Revolutionary times? The changing landscape of prisoner resettlement

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emma Wincup
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Social Policy ◽  
Social Security ◽  
Security Policy ◽  
Extended Period ◽  
New Governance ◽  
Criminal Justice Reform ◽  
Radical Reform ◽  
The Past ◽  
Social Security Policy

This chapter looks at how the extended period of fiscal readjustment has changed the landscape of the prisons system, with new providers, new governance mechanisms, and promises of radical reform. However, no policy sphere operates in isolation, and reforms and cutbacks to important provision in other areas of social policy — particularly housing and social security — have affected the progress of criminal justice reform agendas. Two features of the changing social security landscape over the past decade are worthy of note to set the scene for an exploration of a social security policy targeted at prisoners. The first is a ‘deepening’ and ‘widening’ of the obligation to work, from which only a minority are excused, and the second is a commitment to conditionality, interweaving support with discipline in the form of financial sanctions.

COHORT-SPECIFIC EFFECTS OF SOCIAL SECURITY POLICY

1981 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-28
Author(s):  
DEAN R. LEIMER ◽  
PETER A. PETRI
Keyword(s):  
Social Security ◽  
Security Policy ◽  
Specific Effects ◽  
Social Security Policy

Household Responses to Social Security Policy Risk

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
David A. Chapman ◽  
Michael F. Gallmeyer ◽  
Chunyu Yang
Keyword(s):  
Social Security ◽  
Security Policy ◽  
Policy Risk ◽  
Social Security Policy ◽  
Household Responses

scholarly journals The Implications of Differential Trends in Mortality for Social Security Policy

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Bound ◽  
Arline T. Geronimus ◽  
Javier M. Rodriguez ◽  
Timothy Waidmann
Keyword(s):  
Social Security ◽  
Security Policy ◽  
Social Security Policy

scholarly journals Institutional Design and Incentives for Migrant Workers to Participate in Social Insurance in China: Evidence from a Policy Experiment in Chengdu City

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yihao Tian ◽  
Yuxiao Chen ◽  
Mei Zhou ◽  
Shaoyang Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Social Security ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Security Policy ◽  
Social Insurance ◽  
Participation Rate ◽  
National Bureau ◽  
Social Insurance System ◽  
Insurance System ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Security Policy

Abstract Background: Rural-to-urban migration has increased rapidly in China since the early 1980s, with the number of migrants reaching 376 million in 2020 (National Bureau of Statistics [NBS], 2020). Despite this sharp trend and the significant contributions that the migrants have made to urban development, migrant workers have had very limited access to the social insurance that the majority of urban workers have enjoyed. Methods: Based on the background of the social insurance system adjustment in Chengdu in 2011, we establish a difference-in-differences (DID) model to empirically test the impacts of change in social insurance policy contribution rates on migrant workers' social insurance participation rates, using the China Migrants Dynamic Survey (CMDS) data from 2009-2016.Results: The social insurance participation rate of migrant workers was significantly reduced after they are incorporated into the urban worker insurance system. Meanwhile, there is no significant change in the wages of migrant workers, but the working hours became longer and the consumption level turned lower. That is to say, simply changing the social insurance model of migrant workers from "comprehensive social insurance" to "urban employee insurance" reduces the incentives for migrant workers to participate in the insurance and harm the overall welfares of migrant workers.Conclusion: The design of the social security policy is an important reason for lower participation rate of migrants. Therefore, it is necessary to solve the problem of insufficient incentives through targeted social security policies. Specifically, the first is to formulate a social security policy contribution rate suitable for the migrants. The second is to establish a comprehensive social security policy and gradually integrate the social security system.

scholarly journals Institutional Design and Incentives for Migrant Workers to Participate in Social Insurance in China: Evidence From a Policy Experiment in Chengdu City

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yihao Tian ◽  
Yuxiao Chen ◽  
Mei Zhou ◽  
Shaoyang Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Social Security ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Security Policy ◽  
Social Insurance ◽  
Institutional Design ◽  
Participation Rate ◽  
Social Insurance System ◽  
Insurance System ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Security Policy

Rural-to-urban migration has increased rapidly in China since the early 1980s, with the number of migrants has reached 376 million by 2020. Despite this sharp trend and the significant contributions that migrants have made to urban development, the migrant workers have had very limited access to the social insurance that the majority of urban workers enjoy. Against the background of the social insurance system adjustment in Chengdu in 2011, this study uses a difference-in-differences (DID) model to empirically test the impacts of changes in the social insurance policy contribution rates on the social insurance participation rates of migrant workers, using the China Migrants Dynamic Survey (CMDS) data for 2009–2016. We find that the social insurance participation rate of migrant workers was significantly reduced after they were incorporated into the urban worker insurance system. There was no significant change in the wages of migrant workers, but the working hours were increased and their consumption level decreased. In other words, simply changing the social insurance model of migrant workers from “comprehensive social insurance” to “urban employee insurance” reduces the incentives for migrant workers to participate in insurance and harms the overall welfare of migrant workers. Our study indicates that the design of the social security policy is an important reason for the lower participation rate of migrants. It is necessary to solve the problem of insufficient incentives through the targeted social security policies; primarily, the formulation of a social security policy contribution rate suitable for the migrants, and the establishment of a comprehensive social security policy and the gradual integration of the social security system.

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