Wooseok Ok
Professor, Department of International Trade, Incheon National University
Ph.D Economics
Major research fields
economic development and growth, labour economics, institutional economics
Current positions
Professor in the Department of International Trade, Incheon National University
President of EU Studies Association-Korea (EUSA-Korea)
Member of Incheon Regional Labor Relation Committee
Advisor for Incheon Rigional Skills Council
Former positions
Non-executive Auditor of Korea Energy Economics Institute
Dean of Research Affairs, INU/ Head of INU Research and Business Foundation / CEO of INU Techonology Holding Company
Dean of Planning and Budget, INU
Editor of Journal of EU Studies (EUSA-Korea)
Advisor for Presidential Committee for Social Cohesion
Member of the Advisory Committee for the Korea-EU FTA Negotiation
Economist, Directorate of Education, Employment and Social Affairs, OECD
Education
Ph.D. in Economics at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (Paris), France
Completion of course requirement for a Ph.D. in Economics at Seoul National University, South Korea
Masters' degree in Economics at Seoul National University, South Korea
Bachelors' degree in Economics at Seoul National University, South Korea
Researh Papers
2021. Institutional Prerequisites for Personal Training Accounts: Lessons from the French Case of "Compte Pesonnel de Formation(in Korean), Journal of EU Studies 26(3)
2017, A study on the factors for the market selection criteria in the global power plant EPC industry(in Korean), Journal of EU Studies 22(2)
2016. The Korean exception: service outsourcing by manufacturing firms and the role of institutions, Evolutionary and Institutional Economics Review 13(1)
2016. Analysis of Suppies and Demands for Vocational Training for Unemployed in Incheon Metropolitan City and Its Policy Implications(in Korean), The Jouranl of Inchoen Studies 25.
2014. Service-led Catch-up in the Indian Economy: Alternative Hypothesis on Teritarization and the Leapfrogging Thesis, Seoul Journal of Economics 27(1)
2013. Evolution and Prospects of the Theory of Régulation : From Historical Transformation to Diversity of Capitalism, The Review of Social & Economics Studies
2011. Employment adjustment behavior of Korean companies before and after 1997 crisis – An analysis using data on listed companies (in Korean), Journal of Korean Economic Development 17(1).
2010. Social Insurance Contribution Reduction as an EITC measure: Lessons from the Experiences of OECD countries ( in Korean), Journal of EU studies 15(1).
2010. The Inventors’ Characteristics and the Process and Invention in Korea and Japan (in Korean), Journal of Korean Economic Development 16(1)
2009. An Exploration of an Integration Index and its Application for Asian Regional Community, KIEP Working Paper 09-10.
2009. Evaluating the Evaluation Indices on Labor Market Institutions by International Organizations, The Comparative Economic Review (in Korean), 16(2)
2007. Trade, International Division of Labor, Skill-Demand Structure and Wage Inequalities: With a Focus on the Korea-China Trade (in Korean), Journal of Koran Economic Analysis 13(3).
2007. Capital Goods Imports and Economic Growth: Trade Policy or Structural Capability?, Journal of Korean Economic Development 13(2).
2006. Industrial Relation in France: Lessons for the Korean Labor Market Policies (in Korean), The Journal of EU Studies 11(2).
2005. Trade in Capital Goods, Trade Policy and Economic Development, Journal of Industrial Research 17.
2004. How do firms' and individuals' incentives to invest in human capital vary across groups?, 2004 Joint EC-OECD seminar on "Human Capital and labour market performance: evidence and policy challenges" (Brussels 08/12/2004) 발표논문 (Co-authored with Andreas Bassanini).
2004. Responses of the Labour Market to the ICT and Organizational Revolutions, Journal of EU Studies 9(2) (in Korean).
2004. Policy complementarities in Economic Development: the Case of South Korea, The Journal of the Korean Economy, 5(2).
2003. Knowledge, Work Organisation and Economic Growth, in C.E. Barfield et al.(eds.) Internet, Economic Growth and Globalization, Springer, Heidelberg, 2003 (co-authored with Elena Arnal and Raymond Torres).
2003. La capacité d’absorption – le role du secteur local des biens d’équipement dans le développement économique, mimeo (in French).
2002. Supporting Economic Growth Through Continuous Education and Training – Some Preliminary Results, Paper presented in the OECD Meeting of National Economic Research Organisations, 1st July 2002 (co-authored with Peter Tergeist).
2002. Echanges de biens d’équipements, capacité d’absorption et rôle de l’Etat dans le développement économique (International Trade in Capital Goods, Absorptive Capability and the Role of Government in Economic Development), Ph.D. dissertation EHESS, (Paris).
2001. Knowledge, Work Organisation and Economic Growth, OECD Labour Market and Social Policy Occasional Papers No.50 (co-authored with Elena Arnal and Raymond Torres).
2000. Absorptive Capability: On the Role of Local Capital Good Industries on Economic Development, Paper presented in the 2000 Annual Conference of the Association Française de Science Economique, 21-22th July 2000.
