eisenstein, New York: Monthly Review.
14. Joshi, Heather and Pierella Paci (1998) Unequal Pay for Women and Men, Massachusetts: The MIT Press.
15. Korean Women Development Institute (1999), Development on Korean Style Gender Equality Consciousness Test (Hangukhyung Namnyu Pyungdeung Uisikgumsa Kaebal), Seoul: Author.
16. Lee, Eddy (1998), The Asian Financial Crisis: The Challenge for Social Policy, Geneva: International Labor Office.
17. Lee, Kye Woo (1999), "The Asian Financial Crisis and APEC," The Journal of APEC Studies, Vol.1. No.1: 5-30.
18. Lee, Kye Woo and Cho Kisuk (2000), "Women in the Korean Labor Market during the Asian Economic Crisis," a paper presented at the international conference on Economic crisis and Labor market Reform: The Case of Korea, organized by The Korean Labor Institute and the World Bank, May 18-20, Seoul.
19. Mincer, Jacob and Solomon Polachek (1974), "Family Investments in Human Capital: Earnings of Women," Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 82, March-April: 76-108.
20. Ministry of Labor (1998), 1997 Survey Report of Wage Structure, Seoul: Author.
21. _ (1999), 1998 Survey Report on Wage Structure, Seoul: Author.
22. National Statistics Office (1999), Monthly Economic Activity Survey, Seoul: Author.
23. Perlman, Richard and Maureen Pike (1994), Sex Discrimination in the Labour Market: The Case for Comparable Worth, Manchester: Manchester University Press.
24. Ridgeway, Cecilia (1997), "Interaction and the Conservation of Gender Inequality: Considering Employment," American Sociological Review, Vol. 62: 218-235.
25. Prescott, Nicholas (1999), Research Proposal for a Study of the Korean Labor Market and Protection of Workers (mimeo), Washington DC: The World Bank.
26. Walby, Sylvia (1990), Theorizing Patriarchy, Oxford: Blackwell.