일가정 양립제도와 여성근로자의 지각이 출산에 미치는 영향에 관한 연구(Work-family balance and childbirth)

As part of policy efforts to resolve a serious problem of low birth rate which becomes an object of public concern in Korea, systems for supporting two areas a work and a family are introduced and operated by companies. This research aims to make an empirical analysis on whether or not these institutions contribute to overcome the social phenomenon low birth rate from a viewpoint of business management. That is to say, this research analyzed the effects of work-family balance institutions on the outcome "childbirth" (i.e. the influence of individual institution and the influence of the sum of institutions) which has not been taken up by business management although it is the final aim of the work-family balance institutions. In addition, this research analyzed not only the influence of female workers' work-family balance perception on childbirth but also influence factors of work-family balance perception. To do this, we adopted as a scope the data of 1,101 married female workers by using questionnaires of human resources manager and these workers among the 2008's data of "KWMP (Korean Women Panel)" done by Korean Women's Development Institute.