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Employment Status, Quality of Matching, and Retirement in Korea: Evidence from Korean Longitudinal Study of Aging

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  • Chulhee Lee

  • Jinkook Lee

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This paper explores how and why the probability of retirement differs between self-employed and wage-and-salary workers. It finds self-employed workers are less likely to retire than wage-and-salary ones, and that differences in retirement incomes, health, productivity, job characteristics, and compulsory retirement practices do not explain the disparity. This study suggests that the difference between self-employed and wage-and-salary workers in the quality of matching between the job and the worker (i.e., required and desired amount of work efforts) explains the later retirement of the self-employed. We note the implications of these findings for labor-force participation at older ages and how policies might boost employment of the elderly.

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  • Chulhee Lee & Jinkook Lee, 2012. "Employment Status, Quality of Matching, and Retirement in Korea: Evidence from Korean Longitudinal Study of Aging," Working Paper Series no81, Institute of Economic Research, Seoul National University.
    • Handle: RePEc:snu:ioerwp:no81
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    2. Giles, John T. & Wang, Dewen & Cai, Wei, 2011. "The Labor Supply and Retirement Behavior of China's Older Workers and Elderly in Comparative Perspective," IZA Discussion Papers 6088, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).

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