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Book SynopsisProviding original observations, this seminal text analyses the emergence of social investment policies in both Europe and East Asia. Experts explore the roads and barriers towards effective social investment policies, derive practical social policy implications and highlight important lessons for future social policymaking.
Table of ContentsWelfare Reform and Social Investment Policy in Europe and East Asia: An Introduction ~ Young Jun Choi, Timo Fleckenstein and Soohyun Christine Lee Work-Family Policy Expansion and the Idea of Social Investment: The Cases of England, Germany, Japan and South Korea ~ Sam Mohun-Himmelweit and Sung-Hee Lee Private Education in South Korea: Lessons for the West from Past Mistakes? ~ Sonia Exley How do Family Background and Shadow Education Affect Academic Performance and Labour Market Outcomes in South Korea?: Reasons for Redistributive Social Investment ~ Yun Young Kim and Young Jun Choi Employability, Higher Education and the Knowledge Economy ~ Niccolo Durrazi Does Social Investment Make the Labour Market ‘Flow’? Family Policies and Institutional Complementarities in Italy, Spain, Japan and South Korea ~ Ijin Hong and Jieun Lee The Social Investment Approach and Gender Division of Housework across East Asia and Europe ~ Mi Young An Employment Outcomes of Social Investment in Latecomer Countries ~ Jaehyoung Park Estimation of the Human Capital Depreciation Rate: An international Comparison and Policy Implications in Korea ~ Gawoon Ban Changing Patterns of Grandparenting and their Implications for Active Ageing in England and South Korea ~ Hyejin Choi The Governance of Social Investment Policies in Comparative Perspective: Long-Term Care in England and Korea ~ Jooha Lee Towards Greater Social Investments and Equality in Europe and East Asia: Policies and Politics ~ Timo Fleckenstein and Soohyun Christine Lee
