The Evolution of Social Protection: China and Europe compared
|
|
- Griselda Bell
- 5 years ago
- Views:
Transcription
1 The Evolution of Social Protection: China and Europe compared 26th -27th November 2015 University of Southampton Conference Programme
2 A conference supported by the Confucius Institute and the University of Southampton, School of Social Sciences Aims China and Europe are at very different stages of economic, social and political development. While rapid modernisation is taking place in China, the countries of the European Union experience very slow growth hand the pressure to contain social spending. This conference will compare the evolution of social protection systems in China and Europe since 2000, focusing in particular on the role of labour market related policies and pension policies. These two areas facilitate social integration in industrial market societies and they adapt constantly to changing societal circumstances. In the course of the two days participants will scrutinise these dynamics, asking what we can learn for social protection from studying the two regions comparatively.
3 Day 1 Thursday 26th November Room 1023, Lecture Room G, Building 58 Labour markets and social security in Europe and China 10am Introduction & Offical Welcome. Professor Derek McGhee, Head Academic Unit of Social Sciences 10.15am to 11am Social Protection in Europe and China: Comparing the incomparable? Professor Traute Meyer, University of Southampton 11.00am to 12.30pm Evaluation of labor market institutions and skilled labor market flexibility in China: a case study of the auto industry. Dr Vincent Yiu-por Chen, Associate Professor, City University of Hong Kong The productive and protective dimensions of welfare in Asia and the Pacific: pathways towards human development and income equality? Dr. Stefan Kühner, Senior Lecturer in Social Policy, University of York 12.30pm to 2pm: Lunch Level 1 Foyer, Building 58 2pm to 3.30pm Social Investment and Social Assistance: A Comparative Analysis across European Countries and China. Dr. Olaf van Vliet, University of Leiden, the Netherlands
4 Support for the work-life balance in Europe: the impact of state, workplace and family support on work-life balance satisfaction. Dr. Anja-Kristin Abendroth, Assistant Professor, University of Bielefeld, Germany 3.30pm to 4pm Tea and Coffee 4pm to 5pm Roundtable discussion with all presenters of Day 1: Labour market challenges: comparing China and Europe. Convenor: Professor Traute Meyer, University of Southampton 5pm, Turner Sims, Highfield Campus Opening of the China Research Centre at the University of Southampton: Reception with drinks. Professor Derek McGhee 6.30pm, The Olive Tree Restaurant, Southampton. Conference dinner - By invitation only
5 Day 2 Friday 27th November Room 1023, Lecture Room G, Building 58 Pension reform in China new social rights and their impact 9am to 10.30am Pension reform in China from multi-tier to multi-pillar? Dr Taichang Chen, Assistant Professor, Renmin University Bejing Gender and public pensions in China: do pensions reduce the gender gap in compensation? Dr Tianhong Chen, Lecturer, Guangdong Institute of Public Administration Room 2040, Lecture Room A, Building am to 11am Tea and Coffee 11am to 12.30pm The politics of choice in occupational pensions. Dr Karen Anderson, Associate Professor University of Southampton The Unexpected Rise of the State in Liberal Pension Systems. Dr Paul Bridgen, Associate Professor, University of Southampton 12pm to 1pm Lunch 1pm to 2pm Roundtable discussion with all presenters of day 2: Pension reform: comparing China and Europe. Convenor: Dr. Johan Nordensvaard, Associate Professor, University of Southampton
6 CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS
7 Support for the work-life balance in Europe: the impact of state, workplace and family support on work-life balance satisfaction. Dr Anja-Kristin Abendroth, Assistant Professor, University of Bielefield, Germany This presentation studies the relevance of different types of support for satisfaction with work life balance: state, instrumental and emotional workplace and family support, based on a survey of 7867 service-sector workers in eight European countries. I will map the available state, workplace and family support in order to determine which source dominates in which country and whether these sources match Esping-Andersen s welfare regime typology. When examining the impact of support I found that support for employee work-life balance satisfaction has a direct and moderating effect. Finally, results show that emotional support and instrumental support in the workplace have a complementary relationship. Whereas emotional family support has a positive impact on work-life balance satisfaction, instrumental family support does not.
8 The politics of choice in occupational pensions Dr Karen Anderson Associate Professor, University of Southampton Research on pension reform has developed into an important research area in political science, sociology and economics. Most research in this area focuses on the attempts of governments to deal with the challenge of adapting existing pension schemes to the constraints posed by ageing, fiscal austerity, and the increase in non-standard employment. Scholars have devoted much less analytical attention to an important aspect of many reform processes: attempts to increase freedom of choice within existing public and private pension schemes. This presentation will address this gap in the literature by analyzing the introduction and/or expansion of individual choice in three countries: Sweden, the Netherlands, and Denmark. It will draw on the literature concerning individual choice in social service provision to unravel the political drivers of expanded choice in both private and public pension provision. The paper will analyse the the political processes that led to the introduction of these individual choices. In Sweden, individual choice in mandatory accounts was highly contested. Individual accounts and individual choice were the centerpiece of the pension reform for the non-socialist parties, wheras the Social Democratic Party strongly opposed them. The Social Democrats accepted individual choice as part of larger compromise. In contrast, Danish and Dutch occupational pension schemes have introduced individual choice without much controversy. The presentation explains this difference by emphasising how policy legacies in the public and private social policy-making areas shaped outcomes.
