Korea's retirement predicament : the ageing tiger - Klassen, Thomas Richard, 1957-; Yang, Yunjeong (New York : Routledge, 2014)
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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Keywords: Retirement -- Government policy -- Korea (South); Early retirement -- Korea (South); Retirement age -- Korea (South); Women -- Retirement -- Korea (South); Electronic books