Ⅰ. Introduction ······························································1
Ⅱ. Welfare Efforts ·························································7
1. Levels of Public Social Spending ··············································9
2. Proportion of In-Kind Benefits in Public Social Spending ··14
3. Composition of Public Social Spending ·······························21
4. Fuzzy Set Ideal Type Analysis & Re-Categorization ··········25
Ⅲ. Welfare State Outcomes ·····································31
1. Redistribution: Poverty & Inequality ····································33
2. Quality of Society: the OECD’s Better Life Index ··············41
3. Efforts & Outcomes of Welfare States: FSITA and
Re-Categorization ·····································································46
Ⅳ. Conclusion: Current Status of the Korean Welfare
State ··········································································53
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