9 The Unexpected Rise of the State in Liberal Pension Systems Dr Paul Bridgen, Associate Professor, University of Southampton Most comparative research on welfare state adaption suggests the existing institutional infrastructure of a policy system will determine to a significant extent its reform path in the face of exogenous structural challenges. Scholarship of this type has focussed primarily during the last two decades on continental Europe and its conservative and social democratic welfare states (eg Palier 2010). The reform path in liberal welfare capitalism was anticipated as being more straightforward, with welfare states immediately vulnerable to retrenchment. Yet, empirically, a strengthening of state provision and regulation has been noted in these systems, particularly with respect to pensions (Meyer/ Bridgen 2012; Lain et al 2012). This paper confirms a strengthening of the state s role in most liberal pension systems in recent years. It argues that these developments can be explained only if greater attention is paid to non-state provision as a source of political dynamism. State regulation of this sphere, the paper suggests, has led to cross-class expectations of shared, rather than individual, responsibility for pensions above the basic public standard which act to mitigate broader retrenchment pressures.
10 Pension reform in China from multi-tier to multipillar? Dr Taichang Chen, Assistant Professor, Renmin University, Beijing Pension reform has been an ongoing process in the world's most populous country over the past two decades, and has been guided by four principles: high coverage rate, basic protection, sustainability and multi-tiers. China aims to establish a unified pension system to provide universal social protection in old age. In this article, we presented an overview of China s pension system. In particular, we focused on the urban pension system and its upcoming reforms including merging the dual-track urban pension system, raising retirement ages, and investing pension funds in stock market. We analysed and argued that the principles guiding pension reform are contradictory. On one hand, to achieve a high pension coverage rate, it is not possible to provide the basic protection (a replacement rate of 60%) that the current policy targeted. On the other hand, if China s pension system covers most of its retirees and provides the targeted pension benefit, it will not be financial sustainable. Reasons include empty individual account, low return of pension funds and free riders. We argued that it is not necessary to establish a one-size-fits-all model for all retirees. Instead, a multi-pillar pension system that fit different groups of people was proposed.
11 Gender and public pensions in China: Do pensions reduce the gender gap in compensation Dr Tianhong Chen, Lecturer, Guandong Institute of Public Administration This paper analyzes gender issues with respect tothe largest mandatory social security program in urban China, the Urban Employees Pension Program. The paper uses the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) for 2011 to empirically analyze the causes of gender differences in benefit levels between men and women. We argue that raising the retirement age for women from its current age of 50 for most women would be a major step toward gender equality in social security pension benefits for men and women. Women would have higher social security benefits than currently due to having longer working careers, and they may have higher wages as a result of their longer careers. They would have higher benefits from the individual accounts due to more years of contributions and investment earnings, and a more generous benefit conversion factor due to the older age when they started receiving benefits. Nonetheless, an important feature of the Chinese social security system is that the gender gap in benefits is less than the gender gap in earnings. In many countries, the reverse is the situation, in part because women have fewer years of work, as well as lower earnings, than men. We explore reasons why the gender pension gap reduces the gender gap in compensation.
12 The productive and protective dimensions in Asia and the Pacific: pathways towards human development and income quality. Dr Stefan Kühner, Senior Lecturer in Social Policy, University of York This talk draws on recent data provided by the Asian Development Bank s Social Protection Index and uses Fuzzy Set Ideal Type Analysis to develop ideal types of welfare activity to which 29 countries in Asia and the Pacific can have varying degrees of membership. There is little evidence that the commitment to productive and protective welfare is oriented along broad geographical units or predetermined by economic affluence and the size of the informal economy. It also adds an explorative Fuzzy Set Qualitative Comparative Analysis to test the effect of productive and protective welfare properties on human development and income equality. Here, it finds that the absence of strong income protection is most clearly linked to low human development at the macro-level; high education investment is linked to high income inequality if governments fail to invest in employment and income protection or employment protection and training, respectively.
13 Social Protection in Europe and China: Comparing the incomparable? Professor Traute Meyer, University of Southampton In this introduction I will use the development of social policies in Europe and China in the 21st century as empirical starting point for a review of theoretical explanations of welfare state expansion and recalibration during austere times. I will reflect on what future Western-centric theories would expect for Chinese social policy, where such theories reach their limits and what we can learn from China for the construction of global comparative frameworks.
14 Social Investment and Social Assistance: A Comparative Analysis across European Countries and China Dr Olaf van Vliet, Unviersity of Leiden, the Netherlands Despite the fact that employment rates have increased in many European countries since the beginning of the 2000s, poverty rates have stagnated and in some countries even increased. In the welfare state literature, it has been argued that these disappointing poverty trends may be partly attributable to the reforming of traditional welfare state programmes into social investment policies, because the latter are less redistributive. To date, there are only a few systematic comparative empirical analyses which focus on the outcomes of social investment policies. This contribution presents an empirical analysis of the distributional effects of shifts from traditional welfare state arrangements to social investment policies across European countries. The results suggest that the detrimental effect of social investment policies, described in some specific cases in the literature, cannot be generalised across a larger group of European countries. However, for European countries other than the Nordic countries, the results provide some evidence for a linkage between stagnating or increasing poverty trends and shifts in expenditures to new welfare state programmes. Subsequently, the contribution focuses on social assistance benefits, as an important safeguard against low income and poverty. New indicators will be presented to compare the developments of social assistance benefits across European countries and China.
