• 아동학회지
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.197-217
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• 2010

This study investigated the performance of the child care policies implemented by the former government and analyzes some changes in child care policies by the new government in Korea. The criteria for evaluating child care policies of both governments were based on suggestions gleaned from OECD policy review papers on Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) in 2004 and 2006. As suggested by the OECD, the input of financial investment in public sectors, universal approaches to child care, measures of quality programs, efforts for improving the work environment of child care workers and selecting effective ways of providing financial support for child care were applied in order to evaluate the child care policies in Korea. A number of policy documents and literature published by both governments from 2003-2009 were reviewed in order to evaluate and compare the former child care policies with the more recent ones. The child care policies enacted by the former Korean government were characterized as the remarkable increases in financial investment to establish a child care infrastructure for quality programs and services, and efforts to enact universal approaches to child care, policy making based on scientific data on child care. These advances were tempered by the observation that despite all these improvements, both investment and expansion in the public child care sector were far below sufficient levels. In contrast, some changes in the child care policies by the new government were criticized in terms of weakening public child care, reinforcing private child care and it's conservative financial support system.

• 한국생활과학회지
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• 제14권6호
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• pp.915-924
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• 2005

In this study, two controversial Child Care Policies will be discussed based on the perspective of Economics: Accreditation of Child Care Centers and Liberation of Child Care Service Tuition. Liberation of Child Care Service Tuition is to provide parents and children with exact quality which they want at a differentiated price. Accreditation of Child Care Center is to enhance the quality of child care service by evaluating the quality of centers and grading centers into three classes. This study concludes that success or failure of the policies mostly depend on the investment capability of the government to increase the supply of child care centers. Employing these two policies requires the child care rate more than certain level and more financial investment from the government since the responsibility of providing child care services relies mostly on the government in Korea.

• 한국보육지원학회지
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• 제9권6호
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• pp.197-221
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• 2013

본 연구에서는 양육지원 정책과 출산율과의 관계를 분석하기 위해 OECD 33개국의 출산율을 종속변수로 현금지원 정책, 보육시설서비스 정책, 조세혜택 정책을 독립변수로 구조방정식을 실시하였다. 연구결과 출산율에 가장 큰 영향을 미치는 정책은 보육시설서비스 정책으로 나타났다. 정책비용에 따른 효과를 다시 한 번 비교해 보았을 때 현금지원 정책은 지원 비용에 따라 효과의 증감이 일관되게 나타났으나 보육시설서비스 정책은 지원비용에 따라 일관된 증감이 나타나지 않았다. 이러한 연구 결과는 현금지원 정책의 효과성을 높이기 위해서는 부모의 양육부담 완화를 위한 적정 비용의 산정과 재정의 재분배 그리고 지원방법과 시기에 대한 지속적인 논의가 이루어져야하고, 보육시설서비스 정책의 효과성을 높이기 위해서는 일과 가정의 양립을 가능하게 하는 다양하고 포괄적인 질적 보육시설서비스 정책이 지속적으로 시행되어져야 한다는 것을 시사한다.

• 아동학회지
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• 제30권6호
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• pp.267-279
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• 2009

Child care in Korea has been officially institutionalized due to the legislation of the Child Care Act in 1991. Since then, the predominant social phenomena such as growing female workforce, more intensified female education, and the low birth rates have led the stronger demand for child care at the national level. Accordingly, the supply of child care services and the demand of families using the services have increased dramatically, producing enhancement of the quality of child care via improved and extended laws and regulations. Such movements have arisen academic interests and policy issues to specific sectors with details including child care policies, curriculum and professionals working with young children at child care centers, needs of children and their families attending child care centers, and program evaluations.

• 대한가정학회지
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• 제33권5호
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• pp.13-25
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• 1995

The purpose of this study was to understand the variables affecting the dual role strain and the satisfaction with the life of working mothers, Based on this result, the family policies for the balance between family life and work were proposed. 1) For the family, husband's psychological and behavioral supports were needed to wives as workers. 2) For business, the child care support and services have to be provided for children of both male and female employees. 3) For the government, the policies can be proposed : child care center or support and service in the business, child care program after school hours, insurance policies for child safety, deduction in income taxes corresponding expenditures for child care service.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제13권12호
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• pp.5738-5744
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• 2012

