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- Title
Social risks and public pension in South Korea.
- Authors
Kim, Soo‐Wan
- Abstract
This study investigated how traditional and new social risks have emerged in South Korea and how policies have coped with them, focusing on the public pension program. Using national statistics data and publicly published government reports, factors such as marital status, economic activity, and the insurance trend of the public pension by age and gender for the last decade were examined. Main results are as follows. Women's labor force participation has slightly increased; however, career discontinuity remains and new family risks have increased. Second, women's public pension coverage as a percentage of the employment rate has substantially increased, implying that old labor market risks have largely been reduced for female workers. Third, the public pension insured rate among male workers has decreased to a small degree, which implies that new labor market risks are increasing for male workers. Consequently, the gender gap in risk has been reduced; however, policies established to deal with new risks have introduced some gender effects
- Subjects
SOUTH Korea; PUBLIC pension trusts; WOMEN employees; LABOR supply; GENDER differences (Psychology)
- Publication
Asian Social Work & Policy Review, 2017, Vol 11, Issue 2, p108
- ISSN
1753-1403
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/aswp.12117