Ⅰ. low fertility
Fertility is one of the major determinants of a nation’s population
The society-wide consequences of the recent fertility decline will be pervasive, affecting demography, the economy, family links, inter-generational and international relationships.
Unemployment Crisis
Intense competition to get a decent job in Korea
Especially females
Introduce and analyze the current policies
Economic, political
Survey
Focus on Economy-related & Political Policies Regarding Women
Women’s Economic Participation by Age Group
Indicates a drastic decrease in women’s economic participation after giving birth
1. Intoduction of Lottemart
By August 2002, super centers recorded sales volume of about
11trillion dollars in the distribution industry and gained
predominance over other stores in the same field. Of all of the
distribution companies, “BIG 3” large retailers like E-mart,
Lottemart, and Homeplus has formed distribution market.
Among these, the Margnet of Lotte'subsidiary start
rates
(unit : 1 thousand)
All
Men
Women
All
Men
Women
- With measure of unemployment the number of unemployed people was decrease to 800, but expectation of business recovery and state of employment didn't emerge. So the number of unemployed people were swiftly over 1 million.
◇ The participation rates of economic action and employment rates keep the low level as compared with befo
As the participation of women in society increases, Government has tried to guarantee equal opportunity and compensation to them with regulations such as the Labor Standard Act and the Equal Employment Opportunity Law. However, still many female workers work in small places under poor conditions, which don’t follow the regulations. Even though they are luckily working in a good environment, the