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KMID : 0904520140360010201
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Health and Medical Sociology
2014 Volume.36 No. 1 p.201 ~ p.222
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The Influence that Labor Market Flexibility Exerts on Worker Health
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Kim Young-Sun
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Abstract
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Recently, labor market flexibility increases underemployment, irregular employment, and hourly employment. According to foreign studies, however, these types of employment register a high level of exposure to ricks factors in work environment and high occurrence of health problems such as stress. In this study that surveys Korean workers, I have used the working conditions and the indicators related to work environment for irregular workers to analyze their health problems. The data used in the study includes the data from the 3rd working conditions survey, which underwent statistical survey using SAS 9.3. The study shows that compared to regular workers, irregular workers have a high percentage of jobs usually taken by women, aged people, people with low level of education, and unskilled workers, register a high level of exposure to physical risk factors compared to regular workers, self-employed workers, and owners of small places of business, and complain of the most health problems. With irregular workers, sociopsychological factors exercise significant influence on health problems. Thus, job creation through labor market flexibility increases employment rate, but if it continues, worker health deteriorates. Therefore, we should at once benchmark the German model for labor market reform in pushing for the workers’ transition to irregular workers and work to prevent the problems arising in industryal safety and health.
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KEYWORD
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Labor Market Flexibility, Working Conditions, Health Problems at Work, Working Irregular Hours
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