03647oam 2200721I 450 991077998510332120230803220012.01-138-56256-41-135-04642-50-203-36208-X1-135-04643-310.4324/9780203362082 (CKB)2550000001107599(EBL)1331844(OCoLC)855503995(SSID)ssj0000954315(PQKBManifestationID)11530875(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000954315(PQKBWorkID)10942022(PQKB)11243236(MiAaPQ)EBC1331844(Au-PeEL)EBL1331844(CaPaEBR)ebr10740595(CaONFJC)MIL507945(OCoLC)857059515(FINmELB)ELB131656(EXLCZ)99255000000110759920180706d2014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrKorea's retirement predicament the ageing tiger /edited by Thomas R. Klassen and Yunjeong YangNew York :Routledge,2014.1 online resource (188 p.)Routledge advances in Korean studies ;28Routledge advances in Korean studies ;28Description based upon print version of record.0-415-64410-0 1-299-76694-3 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.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.This book examines how this retirement arrangement arose, and the policy reforms that have been both undertaken and proposed to allow workers to remain employed longer. Using a multi-disciplinary and comparative approach, the authors study contractual mandatory retirement trends and policies in South Korea, and in doing so illuminate the political, social, legal, economic aRoutledge Advances in Korean StudiesRetirementGovernment policyKorea (South)Early retirementKorea (South)Retirement ageKorea (South)WomenRetirementKorea (South)RetirementGovernment policyEarly retirementRetirement ageWomenRetirement306.3/8095195Klassen Thomas Richard1957-1107709Yang Yunjeong1480092MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910779985103321Korea's retirement predicament3696576UNINA