본 연구는 문헌조사방법을 통해 보육정책의 현황을 정리하고, 문제점을 파악하여 향후 보육정책의 과제를 제시하는 것이다. 실태 분석을 통해 발견한 보육정책의 문제점은 0~2세 전 계층 무상 보육으로 인해 실수요계층인 맞벌이 가정의 이용이 어려운 점, 양육수당의 지원 대상에서 36개월 이상의 보육시설을 이용하지 않는 저소득층이 제외된 점, 보육시설 이용아동 대부분 국공립이 아닌 민간어린이집을 이용하므로 보육의 공공성 확보가 어려운 점 등이다. 이러한 문제점을 개선하기 위해 향후 보육정책에서 국공립어린이집 확충으로 보육의 공공성을 확보하고, 양육수당을 현실화하고, 질 높은 영아전담 어린이집의 수를 늘리고, 시간제 보육서비스를 확대하고, 부모교육 및 상담 프로그램을 지원하는 것이 필요하다.

• 융합정보논문지
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.92-103
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• 2020

본 연구는 우리나라 저출생 현상의 심각성을 공감하고, 저출생 현상과 관련하여 그 원인에 대한 분석과 이에 대한 유아교육·보육정책 방안 수립에 대해 논의하고자 한다. 특히 기존의 상부하달의 하향식 유아교육·보육정책 방안 수립에서 탈피하여 유아교육·보육 관련 구성원의 목소리가 정책에 반영될 수 있게 하는 상향식 유아교육·보육정책 방안을 수립하는데 목적이 있다. 이를 위해 델파이 기법을 활용하여 연구를 수행하였고, 유아교육 및 보육 분야 전문가 20인을 전문가 패널로 구성하였다. 본 연구에서는 저출생 현상 대책을 위한 상향식 유아교육·보육정책 방안으로 '기회' 준거에 7개의 정책, '서비스' 준거에 11개의 정책, '재화/상품권/세금감면' 준거에 8개의 정책, '현금급여' 준거에 7개의 정책, '권력' 준거에 5개의 정책이 제안되었다. 본 연구에서 제안된 저출생 현상 대책을 위한 상향식 유아교육·보육정책 방안은 우리나라 저출생 현상을 해결함에 있어 구체적인 시사점이 되기를 희망한다.

• 아동학회지
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• 제30권6호
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• pp.99-109
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• 2009

The purpose of this study is to review the characteristics of the policy for supporting child care and education in Korea. In order to suggest the theoretical and practical issues for child care and education policy, it is necessary to evaluate the existing policies. Based on the review of the literature, the legal system, and the policy, the child care support system in Korea is evaluated to be fragmentary and inconsistent. And Korean child care policy is a mixture of the conservative and the liberal one. In order to meet the needs of the family and children of Korea, more progress approach to child care policy is needed. The suggestions of this study are to have Korean government give more weight on societal care of children, introduce children's allowance, integrating child care and education system and developing policy monitoring systems in Korea.

• 한국지역사회생활과학회지
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.23-37
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• 2006

As the fertility rate of Korea has recently decreased to the lowest level in the world, the recognition of the needs for social support for the child-care has been increased. This resulted in the announcement of National Policy of Child-Rearing Support in 2004. This study attempted to propose the activation of the family child-care for the preparation of the introduction of the National Policy of Child-Rearing Support. Using literature review and interview, the following research questions were addressed. Firstly, the actual situation of the family child-care was compared with that of the other types of child-care. Secondly, the policies of child-rearing support and the family child-care systems in other countries such as United Kingdom, Sweden and Japan were introduced. Finally, activations of the family child-care were discussed in terms of the introduction of the National Policy of Child-Rearing Support. The results of this study implies that the family child-care in Korea is different from that of other countries as well as other types of child-care in Korea. Also, it suggests that key factors of the activation of the family child-care in Korea are to identify as the small, informal and family-like child-care, to differentiate as the infant-care and non-standard time child-care from other types of child-care, and to increase the level of professionalization. In conclusion, family child-care should become an alternative for the low fertility problem.

• 가정과삶의질연구
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.87-97
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• 2015

This study aims to examine how home child care allowance influences a mother's choice of child care type. To accomplish this goal, we surveyed 432 mothers who had at least one child under 5 years old. The data were analyzed by frequencies, percentages, means and binomial logistic regressions. The results showed that unemployed mothers and mothers with younger children had a high tendency to choose home child care allowance instead of child care subsidy. Second, mother's employment status, age of first child and an interactive term of mother's employment status and home child care receipt influenced a concordance between an ideal and actual child care type. Unemployed mothers and mothers with younger children were more likely to experience a concordance between their ideal and actual types of child care. By investigating how home child care allowance affects the right of choice in child care type, this study provides empirical information to policy makers and researchers and contributes to develop cash-benefit policies for families with young children.