非正規職女性の雇用構造と処遇格差実態の韓日比較

Abstract

The number of female non-regular workers is increasing rapidly in Korea and Japan. In 2014, the female non-regular employment rate was 39.9 percent in Korea and 56.7 percent in Japan. This paper focuses on the different employment types and the discrimination of female non-regular workers in Korea and Japan, and also compares the similarities and differences between the two countries. We can't compare exactly the conditions of female non-regular workers in Korea and Japan because the two countries have different categories of employment types, but we can compare some shared characteristics and trends. In both countries, female non-regular employment is very unstable and their wages are very low. In addition, the participation rate of four types of social insurance and the public support system for both child birth and child-care are very low, compared with regular workers. The gender gap is especially prevalent in Korea, where employment uncertainty and discrimination is even more serious than in Japan. The two countries have many common problems they will need to face to reduce the discriminatory conditions of female non-regular workers, such as making measures to relieve the polarization between regular and non-regular workers and increasing the opportunities for women to find regular employment.