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UNINA9910779985103321 |
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Titolo |
Korea's retirement predicament : the ageing tiger / / edited by Thomas R. Klassen and Yunjeong Yang |
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New York : , : Routledge, , 2014 |
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ISBN |
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1-138-56256-4 |
1-135-04642-5 |
0-203-36208-X |
1-135-04643-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (188 p.) |
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Collana |
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Routledge advances in Korean studies ; ; 28 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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KlassenThomas Richard <1957-> |
YangYunjeong |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Retirement - Government policy - Korea (South) |
Early retirement - Korea (South) |
Retirement age - Korea (South) |
Women - Retirement - Korea (South) |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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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Sommario/riassunto |
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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- |
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