Social Policies in an Age of Austerity

Edited by John Scholz, Hyungypo Moon and Sang-Hyup Lee

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Abstract: Social Policies in an Age of Austerity is the first major publication on the topic, with a particular interest in the United States and the Republic of Korea. The authors of the ten chapters in this book review recent developments in social policies in OECD countries, with a focus on achieving greater effectiveness in public spending on social programs, under increasingly tight national budgets. The contributions cover social and fiscal policy and issues in labor market policy, in addition to the effectiveness of social insurance, education and antipoverty policy.

Keywords: Asian Studies; Economics and Finance; Social Policy and Sociology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
ISBN: 9781784717568
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 Introduction and overview , pp 3-17

John Scholz, Hyungpyo Moon and Sang-Hyop Lee

Ch 2 Tax and spend: the interplay of fiscal and social policy , pp 18-43

John Scholz and Hsueh-Hsiang Li

Ch 3 The social safety net in Korea: from welfare to workfare , pp 44-80

Youngsun Koh

Ch 4 Understanding differences in job growth in Europe, Canada and the United States: what went wrong in the United States? , pp 83-104

Alan Krueger

Ch 5 The unsustainable rise of the disability rolls in the United States: causes, consequences and policy options , pp 107-136

David Autor

Ch 6 Expanding coverage of the National Pension in Korea: the effectiveness of the matching contribution subsidy , pp 137-162

Hyungpyo Moon

Ch 7 Current themes in education policy in the United States , pp 165-180

Diane Schanzenbach

Ch 8 After-school classes in Korea: effects on the demand for private tutoring and academic performance , pp 181-232

Hisam Kim

Ch 9 Recent developments in antipoverty policies in the United States , pp 235-262

James Ziliak

Ch 10 Korea’s Basic Old-Age Pension and its poverty reduction effects , pp 263-283

Wankyo Chung

Ch 11 Effects of government subsidies on investment by small companies , pp 284-296

Bong Geul Chun and Hanwook Yoo

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