15 Evaluation of labor market institutions and skilled labor market flexibility in China: a case study of the auto industry Dr Vincent Yiu-por Chen, City University of Hong Kong China has experienced a rapid transition of labor market institution and labor market conditions since the SOEs reform in This presentation will first start off with a brief review about the development of the labor contract laws and related Social Security reforms in China since then. I will then show how skilled labour is used in a flexible way in the sophisticated labor intensive industry by focusing on the Chinese auto industry. This case study uses a comparative case study method which includes workers interviews and a shop floor level worker survey from five major car makers plants in China in This case study uncovered the way that skilled flexible workers were treated depended on management skills, labor contract law and the demands for high end consumer products. The major findings of our study are, first, in general, there are some difference between regular workers and agency workers, in terms of wages and welfare. However, these differences may not lead to major divergences in workers' attitudes towards their employment and companies. The skilful manipulation of wages, benefits, humanitarian management, and trade union s paternalistic management style is quite successful in diffusing some potential hostility towards management
16 Professor Traute Meyer +44 (0) The Confucius Institute +44 (0)
Globalization and Late Careers in Society Findings from comparative research in OECD-type Countries
Globalization and Late Careers in Society Findings from comparative research in OECD-type Countries Presentation at the 18 th Annual Meeting of The Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics Network
More informationChina s Pensions System
2 1 www.asia- first.com China s Pensions System the structure and its challenges At an event organised by the China Pension Forum and held in Beijing in September 2014, speakers and panelists discussed
More informationVan Praag, B. M. S. and Ferrer-i-Carbonell, A.: Happiness Quantified. A Satisfaction Calculus Approach
J Econ (2009) 96:289 293 DOI 10.1007/s00712-009-0064-0 BOOK REVIEW Van Praag, B. M. S. and Ferrer-i-Carbonell, A.: Happiness Quantified. A Satisfaction Calculus Approach XIX, 370pp. Oxford University Press,
More informationAugust E-bulletin no. 17. Feminized poverty
August 2018 E-bulletin no. 17 Feminized poverty According to the European Anti Poverty Network poverty is being feminized, since in 2015 women were more likely to experience poverty than men by 1,4 percentage
More informationFamily Type and Poverty under Different Welfare Regimes: A Comparison of Canadian Provinces and Select European Countries
Family Type and Poverty under Different Welfare Regimes: A Comparison of Canadian Provinces and Select European Countries Hicham Raïq Paul Bernard Axel Van den Berg Statistiques sociales, pauvreté et exclusion
More informationProject Title: Social cash transfers. The global construction and diffusion of the right to a monetary minimum (FLOOR-B)
Project Title: Social cash transfers. The global construction and diffusion of the right to a monetary minimum (FLOOR-B) Funded by: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) Principal
More informationThe Netherlands Is long term income growth ensuring social convergence with better equality and redistribution?
The Netherlands Is long term income growth ensuring social convergence with better equality and redistribution? Wiemer Salverda Emeritus professor Universiteit van Amsterdam 1. To converge or not to converge?
More informationChina s Social Security: Development and Prospects Based on Research Methods of Social Systems
China s Social Security: Development and Prospects Based on Research Methods of Social Systems Zhang Yun School of Management Shanghai University of Engineering Science Abstract China's social security
More informationPension Reform, Population Ageing and Distributive Conflicts: Analysis of Age-Based Distributive Divisions in Six European Countries
Pension Reform, Population Ageing and Distributive Conflicts: Analysis of Age-Based Distributive Divisions in Six European Countries Andrija Henjak PhD Candidate Department of Political Science Central
More informationBalancing informal and formal care: Perspectives of older users and family caregivers (Based on the OASIS Study)
Balancing informal and formal care: Perspectives of older users and family caregivers (Based on the OASIS Study) Panel Discussion, the PROCARE Conference, Venice October 22-23, 2004 Prof. Ariela Lowenstein,
More informationComparing Occupational Pensions in Europe
Comparing Occupational Pensions in Europe Emmanuele Pavolini University of Macerata Martin Seeleib-Kaiser University of Oxford Introduction Aim is to empirically analyze the development of occupational
More informationOpen-Ended Working Group on Ageing Guiding Questions
1 Open-Ended Working Group on Ageing Guiding Questions 1. Equality and Non-Discrimination 1.1. Does your country s constitution and/or legislation (a) guarantee equality explicitly for older persons or
More informationAssessing the social sustainability of pension reforms in Europe
Assessing the social sustainability of pension reforms in Europe Dr. Aaron G. Grech Summary of PhD research at LSE s CASE 2006-2010 Supervisors: John Hills, Nicholas Barr Research Questions Are the pension
