Unbalanced Development: The Origin of Korea's Self-Employment Problem from a Comparative Perspective
从比较视角研究韩国自雇人口庞大且经济脆弱的原因，认为不平衡发展导致劳动力市场吸收能力不足，迫使农村移民在缺乏资源的情况下开设小企业。
Why does South Korea have a demographically massive and economically vulnerable self-employed population? From a comparative perspective, this study argues that Korea's self-employment problem originated in the country's process of unbalanced development: Korea benefited from the strategy of export-led growth, yet it did not manage the negative impact of this strategy on labour force absorption. The consequence of unbalanced development is the limited capacity of labour markets to absorb the workforce. Therefore, rural migrants in urban areas had no choice but to open small businesses, despite having few financial and technological resources.