A Childcare Coupon (아동돌봄 쿠폰) was provided in the form of electronic vouchers to financially support families raising young children
Country
South KoreaPolicy Area
Additional income support for families with childrenMeasure
Cash transferEligibility
Parents who were in receipt of universal child benefits as of March 2020 (i.e. all parents who had children aged under 7)Type
VoucherStart / Announced Date
27/03/2020 (paid from 13/04/2020)End Date
N/AAmount
A one-off payment of ₩400,000 per childTotal Cost
₩1,054 billionRecipients
ParentsRoute to the child
IndirectSources
Ministry of Health and Welfare (2020) Childcare coupons for 2 million households with children. Available at: https://web.archive.org/web/20230107004743/http://mohw.go.kr/eng/nw/nw0102vw.jsp?PAR_MENU_ID=1007&MENU_ID=100703&page=1&CONT_SEQ=354408
Ministry of Health and Welfare (2020) The provision of childcare coupons to 1,770,000 guardians for the recovery of COVID-19 (코로나19 극복을 위한 아동돌봄쿠폰 돌봄포인트 오늘 약 177만 명의 보호자에게 지급). Available at: https://web.archive.org/web/20230107004836/http://www.mohw.go.kr/react/al/sal0301vw.jsp?PAR_MENU_ID=04&MENU_ID=0403&page=1&CONT_SEQ=354040Access the full dataset here