공직의 직업지위 하락은 일시적 현상인가? = Is the Decline in the Occupational Status of Public Service a Temporary Phenomenon?

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

This study aims to analyze empirically whether the change in the occupational status of public service is a temporary or structural phenomenon. This study applied the concept of occupational status (Socio-Economic Index of Occupational Status) developed by Ganzeboom et al. (1992) and analyzed the change in occupational status over 12 years from 2013 to 2024, focusing on public sector occupations such as general administrative workers, police officers, firefighters, and correctional officers, as well as private sector occupations such as management-related clerical workers, and finance and insurance workers. As a result, it was found that the occupational status of general administrative workers, police officers, firefighters, and correctional officers declined after 2021, while the occupational status of management-related workers and finance and insurance workers remained stable or increased. In addition, an occupational trend analysis of changes in income, education, and age, which are the components of occupational status, shows the main cause of the change in occupational status is found to be the low salary of public officials. Given the global trade war, the low-growth trend of the economy, the suffering of the people's economic status, and the increased number of civil servants, it is difficult to expect a sharp increase in civil service salaries, so the decline in the occupational status of public service is expected to continue.