More informationAuthor: Prof. Dr. Natalia Ribberink. Professor of Foreign Trade and International Management
Author: Prof. Dr. Natalia Ribberink Professor of Foreign Trade and International Management Faculty of Business & Social Affairs / Department of Business Hamburg University of Applied Sciences Berliner
More informationThe Asian Welfare Regimes Revisited: The Preliminary Typologies Based on Welfare Legislation and Expenditure
The Asian Welfare Regimes Revisited: The Preliminary Typologies Based on Welfare Legislation and Expenditure Chan-ung Park Department of Sociology, Yonsei University chanung@yonsei.ac.kr Dongchul Jung
More informationSebastian Künzel. Implementing Activation Polides
Sebastian Künzel Implementing Activation Polides An Analysis of Social and Labour Market Po Hey Reforms in Continental Europe with a Focus on Local Case Studies in France and Germany PL ACADEMIC RESEARCH
More informationSocial Welfare in Korea. Young Jun Choi Dept. of Public Administration Korea University
Social Welfare in Korea Young Jun Choi Dept. of Public Administration Korea University Contents Introduction Characteristics of social welfare in Korea Socio-economic changes Welfare developments Cases
More informationThe Importance of Health as a Predictor of Income for Later-life Widowed, Separated, and Divorced Canadian Women Living Alone
Research Program Social And Economic Dimensions Of An Aging Population McMaster University The Importance of Health as a Predictor of Income for Later-life Widowed, Separated, and Divorced Canadian Women
More informationLIFECOURSE POLICIES AND SOCIAL REGIMES
LIFECOURSE POLICIES AND SOCIAL REGIMES Paul Bernard Professor of Sociology Université de Montréal Second KELA lecture The Social Insurance Institution, Helsinki 25 November 2005 In search of policies for
More informationWelfare states and health inequalities
Welfare states and health inequalities Olle Lundberg, Professor and Director CHESS Montreal, CIQSS International Conference 2014-05-05 Inequalities in health and mortality Inequalities exist in all countries
More informationCall for Pluridisciplinary Papers on the Political Economy of Social Protection
Call for Pluridisciplinary Papers on the Political Economy of Social Protection Revue Française des Affaires sociales For issue n 4-2012 This call for contributions is of interest to researchers in political
More informationExplaining Dualism in a Gender Perspective: Gender, Class and the Crisis
Explaining Dualism in a Gender Perspective: Gender, Class and the Crisis Marcella Corsi, Sapienza University of Rome marcella.corsi@uniroma1.it Abstract In the economic literature, several scholars have
More informationContinued slow employment response in 2004 to the pick-up in economic activity in Europe.
Executive Summary - Employment in Europe report 2005 Continued slow employment response in 2004 to the pick-up in economic activity in Europe. Despite the pick up in economic activity employment growth
More informationBudget Management and Public Financial Accountability: Training Workshop and Study Tour to South Africa
Date: 18 22 June, 2007 Venue: Pretoria, South Africa Budget Management and Public Financial Accountability: Training Workshop and Study Tour to South Africa CABRI and World Bank Institute Introduction
More informationParalegal Change of Status Research
Paralegal Change of Status Research 2012-2014 Law Society of Upper Canada May 2015 Table of Contents Background and Research Methodology 1 Executive Summary 4 Demographic Characteristics of Survey Respondents
More informationQuality of Life of Public Servants in European Comparison
Quality of Life of Public Servants in European Comparison Franz Rothenbacher, Mannheim 7th ISQOLS Conference, Grahamstown, South Africa, 2006 1. The research question 2. The civil service and welfare production
More informationConsequential Omission: How demography shapes development lessons from the MDGs for the SDGs 1
Consequential Omission: How demography shapes development lessons from the MDGs for the SDGs 1 Michael Herrmann Adviser, Economics and Demography UNFPA -- United Nations Population Fund New York, NY, USA
More informationwho needs care. Looking after grandchildren, however, has been associated in several studies with better health at follow up. Research has shown a str
Introduction Numerous studies have shown the substantial contributions made by older people to providing services for family members and demonstrated that in a wide range of populations studied, the net
More informationTHE EVOLUTION OF SOCIAL INDICATORS DEVELOPED AT THE LEVEL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION AND THE NEED TO STIMULATE THE ACTIVITY OF SOCIAL ENTERPRISES
Scientific Bulletin Economic Sciences, Volume 13/ Issue2 THE EVOLUTION OF SOCIAL INDICATORS DEVELOPED AT THE LEVEL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION AND THE NEED TO STIMULATE THE ACTIVITY OF SOCIAL ENTERPRISES Daniela
More informationConference on Dispute Resolution in Asia and Beyond: Progress and Trends
Conference on Dispute Resolution in Asia and Beyond: Progress and Trends Connie Fan Multi-media Conference Room 4/F Cheng Yick-chi Building, City University of Hong Kong 17-18 May 2018 (Thursday Friday)
More informationOECD PENSIONS OUTLOOK 2012
