abstract: 'This paper examines the relationship between structural transformation

  and inequality in South Korea from 1963 to 1990. We quantify the impact

  of structural change, age structure, employment and wage structure, and

  the distribution of farmland on income inequality. We find that the

  relatively equal initial distribution of farmland due to an extensive

  redistributive land reform undertaken in the 1950s significantly

  constrained subsequent income inequality. Structural change through the

  reallocation of labor out of agriculture contributed to rising income

  inequality. By contrast, a greater female labor force participation rate

  in non-agriculture, and a lower share of the working-age population

  reduced household income inequality.'
affiliation: 'Iscan, TB (Corresponding Author), Dalhousie Univ, Dept Econ, Halifax,
  NS B3H 4R2, Canada.

  Iscan, Talan B., Dalhousie Univ, Dept Econ, Halifax, NS B3H 4R2, Canada.

  Lim, Kyoung Mook, Congress Budget Off, Washington, DC USA.'
article-number: '105735'
author: Iscan, Talan B. and Lim, Kyoung Mook
author-email: 'tiscan@dal.ca

  KyoungMook.Lim@cbo.gov'
author_list:
- family: Iscan
  given: Talan B.
- family: Lim
  given: Kyoung Mook
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1016/j.econmod.2021.105735
eissn: 1873-6122
files: []
issn: 0264-9993
journal: ECONOMIC MODELLING
keywords: 'Structural transformation; Farmland inequality; Income inequality; South

  Korea'
keywords-plus: 'LAND-REFORM; PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH; WAGE INEQUALITY; CONVERGENCE;

  TRANSITION; FERTILITY; FAMILY; RISK'
language: English
month: FEB
number-of-cited-references: '69'
orcid-numbers: Iscan, Talan B/0000-0003-0600-2026
papis_id: 0e551b5d237e363e3bf4fa287c296e39
ref: Iscan2022structuraltransforma
researcherid-numbers: Iscan, Talan B/HSG-2878-2023
times-cited: '2'
title: 'Structural transformation and inequality: The case of South Korea'
type: article
unique-id: WOS:000773501700007
usage-count-last-180-days: '5'
usage-count-since-2013: '12'
volume: '107'
web-of-science-categories: Economics
year: '2022'