abstract: 'Focusing on the individual heterogeneity, this article examines the

  causes of an individual''s employment status choice and the extent of

  state dependence in the Korean labour market. We estimate a dynamic

  multinomial logit model using the panel data drawn from the first to

  fifteenth wave of the Korean Labour and Income Panel Study. The results

  suggest the presence of state dependence. Individual characteristics and

  growth background have a significant effect on the choice of employment

  status. Gender is still an important employment factor; males are more

  likely to be employed and this gender effect is highest for regular

  employment (RE). One''s educational attainment and age operate in

  opposite directions. That is, educational attainment (age) has a

  positive (negative) impact on the choice of a regular job and a negative

  (positive) impact on the choice of a non-regular job. Contrary to our

  expectations, a wealthy family background reduces the probability of

  individuals being wage workers, and raises the probability of them being

  unemployed. The barriers to RE are greater than for non-regular

  employment. These findings are of great importance for designing

  policies to effectively address unemployment and labour informality

  problems in Korea.'
affiliation: 'Lee, KD (Corresponding Author), Keimyung Univ, Dept Int Commerce, Daegu,
  South Korea.

  Lee, Ki-Dong; Lee, Seo-Hyeong, Keimyung Univ, Dept Int Commerce, Daegu, South Korea.

  Choe, Jong-Il, Chosun Univ, Dept Econ, Gwangju, South Korea.'
author: Lee, Ki-Dong and Lee, Seo-Hyeong and Choe, Jong-Il
author-email: kdlee@kmu.ac.kr
author_list:
- family: Lee
  given: Ki-Dong
- family: Lee
  given: Seo-Hyeong
- family: Choe
  given: Jong-Il
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1080/00036846.2017.1343447
eissn: 1466-4283
files: []
issn: 0003-6846
journal: APPLIED ECONOMICS
keywords: 'Employment status; individual heterogeneity; multinomial logit model;

  state dependence; transition probability'
keywords-plus: 'LABOR-MARKET; UNOBSERVED HETEROGENEITY; SELF-EMPLOYMENT; UNEMPLOYMENT;

  DYNAMICS; MOBILITY; TRANSITIONS; DURATION; MODEL; TIME'
language: English
number: '8'
number-of-cited-references: '49'
orcid-numbers: 'Lee, Ki-Dong/0000-0002-2660-2806

  Lee, Seo-Hyeong/0000-0003-0584-5232'
pages: 824-837
papis_id: cc4647b0e7cbc6de2ed8b4f976dd2dbf
ref: Lee2018statedependence
researcherid-numbers: 'Lee, Ki-Dong/L-4195-2017

  '
times-cited: '1'
title: 'State dependence, individual heterogeneity, and the choice of employment status:
  evidence from Korea'
type: article
unique-id: WOS:000427200300001
usage-count-last-180-days: '1'
usage-count-since-2013: '9'
volume: '50'
web-of-science-categories: Economics
year: '2018'