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Seniority, Experience, and Wages in South Korea

Pyoungsik Kim

The BE Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy2026https://doi.org/10.1515/bejeap-2025-0323article
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Using 20 years of data from the Korean Labor and Income Panel Study (KLIPS), this paper examines the wage returns to general experience, firm tenure, and industry- and occupation-specific tenure in South Korea. Employing the Altonji and Shakotko instrumental variable approach and the Topel two-step estimation method, I address biases from unobserved heterogeneity. The results reveal that 10 years of tenure have no significant effect on log wages, while 20 years of tenure increase wages by 11 %–30 %. Sector-specific skills play a critical role in wage growth, while the occupation-specific returns are minimal.

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@article{pyoungsik2026,
  title        = {{Seniority, Experience, and Wages in South Korea}},
  author       = {Pyoungsik Kim},
  journal      = {The BE Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy},
  year         = {2026},
  doi          = {https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1515/bejeap-2025-0323},
}

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