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Korea's retirement predicament : the ageing tiger /
The distinguishing feature for many workers in South Korea is contractual - and often involuntary - retirement at a young age (mid-50s for most workers) followed by precarious and low-paying self-employment or contract work. In the past this practice, which is also found in other East Asian nations,...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Routledge,
2014.
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| Colección: | Routledge advances in Korean studies ;
v. 28. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.
- Cover; Korea's Retirement Predicament; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction to retirement in Korea; 2 Demographic change in Korea and East Asia; 3 The welfare state and income security for the elderly in Korea; 4 The legal foundations of mandatory retirement in Korea; 5 Korean women and retirement; 6 Institutionalization of the Retirement Pension Plan and the limited role of corporatism in Korea.
- 7 National pension, labour market and retirement in Korea: institutional mismatch and policy alternatives8 Changing retirement patterns in Japan; 9 Retiring immigrants: Korean seniors' lives after migration to Canada; 10 The future of retirement; Index.