The Korea Local Administration Review

Consolidation has been brought forth as a policy solution for the overlap andduplication problem of the senior job programs. However, few academic workshave addressed the subject so far. Hence, this study explores the overlap andduplication of senior job programs based on the direct job programs’ targetgroups and relevant activities. The final results of this study show that 49.3%of the direct job programs are similar in terms of activities. They cannot be,however, regarded as duplicates. Only about 23.9% of the direct job programsare similar with respect to their target groups. In addition, the beneficiarieswho are over 65 years of age are merely 7,800 in number, which accounts foronly 3% of the senior job programs. It also appears that there is no actualduplication or overlap at the lower levels, which points to the fact thathorizontal policy fragmentation is what applies to the direct job programs.
□ Keywords: overlap, duplication, horizontal policy fragmentation, efficiency,Government's financial assistance job program, senior job programs