유연안전성 담론과 전략에 대한 비판적 고찰

This paper is to critically review flexicurity dialogue and strategy and draw implications for labor market reform and social security system in Korea. While the so-called flexicurity strategy is to overcome hhe flexibilization at the margin, it is criticized for poor empirical evidences of its necessity and effectiveness, priority being given prior consideration for flexibility rather than security in its practice and application, and not being able to overcome labor market dualization. The social exchange of job protection and social protection is necessary for extending social security to unprotected areas of labor force, economic restructuring and technological development. For flexicurity strategy to succeed, however, low level of inequality in labor market, progressive social security system, provention of layoff by firms with moral hazards are necessary, and to establish effective social security system, establishing optimal EPL and considering individual‘s cultural mentality about security, particularly job security are very important. As an implication, Korea should try to reach optimal level of EPL and to establish proper social seucurity system step by step and simultaneously.