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

Timo Fleckenstein; Soo Hyun Lee; Samuel Mohun Himmelweit

doi:10.1080/03085147.2023.2175449

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

Timo Fleckenstein, Soo Hyun Lee, Samuel Mohun Himmelweit

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LSE London School of Economics & Political Science

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	298-324
Number of pages	27
Journal	ECONOMY AND SOCIETY
Volume	52
Issue number	2
Early online date	9 Mar 2023
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/03085147.2023.2175449
Publication status	Published - 2023

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

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