Yong‐Chang Heo

Biographic Data

ID6602078
NAMEYong‐Chang Heo
GIVEN NAMESYong‐Chang
FAMILY NAMEHeo
SIGNATUREHEO Y C
AFFILIATIONSKeimyung University
ORCID0000-0003-2813-1427
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS3
WORKS AS AUTHOR6
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2014
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX1

  • Homeownership and Public Pensions in East Asia

    Open AccessInhoe Ku, Chung-Yang Yeh et al.ARTICLEJournal of East Asian Studies2026

    This study examines whether homeownership has a trade-off relationship with public-pension development in Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan. Relying on a comparative historical approach, we find that while the three governments pursued homeownership societies, their interventions in housing provision and distribution varied in timing and intensity, contributing to different levels of homeownership. Historically, middle-class families in these countr…

  • Do complexity and ambiguity affect people's intent to apply for public assistance

    Open AccessHyejin Moon, Yong‐Chang HeoARTICLEAsian Social Work and Policy Review2022

    This article aims to raise and empirically test whether complexity and ambiguity would affect the intent to apply for public assistance in the case of South Korea. Results of regression analysis reveal that the complexity of the application process has led to a greater decline in the intent of the poor to apply, possibly because the present bias is relatively greater. These outcomes indicate that the ambiguity aversion attitude of the poor was no…

  • Housing politics in the United Kingdom

    Yong-Chang Heo, Yong‐Chang HeoARTICLEHousing Studies2019References: 1

    Housing Politics in the United Kingdom: Power, planning, and protest reviews the history of housing policy in the UK, focusing on political actors and institutions which affect the policy process

  • Old Boys or New Kids in Town? The Legacies of the Developmental State in Korean Welfare Reforms

    Yong-Chang Heo, Yong‐Chang Heo et al.ARTICLEAsian Studies Review2017Cited by: 1References: 13

    This paper highlights the important roles of bureaucrats in developing and implementing Korean welfare reforms, which previous studies have overlooked or under-evaluated. It shows that developmental ideas and policy preferences established during the developmental phase of the country’s post-war history have continued to play a critical role in determining the nature and extent of Korean welfare reforms. Examples of such developmental ideas and p…

  • Reverse Mortgage as an Income Stabilizer for the Elderly in Korea

    Open AccessYong‐Chang Heo, Seungjae An et al.ARTICLEAsian Social Work and Policy Review2016Cited by: 2References: 3

    This paper examines the features of reverse mortgages in Korea, comparing beneficiary and non‐beneficiary groups in relation to income security for elderly homeowners without sufficient income. In addition, this study estimates how much poverty rates would decrease if all elderly single and couple households joined the program. A reverse mortgage was implemented in 2007 in Korea as a government guaranteed scheme for elderly homeowners. Notwithsta…

  • The Development of Housing Policy in Singapore and the Sources of Path Dependence

    Yong-Chang Heo, Yong‐Chang HeoARTICLEHousing Theory and Society2014References: 12

    This paper aims to examine the development of housing policy in Singapore from British colonial rule to the era of Lee Kuan Yew (1959–1990) and analyse what factors structured path dependence in the Singaporean context. Lee Kuan Yew’s government had been consistently committed to building and running the public housing sector. The strong initiative in public housing was aimed at serving development strategies and nation-building processes, rather…