OECD PENSIONS OUTLOOK 2012 Recent pension reforms will lead to lower public pensions for future generations of retirees, around 20-25% on average. This first edition of the Pensions Outlook argues that
More informationThe Economic Situation of the European Union and the Outlook for
The Economic Situation of the European Union and the Outlook for 2001-2002 A Report by the EUROFRAME group of Research Institutes for the European Parliament The Institutes involved are Wifo in Austria,
More informationWorking after Retirement Evidence from Germany
Federal Institute for Population Research Wiesbaden, Germany Frank Micheel, Andreas Mergenthaler, Volker Cihlar, & Jakob Schroeber Extended abstract for the presentation at the European Population Conference
More informationCover Page. The handle holds various files of this Leiden University dissertation
Cover Page The handle http://hdl.handle.net/1887/42959 holds various files of this Leiden University dissertation Author: Wang, Jinxian Title: Trends in social assistance, minimum income benefits and income
More informationLIS Working Paper Series
LIS Working Paper Series No. 627 Pension Institutions and Income Inequality across European Societies: Denmark, Germany, Sweden, and the United Kingdom Jörg Neugschwender January 2015 Luxembourg Income
More informationThe Impact of Globalisation on Systems of Social Security
The Impact of Globalisation on Systems of Social Security prepared for the 9 th NISPAcee Annual Conference: Government, Market and the Civic Sector: The Search for a Productive Partnership (Working group
More informationThe 2005 Asian Roundtable on Corporate Governance. Agenda
06/09/05 The 2005 Asian Roundtable on Corporate Governance Agenda Task Force on Corporate Governance of Banks in Asia: Finalisation Draft Policy Brief Stock take of Corporate Governance Developments in
More informationFinance Committee. Draft Budget Submission from the Scottish Women s Budget Group
Finance Committee Draft Budget 2012-13 Submission from the Scottish Women s Budget Group Introduction The Scottish Women s Budget Group (SWBG) brings together women from academia, local communities, statutory
More informationEffect of Derivative Financial Instruments on the Financial Risk of Enterprises
Effect of Derivative Financial Instruments on the Financial Risk of Enterprises Song Shaowen School of Management and Economics Beijing Institute of Technology, 100081, China Abstract With the rapid development
More informationPensions for Women Presentation to Irish Women Lawyers Assocation 4th July 2009 Rachel Doyle NWCI Head of Outreach and Support
Pensions for Women Presentation to Irish Women Lawyers Assocation 4th July 2009 Rachel Doyle NWCI Head of Outreach and Support Good morning everyone I would like to extend my thanks to the IWLA for inviting
More informationCOUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION. Brussels, 23 November /01 LIMITE SOC 469 ECOFIN 334
COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION Brussels, 23 November 2001 14098/01 LIMITE SOC 469 ECOFIN 334 FORWARDING OF A TEXT to : Coreper/Council (Employment and Social Policy) No. Cion Comm : 10672/01 ECOFIN 198
More informationExit Rate: Men Aged (cohort adjusted)
Overcoming Early Retirement in Europe Bernhard Ebbinghaus School of Social Sciences, University of Mannheim, Germany Dirk Hofäcker Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (MZES), Germany Presented
More informationHOW HOUSING MARKETS CHANGED THE WORLD. Family Property Wealth and the New Welfare State
HOW HOUSING MARKETS CHANGED THE WORLD Family Property Wealth and the New Welfare State OVERVIEW Housing and the Social Sciences The Global Housing Boom Over-exuberance? Restructuring of Late Capitalism
More informationConference summaries. Finnish Centre for Pensions, 19 May Susan Kuivalainen, Kati Kuitto, Kathrin Komp, Tuukka Niemi, Tuomo Honkanen
Conference summaries Finnish Centre for Pensions, 19 May 2017 Susan Kuivalainen, Kati Kuitto, Kathrin Komp, Tuukka Niemi, Tuomo Honkanen In which ways does labour market flexibilisation and subsequent
More informationInternational Monetary and Financial Committee
International Monetary and Financial Committee Thirty-Sixth Meeting October 14, 2017 IMFC Statement by Guy Ryder Director-General International Labour Organization Summary Statement by Mr Guy Ryder, Director-General
More informationInternational Monetary and Financial Committee
International Monetary and Financial Committee Thirty-Eighth Meeting October 12 13, 2018 Statement No. 38-27 Statement by Mr. Yi People s Republic of China PBOC Governor YI Gang s Statement at the Ministerial
More informationThe individual and contextual determinants of paid and unpaid postretirement
The individual and contextual determinants of paid and unpaid postretirement work in Germany Frank Micheel, Federal Institute for Population Research, Germany Extended abstract for the presentation at
More informationTHE UNITED KINGDOM 1. MAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PENSION SYSTEM
THE UNITED KINGDOM 1. MAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PENSION SYSTEM In the UK, the statutory State Pension system consists of a flat-rate basic pension and an earnings-related additional pension, the State
More informationProject Start and End Date 01/ /2019 Kommentar [aa1]: data on website flyer says: > Please note which one is correct. Thanks.
