ABSTRACT

This paper addresses the transformation of work and employment in the period of post-COVID-19 in South Korea. The COVD-19 pandemic displays the failure of the market in managing the public health crisis and the crisis of neoliberal globalization, demanding massive state intervention to reproduce the stability of the social system. COVID-19 disrupted global production networks and global supply chains, generating economic disorder and mass unemployment. It also revealed the segmented labour market based on firm size, gender, employment status, and inadequate social protection. The COVID-19 pandemic, therefore, reveals problems that are embedded in the Korean economy, though at the same time provides an opportunity to discuss alternatives to the neoliberal economy. In particular, discourses on universal basic income and universal unemployment insurance have gained popularity as COVID-19 has disrupted mass’ livelihood through promoting precarious work and expanding the population unprotected by labour laws and the social security system.

摘要

本文探讨了韩国后 COVID-19 时期工作和就业的转变。COVD-19大流行表明市场在管理公共卫生危机和新自由主义全球化危机方面的失败，需要大规模的国家干预来重现社会体系的稳定性。COVID-19 扰乱了全球生产网络和全球供应链，造成经济混乱和大规模失业。它还揭示了基于公司规模、性别、就业状况和社会保护不足的分割劳动力市场。因此，COVID-19 大流行揭示了韩国经济中存在的问题，但同时提供了讨论新自由主义经济替代方案的机会。特别是，