The Korea Local Administration Review

Even with the importance of creative employment nationally, a few ofdomestic research in measuring creative workforce or class has been tried.This article aims to apply the theory of creative class that discussedmeasurement of creative employment and its policy implications on regionaldevelopment to Korean case. This research tries to adopt Florida's classificationto compare our case with others. Moreover this study analyzes statistically thegeographical distribution across main metropolitan cities in Korea to see spacialconcentration to cities around 6 domestic metropolitan cities. This study utilizedthe 9th Standard Classification of Occupation and local area labor force surveysupplied by KOSIS with the analysis tools of location quotient and shift-share.The results show that the high growth rate of creative occupations in Koreafrom 2008 to 2012 and significant concentration of creative professionals ratherthan super-creative core in some metropolitan cities. It is suggested that someserious practical policy measures are in need towards widening pool of creativeclass in those cities as well as uplifting creative capacities of service class.
□ Keywords: creative economy, creative class, regional development