[Appendix]
Statistics on Non-regular Work
[Table 1] The size of non-regular workforce
No. of workers (in 1000 persons)
Mar. Aug. Mar. Aug.
2007 2007 2008 2008
15,731 15,882 15,994 16,104
6,946 7,268 7,414 7,707
8,785 8,614 8,580 8,397
8,623 8,431 8,338 8,225
Proportion (in %)
Mar. Mar. Aug. Mar. Aug. Mar.
2009 2007 2007 2008 2008 2009
16,076 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
7,665 44.2 45.8 46.4 47.9 47.7
8,411 55.8 54.2 53.6 52.1 52.3
8,279 54.8 53.1 52.1 51.1 51.5
Wage workers
Regular
Non-regular
Casual
ContractLong-term
5,071 4,983 4,941 4,868 4,726 32.2 31.4 30.9 30.2 29.4
based
casual
Temporary
3,552 3,448 3,396 3,357 3,552 22.6 21.7 21.2 20.8 22.1
Hours of
Part-time
1,231 1,202 1,301 1,229 1,317
7.8
7.6
8.1
7.6
8.2
work
On-call
914
846
940
818
854
5.8
5.3
5.9
5.1
5.3
Special
643
635
602
595
632
4.1
4.0
3.8
3.7
3.9
Method of
Dispatched
175
175
172
139
131
1.1
1.1
1.1
0.9
0.8
labor supply
Subcontracted
584
592
617
641
575
3.7
3.7
3.9
4.0
3.6
Domestic
154
125
151
65
69
1.0
0.8
0.9
0.4
0.4
Source: Statistics Korea, Supplement to the Economically Active Population Survey; Yu-Son Kim, The
Scale and Status of Non-regular Work in 2009
[Table 2] Average monthly wages, by year and by employment status, and the wage gap
(regular worker wage=100)
Wage worker
Regular
Non-regular
Casual
Long-term
casual
Temporary
Part-time
On-call
Special
Dispatched
Subcontracted
Mar.
2007
172
238
120
120
Amount (in10,000 KRW)
Aus.
Mar.
Aug.
2007
2008
2008
175
181
185
239
247
250
120
124
125
119
123
124
Mar.
2009
185
253
124
123
Mar.
2007
72.4
100
50.5
50.4
Wage gap (in %)
Aug.
Mar.
Aug.
2007
2008
2008
72.9
73.4
73.9
100
100.0
100
50.1
50.3
49.9
49.9
50.0
49.7
Mar.
2009
73.2
100
48.9
48.7
112
112
114
117
113
46.9
46.8
46.3
46.7
44.7
132
54
89
136
133
101
130
56
89
142
134
102
137
56
90
162
148
114
135
57
98
155
147
108
136
56
87
146
143
108
55.2
22.7
37.5
57.2
55.6
42.5
54.4
23.4
37.3
59.4
56.1
42.8
55.3
22.6
36.5
65.7
60.0
46.3
54
23
39.4
62.2
59
43.3
53.9
22
34.3
57.5
56.6
42.7
Domestic
60
57
73
49
55
25
23.8
29.6
19.5
21.9
Source: Statistics Korea, Supplement to the Economically Active Population Survey; Yu-Son Kim, The Scale
and Status of Non-regular Work in 2009
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