ISBN:
9780415644105
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (188 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
Routledge Advances in Korean Studies
Parallel Title:
Print version Korea's Retirement Predicament : The Ageing Tiger
DDC:
306.3/8095195
Keywords:
Women - Retirement - Korea (South)
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
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, provided firms with a youthful and highly productive workforce. However, with a rapidly aging population and shifts in the labour market, the existing arrangement is becoming less and less functional. This book examines how this retirement arrangement arose, and the policy reforms that ha
Description / Table of Contents:
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
Description / Table of Contents:
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
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
Permalink
