Inadequate policy or operational failure? The potential crisis of the Korean National Pension Programme

Social Policy and Administration

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 20-38

  Kwon, Huck Ju ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Developmentalism; East Asia; Financial crisis; Two tier pension system; Welfare reform

Indexed keywords

FINANCIAL CRISIS; PENSION SYSTEM; SOCIAL POLICY; WELFARE REFORM;

SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 0032965636     PISSN: 01445596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9515.00129     Document Type: Article

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