KIHASA has published four research monographs, including Policy Research on Supportive Housing-Based Protection and Self-Reliance Support for At-Risk Children and Youth in Service Blind Spots.

Policy Research on Supportive Housing-Based Protection and Self-Reliance Support for At-Risk Children and Youth in Service Blind Spots Lee Sng Jung; Cho Hwirae; Lim Se Hee; Ma Haneol

This study examines the need to apply a supportive housing model to the protection system for at-risk children and youth and proposes institutional measures to address the limitations of facility-centered care. It identifies structural protection gaps in the current system, including maladjustment to institutional care, discontinuities during transitions between systems, and the inability to adequately respond to the complex needs of older adolescents. Drawing on analyses of independent-living？oriented protection services in the United Kingdom and the United States, the study presents policy recommendations for delivering supportive housing？based child and youth protection services, focusing on the legal and institutional framework, service delivery system, housing types, professional workforce, and mechanisms for safeguarding rights.

Demographic Foundations and Policy Implications of Household Change in South Korea Woo Haebong; Choi Insun

This study explores trends and patterns in household change from the latter half of the 20th century to the present in South Korea, along with the demographic contexts that have driven these changes.

Long-Term Social Security Financial Analysis I: Database Development for Social Security Financial Analysis Song Changgil; Na Wonhee; Shin Jeongwoo; Choi Hyunsoo; Song Changyong; Han Sinsil; Choi Koangsun; Ko Kyongpyo; Cho Yongchan

This study is the first-year component of a three-year project aimed at establishing an internationally comparable social security fiscal analysis framework based on OECD SOCX. Using Large Language Models (LLMs), we constructed an integrated database that combines expenditure levels (quantitative data) and institutional characteristics (qualitative data) for 6,637 programs across 41 countries. A pilot analysis of the old-age domain demonstrated that this methodology enables the generation of integrated fiscal indicators, assessment of Korea's position through international comparison, and application to long-term fiscal analysis. This study is significant in establishing a fiscal analysis infrastructure capable of overcoming the limitations of expenditure-centered approaches and enabling simultaneous analysis of institutional characteristics and expenditure levels.

Social Security Field Monitoring: Field Expert and Practitioner Forum Kwak YoonKyung; Shin Young-Kyu; Kim Yeseul

This Social Security Field Monitoring Project, established in 2008, serves as a critical mechanism for evaluating the operational efficacy of social security systems in collaboration with frontline practitioners and policy experts. Entering its seventeenth year in 2025, the project’s institutional significance was underscored by the inauguration of the 10th Expert Advisory Committee. The 2025 forums focused on four pivotal thematic pillars: (1) housing precariousness and homelessness support frameworks; (2) the current state of public assistance for foreign residents; (3) a comprehensive 25-year retrospective on the National Basic Livelihood Security System; and (4) the transition from application-based welfare toward automated delivery systems. The empirical insights and field-based policy recommendations generated through these forums offers a robust foundation for mitigating welfare blind spots and advancing a more inclusive, high-efficiency social security systems.