The East Asian welfare state debate and surrogate social policy: An exploratory study on Japan and South Korea

Socio-Economic Review

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 411-435

  Kim, Pil Ho ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Asia; Public expenditures; Public policy; Redistribution; Regional economies; Welfare state

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954364456     PISSN: 14751461     EISSN: 1475147X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ser/mwq003     Document Type: Article

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