This study was designed to explore the correct direction of development of the decent part-time job support system by looking at the background and meaning of the decent part-time job policy and analyzing the achievements and challenges so far.

The decent part-time job policy began in the 2nd National Employment Strategy Meeting in 2010, where the government set a policy to spread part-time jobs and flexible working schedule compatible with workers’ family life. After that, the name of the supporting projects has been changed several times and there were a variety of changes and progress in the policy details.

Above all, what has the most greatly changed is the strong commitment of government. The Park Geun-hye administration considers the decent part-time job policy as a new employment paradigm and pushes ahead with the policy as a key national issue on a cross-ministry level. According to the roadmap for employment rate of 70% by 2017, about 40% of new job creation during 2012-17 years are assumed to be part-time work.

The decent part-time job policy however is still faced with lots of obstacles. Despite the strong commitment of the government, the increase of decent part-time jobs is sluggish. Comparing to the original plan, the outcome of projects was only 49.5% in 2012 and 36.2% in 2013. Public opinion is not so favorable to the decent part-time job policy. Firms worry about decreasing productivity and increasing labor costs, and workers criticize that the policy will create a millions of low quality jobs.

We consider lots of reasons why the decent part-time job creation is sluggish. It might come from a shortage of the demand for part-time jobs. On the other side, it might come from the problems of the current support system such as targeting of the policy, the design of incentives, delivery systems, lack of publicity, etc. Given the potential demand for short-time work of Korean workers, the latter is more plausible. We therefore need an in-depth analysis and evaluation of the current support system, and have to find institutional complements to enhance the policy effectiveness.

Furthermore, we examine whether the current support policy is designed correctly and consistently under the policy objectives and vision, whether policy enforcer and stakeholders, not only policy makers, have a good understanding of the purpose of the support policy, and whether the government does enough efforts to persuade the people to obtain a national consensus. This report evaluates the decent part-time job policy from this point of view, and suggests ways to improve.

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제1장 서 론

제2장 단시간근로, 시간제, 시간선택제의 개념과 현황
　제1절 단시간근로, 시간제, 시간선택제
　제2절 단시간(시간제)근로자의 특징 및 현황

제3장 시간선택제 일자리 지원정책의 개괄
　제1절 시간선택제 일자리 지원정책의 추진 경과
　제2절 공공부문 시간선택제 일자리 촉진정책
　제3절 민간부문을 위한 지원정책

제4장 시간선택제 일자리 지원정책의 가능성과 한계
　제1절 시간선택제 일자리 지원정책의 추진실적
　제2절 시간선택제 일자리 설문조사
　제3절 전문가 면담 및 현장점검 결과
　제4절 종합평가

제5장 시간선택제의 활용 가능성 분석
　제1절 여성 고용의 현황 및 문제점
　제2절 시간선택제 활용의사의 결정요인 분석
　제3절 자발적 단시간근로자 취업확률
　제4절 단시간근로 일자리의 특성과 노동공급 결정

제6장 시간선택제 지원정책의 개선방향

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