Ito Peng

Professor Peng has taught at London School of Economics, Hokuei Gakuen University (Japan) and Kwansei Gakuin University (Japan) before coming to University of Toronto. Selected recent publications: Peng, Ito (forthcoming) “Labor Market Dualization: Case of Japan and South Korea” in Patric Emmenegger, et. al. (eds.) The Age of Dualization: Structures, Policies, Politics. New York: Oxford University Press. Peng, Ito (2010) “Social Care Expansion Reforms and their Implications for Care Workers in South Korea”, International Labour Review. Peng, Ito and Wong, Joseph (2008) “Institutions and Institutional Purpose: Continuity and Change in East Asian Social Policy”, Politics and Society. Peng, Ito (2004) “Postindustrial Pressures, Political Regime Shifts, and Social Policy Reforms in Japan and South Korea”, Journal of East Asian Studies. Research interests: comparative political economy, comparative welfare states, East Asia and Europe, labour market, family, and migration policies