在快速老龄化的经济中，老年人友好型工作的发展

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Journal of the Economics of Ageing Pub Date : 2025-05-14 DOI:10.1016/j.jeoa.2025.100575

Hyeongsuk Kim , Chulhee Lee , Karen Eggleston

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近几十年来，韩国劳动力向年龄较大、受教育程度较高的女性转移的速度甚至比美国更大。本文采用Acemoglu、m hlbach和Scott的年龄友好指数（age- friendly Index， AFI）对韩国职业数据进行分析，分析了2000 - 2020年韩国职业特征随年龄的变化，并对韩国就业的“年龄友好性”进行了表征。AFI根据职业描述和员工偏好来衡量工作特征，比如身体需求和工作自主性。我们的主要实证发现是，韩国工作的年龄友好性增长速度比美国慢，而且韩国老年人并不是这些工作的主要受益者。这两项调查结果都反映了韩国和美国在人口、劳动力市场和制度方面的差异。AFI增长缓慢的部分原因是劳动力市场的僵化、大企业在韩国的作用以及管理结构的扁平化。

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The evolution of age-friendly jobs in a rapidly ageing economy

Korea’s labor force shift toward older, female, and more educated workers has been even more dramatic than that of the US in recent decades. This paper documents how Korean job characteristics vary by age and characterizes the “age-friendliness” of Korean employment from 2000 to 2020 by applying the Age-Friendliness Index (AFI) developed by Acemoglu, Mühlbach and Scott to Korean occupational data. The AFI measures job characteristics—such as physical demands and job autonomy—based on occupational descriptions and worker preferences. Our primary empirical findings are that the age-friendliness of Korean jobs grew more slowly than in the US, and that older Koreans were not the main beneficiaries of these jobs. Both findings reflect the demographic, labor market, and institutional differences between Korea and the US. Slow growth of AFI can be partially explained by labor market rigidities, the role of large firms in Korea, and the flattening of managerial structures.

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Journal of the Economics of Ageing Multiple-

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4.10

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4.50%

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49 days

期刊介绍： The Journal of the Economics of Ageing (JEoA) is an international academic journal that publishes original theoretical and empirical research dealing with the interaction between demographic change and the economy. JEoA encompasses both microeconomic and macroeconomic perspectives and offers a platform for the discussion of topics including labour, health, and family economics, social security, income distribution, social mobility, immigration, productivity, structural change, economic growth and development. JEoA also solicits papers that have a policy focus.