This study aims to conduct research on key topics related to social policy using the Customized Income-Wealth DB, which is an administrative data built by the National Health Insurance Service. This study is a follow-up to Kang Shin-wook et al. (2022), which utilizes the same data and household composition methods, but covers more in-depth and expanded topics.
As baby boomers enter their senior years, there is a pressing need to establish a novel social engagement framework tailored specifically to their needs. This study delves into the social engagement strategies that baby boomers employ as they navigate positive life transitions. It particularly explores methods to enhance the measurable and intrinsic value of the baby boomer generation's experience and time, making them beneficial assets for society.
The income security system has had various social safety net systems since the 2000s. However, due to the limitations of each system, there are still wide no-care zone for the working poor. Therefore, evaluating the no-care zone and policies of the income security system for the working poor and identifying the consistency between the systems is an important issue. The following is what this study is trying to say. The Emergency Welfare Support System needs to be dramatically reformed in order for the working poor, who are in the no-care zone, to maintain a stable livelihood. In the short term, through the connection between the Emergency Welfare Support System and the National Employment Support System, livelihood support is provided, employment education, training, and job placement to households in crisis. In the long term, the earned income tax credit(EITC) system must also be integrated and operated along with the system.
This study aimed to develop policy interventions to bolster family-based care for children in out-of-home setting, safeguarding them from the adverse effects of institutional care. It scrutinized the concept of family-based care to delineate its policy boundaries and employed an analysis of the existing system alongside empirical data to pinpoint obstacles and challenges that impede the implementation of family-based care.
We looked at the working-life instability of the middle-aged, explored how it would affect their labor trajectories and income, and discussed potential support policies. The negative effects on the labor market trajectory and income due to job loss and unstable labor for people in their late-40s and early-50s, as observed in this study, highlight a significant societal issue. Involuntary unemployment from the career job leads to subsequent losses in employment trajectory and income confirms that reintegrating workers who have experienced involuntary early retirement into the labor market is a major task not only for the labor market but also for social policy.
Social security expenditures have risen sharply in Korea in light of ongoing socioeconomic changes in the population, the industrial structure, and the labor market. This raises concerns about national fiscal sustainability and fiscal consolidation, necessitating a monitoring approach that covers the entire area of social security. This approach should involve: reviews of fiscal risk factors; analyses of expenditure trends and drivers; medium- and long-term fiscal outlooks; identification of sources of uncertainty; and the monitoring of equity in allocations as an outcome measure. Such a systematic monitoring approach can lead to greater efficiency and equity in the allocation of public spending and contribute to public understanding, transparency, and government accountability through public reporting on social spending.
The purpose of this study is to identify the types, levels, and related factors of perceived social insecurity. A significant proportion of respondents in the survey reported high levels of perceived social insecurity. Major factors influencing social insecurity perception are sex, income, asset, experience of socio-economic insecurity, social support. This study proposed five major policy tasks based on the result of analysis.
The transitional period to adulthood is becoming prolonged. This study sheds light on these changes in the transitioning into adulthood from the perspective of families, focusing especially on how the risks associated with the transitional period to adulthood are perceived, absorbed, or managed within Korean families.
While the majority of OECD member states use social insurance to secure sickness benefits for sick workers, some states rule that employers directly pay the benefit to their sick employees: Switzerland, Israel and the Netherlands. This report analyzes the histories and current situations of the mandatory sick leave schemes in the three nations. As Korea is implementing the pilot scheme to introduce the sickness benefits, the relation between the government-implemented sickness benefits and the mandatory sick leave is one of pivotal issues. By studying the experiences, mistakes, system improvements and reforms of the three countries in the process of operating their mandatory sick leaves, we aim to find policy implications for Korea's future sickness benefits.
Taking into account the rights and obligations of donors and recipients, as well as the rights of the child born, this study examined the present state and challenges associated with donor conception, denoting the process of conceiving a child through the utilization of gametes donated by a third party. It conducted an analysis of societal awareness concerning donor conception and endeavored to propose strategies aimed at enhancing legislative frameworks and institutional practices to ensure the establishment of a secure environment for donor conception.