Purpose: This paper examines whether and how labour market duality can be alleviated through legislation that prohibits discrimination based on employment type. Design/methodology/approach: In 2007, the Korean government undertook a labour reform banning discriminatory treatment against...

Purpose: This study aims to examine how the number of choices consumers have influences provider satisfaction, plan satisfaction and positive word-of-mouth (WOM) in the health insurance industry. Design/methodology/approach: Partial least squares (PLS) and structural equation modeling...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to provide a better understanding of the links between labor market conditions and academic performance by disentangling the effects of unemployment. The contribution of this study is, therefore, threefold: first, it provides new evidence on the link...

The proliferation of private tutoring (PT) is a major issue in a growing number of countries, Korea being an extreme case. This article explores the causes and consequences of PT in Korea. PT is linked to the existence of a dual higher education system consequence of a dual labour market-...

Numeracy and literacy skills have become increasingly important in modern labour markets. The large gender differences that several studies have identified have therefore sparked considerable attention among researchers and policy makers. Little is known about the moment in which such gaps...