The report was co‑ordinated and prepared by Herwig Immervoll in the Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs (ELS). It greatly benefited from contributions from Jongmi Lee, Taehoon Lee, Edoardo Magalini, Kyungmin Noh and Daniele Pacifico. Marie‑Aurélie Elkurd and Hanna Varkki provided editorial assistance and prepared the report for publication.
The project was co-funded by the Ministry of Employment and Labour of the Republic of Korea, with a grant covering social protectiron in two circumstances: sickness and unemployment. The topic of sickness pay is covered in a separate report (Disability, Work and Inclusion in Korea: Towards Equitable and Adequate Social Protection for Sick Workers), which is published concurrently.
The OECD team would like to thank experts from the Ministry of Employment and Labour of the Republic of Korea for their continuous support, the provision of relevant data and policy information, and for detailed comments on earlier versions of the report. A number of researchers kindly participated in an expert meeting during the early phase of the project and provided valuable advice. In particular, we would like to thank Byunghee Lee (Korea Labor Institute), Heungjun Jung (Seoul National University of Science and Technology), Sophia Seung-yoon Lee (Chung-Ang University), and Geunyou Lee (Korea Workers’ Compensation and Welfare Service). We also thank Stéphane Carcillo (Head of the Jobs and Income Division), Stefano Scarpetta and Mark Pearson (Director and Deputy Director of ELS) for their guidance.