Policy Monographs
Survey of Welfare System in Selected Countries
- Author
Ko Kyung Hwan
- Publication Date
2012
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Chapter 1 Demographic Structure 3
Section 1 Total Population 3
Section 2 Rate of Population Growth(on a year-on-year basis) 5
Section 3 Dependency Ratio 8
Section 4 Changes in Total Fertility Rate(TFR) 12
Section 5 Life Expectancy 14
Section 6 Economically Active Population and the Number of the Employed 17
Section 7 Number of the Dead by Cause of Death 18
Chapter 2 Welfare Expenditure 23
Section 1 Person in Charge of OECD SOCX 23
Section 2 Health and Welfare Budget as a Percentage of the Total Government Budget 23
Section 3 Definition and Size of Low Income Families 27
Section 4 Definition and Size of Baby Boomers 32
Section 5 Public Social Welfare Expenditure as a Percentage of GDP 35
Section 6 Public Social Welfare Expenditure by Function 39
Chapter 3 National Pension 45
Section 1 National Pension System 45
Section 2 Public Pension System 46
Section 3 Public Pension Coverage and Responsible Institutions 53
Section 4 Public Pension Benefits 56
Section 5 Public Pension Insurance Support System 58
Section 6 Income Replacement Rate of the Public Pension 59
Section 7 Recent Reform and Its Implications 62
Chapter 4 Childcare 69
Section 1 Childbirth Support Policy 69
Section 2 Childcare Facility 72
Section 3 Childcare Facility at Workplace 74
Section 4 Utilization Rate by Type of Childcare for Children below the Age of 5 76
Section 5 Utilization Rate of Childcare Services for Children under the Age of 6 79
Section 6 After-school Childcare 81
Section 7 Child Benefit 83
Chapter 5 Education 89
Section 1 Free Education 89
Section 2 Private Education 93
Section 3 School Lunch 95
Section 4 Literacy Rate 101
Section 5 Public Education Fee Per Student 102
Section 6 Number of Students Per Teacher 104
Section 7 Higher Education Completion Rate 105
Section 8 College Tuition Fee 106
Chapter 6 Healthcare 111
Section 1 Child Mortality 111
Section 2 Suicide Mortality Rate 113
Section 3 Cancer Mortality Rate 114
Section 4 Number of Sickbeds 116
Section 5 Number of Doctors Per Population 118
Section 6 Distribution of Doctors by Specialty 119
Section 7 Number of Hospitals 122
Section 8 National Healthcare Expenditures as a Percentage of GDP 123
Section 9 Per Capita Healthcare Expenditure 125
Section 10 Healthcare Expenditure as a Percentage of Public and Household Expenditures 127
Section 11 Number of Doctor’s Medical Practice Per Capita 129
Section 12 Caesarean Section 130
Chapter 7 Low Income Bracket 135
Section 1 Mandatory Supporters 136
Section 2 Basic Livelihood Security Benefit 140
Section 3 Delivery System of Basic Livelihood Security System 142
Section 4 Financing for Basic Livelihood Security System 144
Section 5 Policy Direction of Basic Livelihood Security System 146
Chapter 8 The Disabled 151
Section 1 Disability Prevalence Rate 151
Section 2 Employment Rate of the Disabled 153
Section 3 Poverty Rate of the Disabled 155
Section 4 Disability Benefits Rate 158
Section 5 Rehabilitation and Employment Programs 160
Chapter 9 The Elderly 167
Section 1 Guideline Age of the Elderly 167
Section 2 Basic Act for Elderly Welfare 168
Section 3 Government Organizations Related to Elderly Welfare 169
Section 4 Elderly Population Rate 171
Section 5 Rate of the Elderly in Economic Activity 173
Section 6 Elderly Poverty Rate 175
Section 7 Elderly Dependency Rate 176
Section 8 Economic Activity Support System for the Elderly 178
Section 9 Average Retirement Age 180
Section 10 Government Budget for Long Term Care Financing 182
Chapter 10 Child, Woman 187
Section 1 Child Poverty Rate 187
Section 2 Child Welfare Facility 190
Section 3 Life Expectancy at 65 for Men and Women 193
Section 4 Women Employment Rate 196
Section 5 Employment Rate of Women with School Age Children 198
Section 6 Hours of Childcare 200
Section 7 Income Gap between Men and Women 202
Section 8 Maternity Leave System 204
Section 9 Parental Leave System 207
Chapter 11 Housing 211
Section 1 Ratio of 1-2 Person Households 211
Section 2 Average Number of Household Members 213
Section 3 Number of Vacant Housing 215
Section 4 Vacant Rate 216
Section 5 Number of Housing Per 1,000 People 218
Section 6 Housing Tenure Rate 220
Section 7 Homeownership Rate 222
Section 8 Number of Destructed Housing 223
Section 9 Number of Constructed Housing 225
Section 10 Housing Price Index 227
Section 11 Rental Index 229
Section 12 PIR(Price to Income Ratio) 231
Section 13 Average Housing Space 232
Section 14 Per Capita Living Space 233
Section 15 Long-Term Public Rental Housing Rate 235
Section 16 Rate of Households Receiving Rental Subsidy 236
Section 17 Rate of Households under Minimum Living Standard 238
Chapter 12 Voluntary Social Welfare Service 243
Section 1 Voluntary Social Welfare Expenditure 243
Section 2 Childcare Expenses of Single Parent Family 246