Title:
Social Safety Net Features in East Asia: A comparative analyses using the model family approach
Social Safety Net Features in East Asia: A comparative analyses using the model family approach
Time:
06/25/2022 06:30 PM PDT
06/25/2022 07:30 PM MDT
06/25/2022 08:30 PM CDT
06/25/2022 09:30 PM EDT
06/26/2022 02:30 AM BST
06/26/2022 03:30 AM CEST
06/26/2022 09:30 AM Taiwan
06/25/2022 06:30 PM PDT
06/25/2022 07:30 PM MDT
06/25/2022 08:30 PM CDT
06/25/2022 09:30 PM EDT
06/26/2022 02:30 AM BST
06/26/2022 03:30 AM CEST
06/26/2022 09:30 AM Taiwan
研究領域 (Field):
Social Policy
研究子領域 (Sub-field)::
Poverty; Social Welfare Policies
Social Policy
研究子領域 (Sub-field)::
Poverty; Social Welfare Policies
Abstract:
East Asian social welfare has been described as productivist, where social policies are subordinate to economic development. However, existing East Asian comparative studies often focus on a few selected social policies and seldom examine welfare programs as a bundle. We contribute to the depiction of divergent features of East Asian safety nets by welfare content (generosity, coverage, protective vs. productive, and work incentives) and welfare outcomes (poverty reduction and redistribution) in mainland China, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan.
We collected model family data before and during the COVID-19 pandemic and analyzed the data through descriptive statistics and regression models. We found that Taiwan and Japan have more generous welfare systems in reducing poverty and redistributing income, while Korea has a less generous system and focuses on productive programs; Hong Kong is catching up with the aforementioned societies through adopting generous protective programs; Singapore offers wide coverage and work incentives for low-income families yet lags behind in generosity; and China appears to be a laggard of welfare provision in the region. Our findings reveal heterogeneity within East Asian welfare system, and our synthesis of welfare features using model family data exemplifies a promising strategy in conducting comparative research in regions with limited comparable data.
East Asian social welfare has been described as productivist, where social policies are subordinate to economic development. However, existing East Asian comparative studies often focus on a few selected social policies and seldom examine welfare programs as a bundle. We contribute to the depiction of divergent features of East Asian safety nets by welfare content (generosity, coverage, protective vs. productive, and work incentives) and welfare outcomes (poverty reduction and redistribution) in mainland China, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan.
We collected model family data before and during the COVID-19 pandemic and analyzed the data through descriptive statistics and regression models. We found that Taiwan and Japan have more generous welfare systems in reducing poverty and redistributing income, while Korea has a less generous system and focuses on productive programs; Hong Kong is catching up with the aforementioned societies through adopting generous protective programs; Singapore offers wide coverage and work incentives for low-income families yet lags behind in generosity; and China appears to be a laggard of welfare provision in the region. Our findings reveal heterogeneity within East Asian welfare system, and our synthesis of welfare features using model family data exemplifies a promising strategy in conducting comparative research in regions with limited comparable data.
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