Measuring Social Policy Change in Comparative Research: Survey Data Evidence from South Korea

Hong, Ijin; Kwon, Eunjung; Kim, BoRin

doi:10.1080/13876988.2017.1418207

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“…This study contributes to specialised literature in several ways. First, it shows that empirical findings depend on how variables are selected and measured, confirming that comparative research calls for a careful measurement and operationalisation of the ‘dependent variable’ being considered (Clasen & Siegel, 2007; Hong et al, 2019; Kühner, 2007). Our findings confirm previous empirical studies that both assert (Huang, 2015; Qian & Mok, 2019) and cast doubt on (Ratigan, 2017) the effects of regional wealth on social expenditure.…”

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confidence: 84%

“…The idea of welfare effort was first introduced by Wilensky (1975, p. 17) as ‘budget decisions of political elites’ regarding welfare. Social expenditure has since become the most widely used proxy for ‘welfare effort’, as it is easier to define and compare, due to broader data availability (Castles, 2009; Hong et al, 2019; Jensen, 2011; Kangas & Palme, 2007). Inevitably, the proxy of social expenditure has its shortcomings, the most obvious one being the influence of GDP's performance as a denominator.…”

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The industrialisation thesis, revisited: Understanding welfare expansion in China through social expenditure data (2000–2019)

Hong

Ngok

2022

Soc Policy Adm

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China is undergoing important reforms in its welfare system, and some scholars agree that a new 'social policy era' took place in the 2000s-2010s. Although welfare development theories-typically, the industrialisation thesis and the power resources approach-are well established in social policy research, welfare change and its determinants in China are still poorly understood in international literature. Making use of

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Section: Social Expenditure In Chinamentioning

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The industrialisation thesis, revisited: Understanding welfare expansion in China through social expenditure data (2000–2019)

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Ngok

2022

Soc Policy Adm

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“…Consequently, the interaction between informal and formal institutions, that is different by nature when it comes to care configurations, has become increasingly intense and caused both institutions to be in conflicting positions. Such complicated situation eventually impedes the development of state-run childcare to perform and promote gender equality (Hong et al , 2018). The phenomena demonstrated how important was the historical legacy of informal care institutionalising in its relation to enshrining public commitment to childcare provision.…”

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The evolving Korean childcare regime

Yuda

2020

IJSSP

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PurposeThe objective of this paper is to understand changes and progress of the Korean childcare regime by examining the evolutional process of childcare initiatives that were developed since the Japanese colonial rule.Design/methodology/approachThis study employed a qualitative-based research design with a particular emphasis on explanatory research. Meanwhile, the data were gathered through the peer-reviewed literature and reports.FindingsThe findings indicate that Korea has had three types of childcare regimes: effective-informal, productivist and inclusive-liberal orientation. It also pinpoints that while the care regime development followed the European regime, the egalitarian society, which is a social prerequisite for modern welfare state-building, has not yet been fully established. This paradoxical situation eventually impedes the development of universal childcare aimed at promoting gender equality and a work-life balance.Originality/valueThis article offers a model and characteristics of the Korean childcare regime dating back to the Japanese colonial period up until the Moon Jae-In administration, where it still receives less attention in most of the social policy literature (see Table 1).

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“…For example, South Korea's 'old' social policies were fairly stable, whereas their 'new' policies have grown, following a path of layering. 23 The latter substitutes 'old' policy objectives and goals with new goals and actors. 24 The theory of policy layering provides an alternative path without a confrontation with those groups that benefited from and supported the old policies.…”

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A refined experimentalist governance approach to incremental policy change: the case of process-tracing China’s central government infrastructure PPP policies between 1988 and 2017

Wang

Chen

Koppenjan

2021

Journal of Chinese Governance

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How public policies change incrementally over time remains understudied. This paper contributes to the studies of incremental policy change by integrating the theories of policy layering and learning into a theoretical framework of experimental governance (EG). Using a mixed research method, we apply this framework to process-tracing the changing trajectory of China's central government infrastructure public-private partnership (PPP) policies from 1988 to 2017 by looking at evolving policy goals, policy measures, and policy co-issuing networks. Results suggest that China's central government infrastructure PPP policy change follows a refined EG approach in which policies change incrementally in a layering pattern, primarily driven by learning. Findings provide a new account of incremental policy change.

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Measuring Social Policy Change in Comparative Research: Survey Data Evidence from South Korea

Cited by 8 publications

References 49 publications

The industrialisation thesis, revisited: Understanding welfare expansion in China through social expenditure data (2000–2019)

The industrialisation thesis, revisited: Understanding welfare expansion in China through social expenditure data (2000–2019)

The evolving Korean childcare regime

A refined experimentalist governance approach to incremental policy change: the case of process-tracing China’s central government infrastructure PPP policies between 1988 and 2017

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