This book is the outcome of a collaboration between the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs (KIHASA) and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The findings presented in this book are based on two OECD Economics Department Working Papers, produced jointly by KIHASA and OECD experts: Korea’s Unborn Future: Lessons from OECD Experience, and Women’s Employment and Fertility in South Korea: A Review of Recent Research. The book also draws on a special chapter in the 2024 OECD Economic Survey of Korea and material from the 2022 OECD Economic Survey of Korea.
The report was prepared by Jon Pareliussen, Yoonyoung Yang, Hyunjeong Hwang, (Economics Department), Sunyoung Choi and Sunyu Ham (Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs) under the supervision of Vincent Koen (Economics Department). Statistical research assistance was provided by Axel Purwin, administrative and editorial assistance by Sisse Nielsen and communication assistance by François Iglesias (Economics Department). The authors would like to extend warm thanks to the Government of Korea, members of the Economic Development and Review Committee, Luiz de Mello, Isabell Koske, Christophe André and Young-Hyun Shin (Economics Department), Willem Adema (Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs) and Randall Jones (Korea Economic Institute), for giving invaluable comments and facilitating the production of this book and its background material.