are similar among the two groups. However, the employment rate in their 20s and 30s of women with university degrees are lower than that of those with high school degrees. 17. The ‘OECD Economic Survey of Korea’ (2016) published In May, 2016, diagnosed the issues of women’s employment and made recommendations as below. a. The labor market is segmented into regular and non-regular workers, who earn only 62% as much per hour as regular workers, boosting inequality and relative poverty. Women account for a disproportionate share of non-regular workers, thus discouraging female employment. (p.12) b. The employment of women is constrained by the limited take-up of maternity and parental leave and the availability of high-quality childcare. Career breaks for women widen the gender wage gap, which is the largest in the OECD.” Thus, it’s recommended to “Increase the take-up of maternity and parental leave systems by enforcing compliance and raising the benefit level for parental leave and enhance childcare quality by making accreditation mandatory and strengthening competition. (p.13) 18. The analysis of the rates of irregular workers as an indicator to judge the quality of work in the society at large shows that the gender gap among irregular workers has narrowed since 2011, but widened again in the first half of 2016 to the rates similar to those of 2012. <Table 4> Rates of irregular workers by gender (Unit: %, p) Gender/Year 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016.6. Total 34.2 33.3 32.6 32.4 32.5 32.8 27.8 27.2 26.5 26.6 26.5 26.4 Women 42.8 41.5 40.6 39.9 40.2 41.0 Gender Gap 15.0 14.3 14.1 13.3 13.7 14.6 Men (Source: Additional Survey by Work Types, Economically Active Population Survey, National Statistical Office, August 2016)