Korea's retirement predicament [electronic resource] : the ageing tiger / edited by Thomas R. Klassen and Yunjeong Yang.

Contributor(s): Klassen, Thomas Richard, 1957- | Yang, Yunjeong | ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextSeries: Routledge advances in Korean studies ; 28Publication details: New York : Routledge, 2014Description: xvii, 168 p. : illISBN: 9780203362082 (electronic bk.)Subject(s): Retirement -- Government policy -- Korea (South) | Early retirement -- Korea (South) | Retirement age -- Korea (South) | Women -- Retirement -- Korea (South)Genre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 306.3/8095195 LOC classification: HQ1063.2.K6 | K57 2014Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Foreword / Young Ki Choi -- Introduction to retirement in Korea / Thomas R. Klassen and Kun-ha Yu -- Demographic change in Korea and East Asia / Ghazy Mujahid -- The welfare state and income security for the elderly in Korea / Jae-jin Yang -- The legal foundations of mandatory retirement in Korea / Yongman Cho -- Korean women and retirement / Yunjeong Yang and Soondool Chung -- Institutionalization of the retirement pension plan and the limited role of corporatism in Korea / MyungJoon Park -- National pension, labour market and retirement in Korea : institutional mismatch and policy alternatives / Hanam Phang -- Changing retirement patterns in Japan / Koichi Hiraoka -- Retiring immigrants : Korean seniors' lives after migration to Canada / Ann H. Kim -- The future of retirement / Masa Higo and Thomas R. Klassen.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword / Young Ki Choi -- Introduction to retirement in Korea / Thomas R. Klassen and Kun-ha Yu -- Demographic change in Korea and East Asia / Ghazy Mujahid -- The welfare state and income security for the elderly in Korea / Jae-jin Yang -- The legal foundations of mandatory retirement in Korea / Yongman Cho -- Korean women and retirement / Yunjeong Yang and Soondool Chung -- Institutionalization of the retirement pension plan and the limited role of corporatism in Korea / MyungJoon Park -- National pension, labour market and retirement in Korea : institutional mismatch and policy alternatives / Hanam Phang -- Changing retirement patterns in Japan / Koichi Hiraoka -- Retiring immigrants : Korean seniors' lives after migration to Canada / Ann H. Kim -- The future of retirement / Masa Higo and Thomas R. Klassen.

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