The Pressures of Rapid Population Aging Affect Retirement, Work, and Pension Policies in South Korea

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2010

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Klassen, Thomas
Yang, Jae-jin

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Abstract

South Korea’s rapidly ageing population is putting pressure on the state to come up with new social policies that accommodate this demographic shift and prevent an age crisis. This shift has played a major role in shaping workplace and income security policies for the elderly.

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Pensions, Aging, Social Development and Welfare

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Klassen, T. R., & Yang, J. (Eds.). (2010). Retirement, work and pensions in ageing Korea. New York: Routledge.