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A qualitative comparative analysis of strategies for an ageing society, with special reference to pension and employment policies
- Authors:
- KIM Kyo-seong, LEE Yeonjung
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Social Welfare, 17(3), July 2008, pp.225-235.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
The primary purpose of this study is to typify the respondent strategies of the OECD countries based on the interconnected structure of income and employment guarantees. More specifically, this article seeks to typify welfare policies into four types (welfare-to-work, welfare emphasis, labour emphasis, market emphasis) based on the leniency of the pension system and active state intervention in employment security. With the resultant four types, this article then places them as the dependent variable while incorporating per capita GDP, aged dependency ratio, pension maturity level, union density, constitutional structure index and degree of decommodification as causal variables. Through this process, this article aims to derive the decisive variable for each type through qualitative comparative analysis.
Determinants of the timing of social insurance legislation among 18 OECD countries
- Author:
- KIM Kyo-seong
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Social Welfare, 10(1), January 2001, pp.2-13.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This article aims to determine which theory which best explains the development of social insurance programmes. The survival analyses of 4 social insurance programs in 18 OECD countries presents mixed results. The adoption of each social insurance program is developed and related to a combination of industrialism, modernisation, left-wing participation, state autonomy, and international environment. Based on these findings, it is concluded that no single paradigm adequately explains the adoption of each of the social insurance programmes. However, the combination of two society-centered approaches- namely, logic of industrialism and political conflict explanation - and a state-centered approach better explains the origin and development of modern social policy than does the international diffusion theory.