Labour market dualization, permanent insecurity and fertility: the case of ultra-low fertility in South Korea

Fleckenstein, Timo ORCID: 0000-0002-0154-7644, Lee, Soohyun Christine and Mohun Himmelweit, Sam (2023) Labour market dualization, permanent insecurity and fertility: the case of ultra-low fertility in South Korea. Economy and Society, 52 (2). 298 - 324. ISSN 1469-5766

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Abstract

This paper explores the relationship between labour market dualization, insecurity and low fertility, through a case study of South Korea, an extreme case of ultra-low fertility where the total fertility rate fell to 0.84 in 2020. It is argued that the long-term nature of the insecurity associated with dualization, as well as its impact on people’s perceptions of present and future insecurity, mark dualization out as a particular phenomenon whose impact on fertility current demographic approaches struggle to fully understand. Rather than restricting the focus to the education-employment transition, we show how permanent insecurity in highly dualized labour markets depresses fertility.

Item Type:	Article
Official URL:	https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/reso20
Additional Information:	© 2023 The Authors
Divisions:	Social Policy
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman
JEL classification:	J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J1 - Demographic Economics > J13 - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J1 - Demographic Economics > J16 - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
Date Deposited:	18 Jan 2023 14:45
Last Modified:	01 Dec 2024 04:27
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/117935

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