Global Social Security Review 2022 No.겨울 23, pp.53-62
Abstract
In light of the latest developments in the UK government's childcare policy, this article attributes the high cost of child care services for parents in the UK to three structural issues: (a) the UK’s method of financing child care services is complex; (b) there is no policy-level support for care services for infants and toddlers (ages 0-2); and (c) the UK’s child care is heavily market-based, guided by neoliberal principles, with minimal state intervention. This article concludes with a brief discussion of the implications of the UK case for Korea, where all eligible families have had free child care since 2013.
