摘要
韩国以其工资水平较低的优势,以劳动密集型工业为起点,大力发展外向型经济,使经济在短短的 20～30年之间得到起飞.当经济发展到一定水平后,工资水平有了较大的上升,这使劳动力相对优势减弱,出 口产品的国际竞争力受到影响.为此,韩国又不失时机地调整产业结构,使经济保持在较高的发展水平上.可 以说,在韩国工业化进程中,工资水平起着十分重要的作用.
The economy of The Republic of Korea has developed in the past 20~30 years, based on its low wage level advantage and expanding its export-oriented economy. When its economy developed, its wage level increased largely at the cost of decreasing its labor force advantage in international competition. Therefore, The Republic of Korea had to adjust its industrials structure to keep developing its economy. We think that the wage level plays an important role in the industrialization process of The Republic of Korea
