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@article{ART001776746},
author={An, Mi Young},
title={A Comparative Analysis of Childcare Expansion and Social Investment in Sweden, France, Germany, the UK, Japan and South Korea},
journal={Korea Social Policy Review},
issn={1226-0525},
year={2013},
volume={20},
number={2},
pages={169-193},
doi={10.17000/kspr.20.2.201306.169}

TY - JOUR
AU - An, Mi Young
TI - A Comparative Analysis of Childcare Expansion and Social Investment in Sweden, France, Germany, the UK, Japan and South Korea
JO - Korea Social Policy Review
PY - 2013
VL - 20
IS - 2
PB - Korean Association of Social Policy
SP - 169
EP - 193
SN - 1226-0525
AB - This paper examines how a social investment approach can be applied in a comparative analysis of childcare arrangements. We compared changes in Sweden, France, Germany, the UK, Japan and Korea during the 2000s, focusing on four dimensions of social investment: activation, gender equality, quality of care, and the degree of state’s intervention in the family. We considered leave systems and the number of children enrolled in formal care and education facilities as indicators for labour market activation. For gender equality, women’s position in employment is considered with respect to labour market participation rates, proportion of permanent employment, and wage-sex ratio. Quality of care concerns child-to-staff ratio and care provided with government quality control. The state’s intervention was measured as social spending on families as proportions of GDP and total social spending. Our analysis provides empirical evidence that Sweden and France are pioneers in this arena and that the UK, Germany, Korea, and Japan are path-shifters in their care paradigms, albeit to varying degrees. Is the social investment approach an adequate paradigm for care? In a normative sense, this approach has potential. However, the following issues remain unaddressed: gender equality should be achieved through an expansion in good-quality jobs, fathers should be encouraged to take on childcare duties, and families should have universal access to good-quality childcare services controlled by the government.
KW - childcare;social investment;activation;gender equality;quality of care;social spending on family
DO - 10.17000/kspr.20.2.201306.169
ER -

An, Mi Young. (2013). A Comparative Analysis of Childcare Expansion and Social Investment in Sweden, France, Germany, the UK, Japan and South Korea. Korea Social Policy Review, 20(2), 169-193.

An, Mi Young. 2013, "A Comparative Analysis of Childcare Expansion and Social Investment in Sweden, France, Germany, the UK, Japan and South Korea", Korea Social Policy Review, vol.20, no.2 pp.169-193. Available from: doi:10.17000/kspr.20.2.201306.169

An, Mi Young "A Comparative Analysis of Childcare Expansion and Social Investment in Sweden, France, Germany, the UK, Japan and South Korea" Korea Social Policy Review 20.2 pp.169-193 (2013) : 169.

An, Mi Young. A Comparative Analysis of Childcare Expansion and Social Investment in Sweden, France, Germany, the UK, Japan and South Korea. 2013; 20(2), 169-193. Available from: doi:10.17000/kspr.20.2.201306.169

An, Mi Young. "A Comparative Analysis of Childcare Expansion and Social Investment in Sweden, France, Germany, the UK, Japan and South Korea" Korea Social Policy Review 20, no.2 (2013) : 169-193.doi: 10.17000/kspr.20.2.201306.169

An, Mi Young. A Comparative Analysis of Childcare Expansion and Social Investment in Sweden, France, Germany, the UK, Japan and South Korea. Korea Social Policy Review, 20(2), 169-193. doi: 10.17000/kspr.20.2.201306.169

An, Mi Young. A Comparative Analysis of Childcare Expansion and Social Investment in Sweden, France, Germany, the UK, Japan and South Korea. Korea Social Policy Review. 2013; 20(2) 169-193. doi: 10.17000/kspr.20.2.201306.169

An, Mi Young. A Comparative Analysis of Childcare Expansion and Social Investment in Sweden, France, Germany, the UK, Japan and South Korea. 2013; 20(2), 169-193. Available from: doi:10.17000/kspr.20.2.201306.169

An, Mi Young. "A Comparative Analysis of Childcare Expansion and Social Investment in Sweden, France, Germany, the UK, Japan and South Korea" Korea Social Policy Review 20, no.2 (2013) : 169-193.doi: 10.17000/kspr.20.2.201306.169