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Evidence of a glass ceiling for arts and culture professionals in Korea

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  • Shik Heo
  • Suyoung Yoon

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Using the five available waves of the Wage Structure Survey data, this study employs quantile decomposition to investigate the existence of a glass ceiling among Korean professionals. The decomposition results for all professional workers show an inverse U-shape, which implies no evidence of a glass ceiling. However, we find a monotonically increasing pattern for arts and culture professionals, indicating strong evidence of a glass ceiling on their labour market. This result implies that, as the wage quantile moves from lower to higher levels, female professionals in arts and culture jobs face significant barriers to career advancement. This analysis supports the recent assertion of UNESCO that gender equality in culture is not immune to inequalities and discrimination.

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  • Shik Heo & Suyoung Yoon, 2018. "Evidence of a glass ceiling for arts and culture professionals in Korea," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 25(16), pages 1170-1174, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:apeclt:v:25:y:2018:i:16:p:1170-1174
    DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2017.1406648
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    1. Maria Marchenko & Hendrik Sonnabend, 2022. "Artists' labour market and gender: Evidence from German visual artists," Kyklos, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 75(3), pages 456-471, August.
    2. Florence Neymotin, 2022. "Waiting in the wings? The choice to create," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 42(1), pages 143-153.
    3. Zanola, Roberto & Vecco, Marilena & Jones, Andrew, 2021. "A place for everything and everything in its place: New York's role in the art market," Research in Economics, Elsevier, vol. 75(3), pages 215-224.
    4. Hanna Jung, 2023. "Gender wage penalty in parenthood: A comparative study of South Korea and Japan," Pacific Economic Review, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 28(1), pages 3-26, February.

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