THRIVE JPI MYBL FIRST TRANSNATIONAL CALL (JTC 2015) Progress Dialogue Form The aim of the Progress Dialogue is on the one hand to support the projects regarding outreach and stakeholder involvement, and
More information1) Capacity building and governance weak capacity has always been one of the root problems
SUMMER SCHOOL ON MONITORING AND EVALUATION OF INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMMES AND PUBLIC POLICIES POVERTY REDUCTION, SOCIAL POLICY AND PUBLIC-SERVICE DELIVERY 8-13 June 2009 Concept Recent trends show significant
More information櫹櫹櫹櫹櫹櫹櫹櫹櫹櫹櫹櫹櫹櫹櫹櫹櫹櫹櫹櫹櫹櫹櫹櫹櫹櫹櫹櫹櫹櫹櫹櫹櫹櫹櫹櫹櫹櫹櫹櫹
100028 櫹櫹櫹櫹櫹櫹櫹櫹櫹櫹櫹櫹櫹櫹櫹櫹櫹櫹櫹櫹櫹櫹櫹櫹櫹櫹櫹櫹櫹櫹櫹櫹櫹櫹櫹櫹櫹櫹櫹櫹 R197. 1 A 1008-9314 2017 06-0105 - 07 櫹櫹櫹櫹櫹櫹櫹櫹櫹櫹櫹櫹櫹櫹櫹櫹櫹櫹櫹櫹櫹櫹櫹櫹櫹櫹櫹櫹櫹櫹櫹櫹櫹櫹櫹櫹櫹櫹櫹櫹 2016 8 10 2030 1 2017-11 - 16 105 1. 1. 2. 14 3 2. 2030 2020 4 8 2030 16 2000
More informationImpact of Active Labour Market Policies and Statutory Minimum Wage on Welfare Recipients in Hong Kong
Impact of Active Labour Market Policies and Statutory Minimum Wage on Welfare Recipients in Hong Kong Dr Hung WONG Associate Professor, Department of Social Work, The Chinese University of Hong Kong; Chairperson,
More informationThe role of public pensions and reform options
The role of public pensions and reform options Nicholas Barr London School of Economics http://econ.lse.ac.uk/staff/nb Fiscal Policy for Long-term Growth and Sustainability in Aging Societies: Achieving
More informationCHEN Weizhong Professor
CHEN Weizhong Professor PhD Advisor Position: Chair, Department of Economics and Finance Department: Department of Economics and Finance Email: chen_wz@tongji.edu.cn Office Phone: +86-21-65984362 EDUCATION
More informationAging in Asia and Oceania AARP Multinational Survey of Opinion Leaders 2006
Aging in Asia and Oceania AARP Multinational Survey of Opinion Leaders 2006 Highlights and Implications March 2007 Prepared by Princeton Survey Research Associates International for Aging in Asia and
More informationPensions and Taxation in the EU
Pensions and Taxation in the EU Dr. Emer Mulligan Dr. Dinali Wijeratne Institute for Lifecourse & Society & Irish Centre for Social Gerontology, National University of Ireland, Galway Outline Introduction
More informationBabeş-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca. Faculty of European Studies YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE WORK FORCE IN ROMANIA STATUS QUO AND PERSPECTIVES.
Babeş-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca Faculty of European Studies YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE WORK FORCE IN ROMANIA STATUS QUO AND PERSPECTIVES. CASE STUDY: CLUJ-NAPOCA MUNICIPALITY ~ SUMMARY ~ Doctoral thesis
More informationDifferentials in pension prospects for minority ethnic groups in the UK
Differentials in pension prospects for minority ethnic groups in the UK Vlachantoni, A., Evandrou, M., Falkingham, J. and Feng, Z. Centre for Research on Ageing and ESRC Centre for Population Change Faculty
More informationDifferent societies, same solutions? A critical reflection on ageing as a burden in China and the European Union. Jin Feng and Traute Meyer
Different societies, same solutions? A critical reflection on ageing as a burden in China and the European Union Jin Feng and Traute Meyer Different societies, same solutions? A critical reflection on
More informationTransition from Work to Retirement in EU25
EUROPEAN CENTRE EUROPÄISCHES ZENTRUM CENTRE EUROPÉEN 1 Asghar Zaidi is Director Research at the European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research, Vienna; Michael Fuchs is Researcher at the European
More informationSOCIAL & PUBLIC POLICY REVIEW
SOCIAL & PUBLIC POLICY REVIEW Volume 5, Issue 1, 2011 Review article: Non-State Pensions and Distributive Justice Ingo Bode, Universität Kassel, Kassel, Germany Bode, I. (2011) Non-State Pensions and Distributive
More informationKENYA'S VISION 2030: AN AUDIT FROM AN INCOME AND GENDER INEQUALITIES PERSPECTIVE. SID Society for International Development
KENYA'S VISION 2030: AN AUDIT FROM AN INCOME AND GENDER INEQUALITIES PERSPECTIVE SID Society for International Development I Contents Section 1 List of Abbreviations and Acronyms x Executive Summary xiv
More informationThemes Income and wages in Europe Wages, productivity and the wage share Working poverty and minimum wage The gender pay gap
5. W A G E D E V E L O P M E N T S At the ETUC Congress in Seville in 27, wage developments in Europe were among the most debated issues. One of the key problems highlighted in this respect was the need
More informationIssues associated with quantifying the impacts of the macroeconomic benefits derived from energy efficiency and energy savings
Issues associated with quantifying the impacts of the macroeconomic benefits derived from energy efficiency and energy savings Professor Karen Turner (Centre for Energy Policy, Univ. Strathclyde, UK) Beyond
More informationInGRID2 FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEETING
InGRID2 FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEETING Thursday and Friday 1&2 June 2017 Agenda Meeting venue Meeting room: Conference room HIVA Research Institute for Work and Society KU Leuven Campus for Social Sciences
More informationInnovation through the tax system: what is the role of tax incentives?
