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Poverty and inequality in East Asia : work, family and policy / edited by Inhoe Ku, Professor, Department of Social Welfare, Seoul National University, South Korea, Peter Saunders, Emeritus Professor, Social Policy Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Australia.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- New horizons in social policy.
- New Horizons in Social Policy
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Poverty--East Asia.
- Poverty.
- Labor market--East Asia.
- Labor market.
- Equality--East Asia.
- Equality.
- East Asia--Social policy.
- East Asia.
- East Asia--Social conditions--21st century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (256 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Cheltenham, England ; Northampton, Massachusetts : Edward Elgar Publishing, [2022]
- Summary:
- This insightful book addresses the urgent need for robust evidence on recent trends and factors contributing to poverty and inequality in East Asia.This title contains one or more Open Access chapters.
- Contents:
- Front Matter
- Copyright
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- 1. Introduction to Poverty and Inequality
- 2. Working poverty and anti-poverty policy in four East Asian societies
- 3. Income packaging and social safety nets for low-income families with children in East Asia
- 4. Childlessness and social support in four East Asian societies
- 5. Married women's employment and the motherhood employment penalty by couple's educational attainment across ten countries
- 6. Adult, child and sibling deprivation in Hong Kong
- 7. Explaining the child poverty outcomes of Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan
- 8. Poverty among young adults in East Asia - a comparative study
- 9. Old-age poverty in rural China in the new century
- 10. What makes old-age poverty in East Asian societies so high?
- 11. Conclusion
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Ku, Inhoe Poverty and Inequality in East Asia
- ISBN:
- 1-80088-898-8
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