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The impact of employment protection on health: Evidence from fixed-term contract workers in South Korea

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  • Park, WooRam
  • Baek, Jisun

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In this paper, we examine the impact of increased employment protection on the self-rated health of workers. We utilize the recent labor reform in South Korea which sharply increased the employment protection level of fixed-term contract workers meeting certain criteria. By applying a difference-in-differences framework to longitudinal data, we explore the causal impact of employment protection. We find that subjective health and perceived job security improved with increased statutory employment protection. Further analysis suggests that the improvement in subjective health is less likely to be driven by improvement in working conditions or health related behaviors.

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  • Park, WooRam & Baek, Jisun, 2019. "The impact of employment protection on health: Evidence from fixed-term contract workers in South Korea," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 233(C), pages 158-170.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:233:y:2019:i:c:p:158-170
    DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.05.002
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    1. Ji Young Kang, 2022. "Trajectories of Labor Market Inequalities and Health Among Employees in Korea: Multichannel Sequence Analysis," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 160(1), pages 381-400, February.

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    Keywords

    Job security; Employment protection; Fixed-term contract; Self-rated health; South Korea;
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    JEL classification:

    • I10 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - General
    • J88 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Standards - - - Public Policy
    • K31 - Law and Economics - - Other Substantive Areas of Law - - - Labor Law

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