Agenda Advancing economics in business Innovation through the tax system: what is the role of tax incentives? R&D encourages long-term economic growth through sustainable increases in productivity. Market
More informationOlder workers: How does ill health affect work and income?
Older workers: How does ill health affect work and income? By Xenia Scheil-Adlung Health Policy Coordinator, ILO Geneva* January 213 Contents 1. Background 2. Income and labour market participation of
More informationIntroduction to De Economist Special Issue Retirement and Employment Opportunities for Older Workers
De Economist (2013) 161:219 223 DOI 10.1007/s10645-013-9214-4 Introduction to De Economist Special Issue Retirement and Employment Opportunities for Older Workers Pierre Koning Received: 10 July 2013 /
More informationSustainable pensions and retirement schemes in Hong Kong
Sustainable pensions and retirement schemes in Hong Kong Received' 1st November, 2004 Nelson Chow is the Chair Professor at the Department of Social Work and Social Administration, the University of Hong
More information2. Significance and Importance of the Study
2. Significance and Importance of the Study 2.1 Significance of the Study 2.1.1 The need for in depth studies on the voluntary retirement schemes has been stressed while concluding the first chapter. VRS
More informationFindings of the 2018 HILDA Statistical Report
RESEARCH PAPER SERIES, 2018 19 31 JULY 2018 ISSN 2203-5249 Findings of the 2018 HILDA Statistical Report Geoff Gilfillan Statistics and Mapping Introduction The results of the 2018 Household, Income and
More informationExecutive summary WORLD EMPLOYMENT SOCIAL OUTLOOK
Executive summary WORLD EMPLOYMENT SOCIAL OUTLOOK TRENDS 2018 Global economic growth has rebounded and is expected to remain stable but low Global economic growth increased to 3.6 per cent in 2017, after
More informationEquality and Fertility: Evidence from China
Equality and Fertility: Evidence from China Chen Wei Center for Population and Development Studies, People s University of China Liu Jinju School of Labour and Human Resources, People s University of China
More informationComparison of pension systems in five countries: Iceland Denmark The Netherlands Sweden United Kingdom
Comparison of pension systems in five countries: Iceland Denmark The Netherlands Sweden United Kingdom English summary of a report in Icelandic, based on data from OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation
More informationEXECUTIVE SUMMARY - Study on the performance and adequacy of pension decumulation practices in four EU countries
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - Study on the performance and adequacy of pension decumulation practices in four EU countries mmmll DISCLAIMER The information and views set out in this study are those of the authors
More informationLabour Market Challenges: Turkey
Labour Market Challenges: Turkey Conference Presentation «Boosting the social dimension in the Western Balkans and Turkey» Hakan Ercan Middle East Technical University, Ankara 31.01.2018 Belgrade 1 Growth
More informationChina s Growth Miracle: Past, Present, and Future
China s Growth Miracle: Past, Present, and Future Li Yang 1 Over the past 35 years, China has achieved extraordinary economic performance thanks to the market-oriented reforms and opening-up. By the end
More informationWhat is Inclusive growth?
What is Inclusive growth? Tony Addison Miguel Niño Zarazúa Nordic Baltic MDB meeting Helsinki, Finland January 25, 2012 Why is economic growth important? Economic Growth to deliver sustained poverty reduction
More informationRecent Trends and Developments in European Mortgage Markets
Recent Trends and Developments in European Mortgage Markets Sylvain Bouyon * ECRI Commentary No. 21, 30 May 2017 Ten years ago, persistent dysfunctionalities on mortgage markets inherited from the previous
More informationReforming the Liberal Welfare State International Shocks, Unemployment and Income Shares. Hassan Molana. Catia Montagna.