1999. Do Less Advanced Economies Import More Capital Goods? in M.-H. Stierle (ed.) Globalisation: Effects on Enterprises, Employment and Government, INFER Research Edition Vol.1.
Books
2012. European Economic Area (in Korean), Korea Open University Press
2010. Social Investments and Employment, National Research Council for Economics, Humanities and Social Sciences Collaborative Research Collections 08-15-04
2007. Family Policies for Coping with Low Fertility and Stimulating Growth: Role of Government in Fiscal, Childcare, Education, Female Labor Policies (in Korean), Korean Institute of the Public Finance
Projects
2022. Incheon Seogu Environment Innopolis Project, Ministry of Science and Technology
2022. Consulting programs for Elaboration of Win-Win Type Regional Jobs, Korean Labor and Employment Service
2021. Continuous Education Program for Specialized Small Business CEOs, Incheon City
2021. 2021 Online-Specialized University Program for Small Businesses, SEMAS
2020. 2020 Report of Supplies and Demands of Vocational Training for Incheon Metropolitan City
2019. 2019 Report of Supplies and Demands of Vocational Training for Incheon Metropolitan City
2018. Impact of Protectionism to Exports of Incheon City and its Policy Implication, Bank of Korea
2017. Regional Job Strategy for Incheon Metropolitan City, RSC-Incheon
2017. 2017 Report of Supplies and Demands of Vocational Training for Incheon Metropolitan City. RSC-Incheon
2016. 2016 Report of Supplies and Demands of Vocational Training for Incheon Metropolitan City, RSC-Incheon.
2015. Problems in Employment Environment of Industrial Clusters in Incheon, Ministry of Labor
2015. 2015 Yearly Survey of Training Demands, Incheon Human Resource Development Committee
2013. De-industrialization and Service Outsourcing by Manufacturing Firms, Korea Institute for Industrial Economics and Trade
2013. Analysis of Competitiveness of Exports towards China of the Region of Hwanghaegwon, Bank of Korea
2013. Internationalization of Production and De-industrialization, Korea Development Institute
2012. Employment Influence Study of KTX, Korea Employment Information Service
2012. Social Safety Net and Job Creation, Korea Development Institute
2012. Evaluating the Pilot Project for Eliminating Dead Angles of Social Insurance System, Korea Development Institute
2011. Improving Job Safety Net for Disadvantaged Workers, Korea Development Institute
2011. Implementations of FTA of EU and its Policy Implication, Korea Customs Service
2011. Policy proposals for Enhancing R&D FDI in Seoul-Gyeonggi Region
2011. Improving Quality of the Panel Study of Female Labor Force, Ministry of Gender Equality and Family
2010. ILO Decent Work Indicators and its Policy Implication, Ministry of Labor.
2010. Evaluation of the National Statistics System: Employment Area, Korea Statistics Office.
2010. French Employment Policy and Growth Regime, Korean Labor Institute.
2010. French Youth Employment Policy, Korean Labor Institute
2009. Globalization and the labor market, ILO
2009. Comparative Studies on the Service Industries, Korea and India, STEPI
2009. Policies for reducing the exclusion from the Social Insurances, Ministry of Labor.
2009 Regional Integration Indexes, Asian Economic Community Forum.
2008. Impact of the Social Expenditures on the Economic Growth (in Korean), Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs.
2008. Future Paradigm of the Korean Socio-Economic Policies (in Korean), Korea Labor Institute.
2008. Labor Inspection System in Industrial Countries (in Korean), Ministry of Labor.
2008. Investigation of the Labor-Market-Realted Indicators by the International Evaluation Institutions and Its Policy Implications (in Korean),
Ministry of Labor.
2007. Background Research for “the 4th Basic Plan for the Gender Equality in Employment (in Korean), Ministry of Labor.
2006. Improving the efficiency of the Labor Inspection Administration Favoring the Protection of Fragile Workers (in Korean), Ministry of Labor..
2006. Evaluation of the Patent Information Search and Analysis for Government-Funded R&D Project (PISA-GFRD) and Propositions for Its
Developement (in Korean), Korean Intellectual Property Office.
2006. Korean Job Strategy – Lessons from Industrialized Countries (in Korean), Korea Labor Institute
2005. Strategies for a Co-development with Job Creation through R&D Activities, Presidency Advisory Council on Science and Technology (in
Korean), Presidential Advisory Council on Science & Technology.
2004. Impact of Work Time Reduction on the Construction Sector (in Korean), Korean Institute for Construction and Culture.
2002. Edition of the OECD Employment Outlook Chapter 5 on “Improving workers’ skills and competencies”, OECD.
2003. Labour Inspection System in France, Korea Labour Institute (Report “Improving Labour Inspection System”(in Korean), Ministry of Labor
2001. Following-up of the OECD Growth Project (Report: “Improving wokers’ skills: analytical evidence and the role of the social partners”),
OECD
2000. The OECD Growth Project (Report: “Knowledge, Work Organisation and Economic Growth”), OECD