This study provides a complement to the structural understandings of labor market polarization in South Korea by highlighting its policy-related aspects. It argues that there have been considerable policy failures by the Korean government, which have offset any possible positive effects of new redistributive and anti-poverty policy measures.

Keywords:
labor market polarization in South Korea, policy failure, miscalculation, under-execution, under-regulation
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2009
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