Reforming the Liberal Welfare State International Shocks, Unemployment and Income Shares Hassan Molana University of Dundee and SIRE Catia Montagna University of Aberdeen and SIRE George Onwardi University
More informationAGE Platform Europe contribution to the Draft Report on an Adequate, Safe and Sustainable pensions (2012/2234(INI)) Rapporteur: Ria OOMEN-RUIJTEN
18 December 2012 AGE Platform Europe contribution to the Draft Report on an Adequate, Safe and Sustainable pensions (2012/2234(INI)) Rapporteur: Ria OOMEN-RUIJTEN AGE Platform Europe, a European network
More informationRedistributive Effects of Pension Reform in China
COMPONENT ONE Redistributive Effects of Pension Reform in China Li Shi and Zhu Mengbing China Institute for Income Distribution Beijing Normal University NOVEMBER 2017 CONTENTS 1. Introduction 4 2. The
More informationThe Changing Effects of Social Protection on Poverty
The Changing Effects of Social Protection on Poverty Arbeitspapier Nr. 22 Brian Nolan, Richard Hauser, Jean-Paul Zoyem with the collaboration of Beate Hock, Mohammad Azhar Hussain, Sheila Jacobs, Charlotte
More informationTrade Adjustment in Asia: Past Experience and Future Risks
Trade Adjustment in Asia: Past Experience and Future Risks Matthias Helble, Senior Economist, Co-Chair, ADBI UNESCAP Regional Dialogue on «Enhancing the Contribution of Preferential Trade Agreements to
More informationEmployment and social protection in the new demographic context
Employment and social protection in the new demographic context The 11th ASEAN & Japan High Level Officials Meeting on Caring Societies December 2013 Keiko Kamioka Director, ILO Office for Japan ILO Report
More informationGlobal ODA Trends. Topics
Global ODA Trends In "Transforming our world: the 2030 agenda for sustainable development," adopted by the UN General Assembly in September 2015, "ODA providers reaffirm their respective commitments, including
More informationModernising pensions: What policy directions? What choices?
Modernising pensions: What policy directions? What choices? Nicholas Barr London School of Economics http://econ.lse.ac.uk/staff/nb Social Security Conference 2011 Public Pension Funds in Perspective.
More information12th of September 2018 Start 1330 Day One
12th of September 2018 Start 1330 Day One 1330-1400 Welcome Professor Brigitte Unger, Wigan, Professor Richard Murphy 1400-1445 Session 1. Situating COFFERS and the International Tax System Where are we
More informationA Comparative Study of Life Insurance Corporation of India and Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance Co. Ltd. on Customer Satisfaction
EUROPEAN ACADEMIC RESEARCH Vol. V, Issue 2/ May 2017 ISSN 2286-4822 www.euacademic.org Impact Factor: 3.4546 (UIF) DRJI Value: 5.9 (B+) A Comparative Study of Life Insurance Corporation of India and Bajaj
More information17 January 2019 Japan Laurence Boone OECD Chief Economist
Fiscal challenges and inclusive growth in ageing societies 17 January 219 Japan Laurence Boone OECD Chief Economist G2 populations are ageing rapidly Expected life expectancy at age 65 198 215 26 Japan
More informationStructural Changes in the Maltese Economy
Structural Changes in the Maltese Economy Dr. Aaron George Grech Modelling and Research Department, Central Bank of Malta, Castille Place, Valletta, Malta Email: grechga@centralbankmalta.org Doi:10.5901/mjss.2015.v6n5p423
More informationCHINA AFRICA UK INVESTMENT FORUM. Provisional Programme
CHINA AFRICA UK INVESTMENT FORUM Provisional Programme HANGZHOU, CHINA 25-27 APRIL 2018 BACKGROUND Much of Africa has experienced sustained high economic growth in the past decade. Yet there remains considerable
More informationSTRUCTURAL REFORM REFORMING THE PENSION SYSTEM IN KOREA. Table 1: Speed of Aging in Selected OECD Countries. by Randall S. Jones
STRUCTURAL REFORM REFORMING THE PENSION SYSTEM IN KOREA by Randall S. Jones Korea is in the midst of the most rapid demographic transition of any member country of the Organization for Economic Cooperation
More informationCYPRUS 1 MAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PENSIONS SYSTEM
CYPRUS 1 MAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PENSIONS SYSTEM The pension system in Cyprus is almost entirely public, with Private provision playing a minor role. The statutory General Social Insurance Scheme,
More informationSarah K. Bruch Department of Sociology University of Iowa
Economic Inequality, Social Safety Nets, and Distributional Outcomes: Understanding the Stratified Nature of Redistribution Mechanisms in the U.S., 1990-2012 Sarah K. Bruch Department of Sociology University
More informationTOWARDS SUSTAINABLE AND FAIR PENSIONS
Adopted Policy Paper TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE AND FAIR PENSIONS Introduction We Greens consider pensions as a right, and as a tool for people to reach a healthy and happy balance within and across the various
More informationHUNGARY 1 MAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PENSIONS SYSTEM
HUNGARY 1 MAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PENSIONS SYSTEM Since the 1997 pension reform the mandatory public pension system consists of two tiers. The first tier is a publicly managed, pay-as-you-go financed,
More informationUzbekistan Towards 2030:
Uzbekistan Towards 23: A New Social Protection Model for a Changing Economy and Society Uzbekistan Towards 23: A New Social Protection Model for a Changing Economy and Society The study is financed by
More informationCONSIDERATIONS CONCERNING PUBLIC PENSION SYSTEM
Scientific Bulletin Economic Sciences, Volume 13/ Issue 2 CONSIDERATIONS CONCERNING PUBLIC PENSION SYSTEM Emilia CLIPICI 1 1 Faculty of Economics, University of Pitesti, Romania, emilia.clipici@upit.ro
More informationWave 2 of the East Asia Retirement Survey
From Challenge to Opportunity Wave 2 of the East Asia Retirement Survey Richard Jackson President Global Aging Institute PPI Winter Roundtable Los Angeles February 26, 2016 www. GlobalAgingInstitute.org
More information