The Good, the Bad and the Confusing: The Political Economy of Social Care Expansion in South Korea

Development and Change

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 905-923

  Peng, Ito ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENDER DISPARITY; GENDER ISSUE; LABOR MARKET; POLICY REFORM; POLITICAL ECONOMY; SOCIAL POLICY; WELFARE PROVISION; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT; WOMENS STATUS;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HISTORY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; PARENT; POLICY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOUTH KOREA;

CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; GOVERNMENT; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; PARENTS; PUBLIC POLICY; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL WELFARE; WOMEN, WORKING;

SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 80052805888     PISSN: 0012155X     EISSN: 14677660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7660.2011.01724.x     Document Type: Article

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