Dynamics of the Welfare Mix in the Republic of Korea: An Expenditure Study Between 1990 and 2001

Jin Wook Kim

International Social Security Review, 2005, vol. 58, issue 4, 3-26

Abstract: Although non‐State sectors have played an important role in people's welfare, their expenditures have usually been excluded from social policy studies when measuring the welfare efforts of a nation. This article experiments with a new approach synthesizing welfare mix research using an expenditure study as a tool and applies the model to the Korean case. It presents the following major findings: first, the welfare system of the Republic of Korea has presented a genuine welfare mix in which the role of non‐State sectors has been of immense importance; and second, the dynamics of the welfare mix since 1997 have been largely due to the growing role of the State in social welfare, both directly and indirectly. Based on these findings, this article ultimately urges the necessity of the welfare mix approach in comparative social policy research.

Date: 2005
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