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The distribution structure has gone through rapid changes since the distribution market came to be fully liberalized in 1996 and new businesses including large-scale marts and on-line shopping malls, etc. have been grown. It is said that the large-scale retailers, generally called discount stores, have contributed to increase employment as a result of the growth of large-scale mart. However, there is an opposite opinion. Because the growth of large-scale mart have contributed to decline the numbers of small and medium scale mart, generally called mom-and-pop-store or supermarket, overall employment has been reduced. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to positively prove the hypothesis that a new change in distribution structure represented by large-scale marts has influenced on employment in Korea's economy. The hypotheses in this study are as following: the growth of department store, large-scale mart(discount store), supermarket, and specialty store has influenced on the rate of employment, the number of regular workers, and irregular workers, respectively. As a result of analysis, discount stores have not influenced on the increment of rate of employment, and the number of regular workers and irregular workers, but on the one hand supermarkets have influence on the increment of rate of employment, and the number of regular workers and irregular workers. From these results, we can find a policy implications. Most of supermarket are managed by a small-scale businessman. They have done their business in the difficult circumstance such as competition with large-scale mart. Since supermarkets have a positive influence on employment, government should make a market circumstance to be fair competition between large-scale mart and small & medium scale mart. Also, large-scale marts need to build a position to make mutual cooperation with small & medium scale mart.