scholarly journals Social Protection and New Forms of Work: Expansion of Unemployment Insurance Benefits’ Coverage in Estonia

2021 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-72
Author(s):  
Gaabriel Tavits
Keyword(s):  
Unemployment Insurance ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Protection System ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Pension Insurance ◽  
The Social ◽  
Protection Systems ◽  
New Forms Of Work ◽  
The Unemployed ◽  
Social Protection Systems

Ensuring social protection for people having lost their jobs is an important part of the social protection system. Although health insurance and pension insurance have traditionally been the most important social protection systems, then social guarantees (both passive and active measures) for the unemployed cannot be underestimated in the changed forms of employment. New forms of work necessitate attention to whether and how people working under new forms of employment, e.g. platform workers, can register as unemployed and whether short-term employment may worsen their standing compared to other unemployed. This article analyses the Estonian social protection system for the unemployed and the planned changes in connection with platform work.

scholarly journals SISTEMAS DE PROTEÇÃO SOCIAL LATINO-AMERICANOS E RESPOSTAS À PANDEMIA DE COVID-19: Argentina, Brasil e México

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 263
Author(s):  
Mônica de Castro Maia Senna ◽  
Aline Souto Maior Ferreira ◽  
Valentina Sofia Suarez Baldo
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Social Situation ◽  
Political Orientation ◽  
The Political ◽  
Protective Measures ◽  
The Social ◽  
Protection Systems ◽  
America Latina ◽  
Social Protection Systems

O artigo analisa como sistemas de proteção social na América Latina têm respondido à grave situação social decorrente da pandemia de COVID-19. Pautado em estudo exploratório, o artigo toma como foco as experiências da Argentina, Brasil e México. A perspectiva de análise considera que as respostas produzidas por esses três casos às demandas sociais postas pela pandemia decorrem da interseção entre o legado prévio e estrutura institucional dos sistemas de proteção social existentes em cada país, a orientação política dos governos em exercício e a dinâmica social e política diante do contexto da crise sanitária. Verifica que nos três países, a despeito de medidas protetivas de maior ou menor abrangência e magnitude, que reforçam a proteção social existente ou introduzem novos mecanismos – todos eles temporários – a crise social própria às formações sociais latino-americanas se agravou.LATIN AMERICAN SOCIAL PROTECTION SYSTEMS AND RESPONSES TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC: Argentina, Brazil and MexicoAbstractThe article analyses how social protection systems in Latina America have responded to the serious social situation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Guided by an exploratory study, the paper focuses on the experiences of Argentina, Brazil and Mexico. The analysis considers that the responses produced by the three cases results from the intersection between the institutional structure’s previous legacy of the social protection systems existing in each country, the political orientation of the governments in exercise and the social and political dynamics in the sanitary crisis context. It seems that, despite protective measures of greater or lesser scope and magnitude, which either reinforce the existing social protections or introduce new mechanisms – all of them temporary – the social crisis specific to Latin American social formations has worsened in the countries studied.Keywords: Social protection. COVID-19. Brazil. México. Argentina

scholarly journals Social Protection, Covid-19, and Building Back Better

IDS Bulletin ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeremy Lind ◽  
Keetie Roelen ◽  
Rachel Sabates-Wheeler
Keyword(s):  
Social Protection ◽  
Short Term ◽  
International Assistance ◽  
Secondary Literature ◽  
Protection Systems ◽  
To Come ◽  
Social Protection Systems ◽  
Term Response

The Covid-19 pandemic has brought sweeping changes for economies and societies, with the most devastating consequences for individuals and groups with pre-existing vulnerabilities. As attention shifts from addressing urgent humanitarian needs to long-term response, it is time to think about the role of social protection as part of a longer-term solution to living with Covid-19, as well as supporting efforts to build back better. This article considers how social protection can offer support and be supported in short‑, medium-, and long-term responses, under different scenarios for how the pandemic might unfold. Based on a secondary literature review, we argue that planning must anticipate the possibility of an enduring pandemic and that the expansion of social protection should not be limited to a short-term response. Rather, Covid-19 presents a necessity and opportunity to establish firm foundations for more comprehensive social protection systems for years to come, including leveraging greater domestic expenditure and international assistance.

scholarly journals Comparative social policy in contemporary Latin America: Concepts, theories and a research agenda

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gibran Cruz-Martinez
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Social Policy ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Welfare Regimes ◽  
The Social ◽  
Protection Systems ◽  
Art Research ◽  
Social Protection Systems

This is the introductory chapter of the book Welfare and Social Protection in Contemporary Latin America. The purpose of the book is threefold: (i) to present a historical and theoretical analysis of social protection systems and welfare regimes in contemporary Latin America; (ii) to discuss the politics of contemporary social protection and how national/global actors and institutions shape social policy in the region; and (iii) to examine several debates on social protection and welfare systems in contemporary Latin America. The chapter presents state-of-the-art research in the areas of social policy and welfare that is examined in each of the three parts of the book. What do we know about welfare regimes in Latin America? What do we know about the role of (f)actors shaping social protection development and inclusion? What do we know about recent debates regarding social protection and welfare in Latin America? Particular attention is paid to the contribution made by chapters in this edited volume to the social policy literature. The chapter finishes with a description of the content and results of each chapter in this edited volume.

scholarly journals FACTORS THAT POTENTIALLY AFFECT THE FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY OF THE PENSION SYSTEM IN ROMANIA

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 14
Author(s):  
Luise Mladen
Keyword(s):  
Social Protection ◽  
Pension System ◽  
Financial Sustainability ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Public Budget ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Social ◽  
Protection Systems ◽  
Social Protection Systems

In Romania, the State Social Security Budget spending exceeds the revenues, and this situation leads to a growing deficit of the public budget. This evolution is the result of a complex of factors, more or less difficult to be managed, which we analyze in this article. The phenomenon of ageing has a significant role in increasing the pressure on the social protection systems, in general, and on the pension system, in particular. Also, the labour market related factors and the economic factors have an important impact on the sustainability of the pension system. The design of the pension system is equally important.

scholarly journals ASIF in Poland in the light of national budget expenditure since 1991. Justification functioning system separateness among the EU countries

Management ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 204-214
Author(s):  
Andrzej Czyżewski ◽  
Anna Matuszczak
Keyword(s):  
Social Insurance ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
European Network ◽  
Social Insurance System ◽  
National Budget ◽  
The Social ◽  
Protection Systems ◽  
Social Protection Systems ◽  
The Eu ◽  
Budget Expenditure

Summary The purpose of this article was to show that the existence of ASIF, as an important element of the social insurance system for farmers in Poland is not unique on a European scale. There were shown relationships ASIF with the budget and the characteristics of social insurance of farmers in selected countries of the European Network of Agricultural Social Protection Systems (ENASP)

Introduction: Themed Section on the European Union and Social Policy: National and EU Policy Interaction

2003 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 209-210
Author(s):  
Linda Hantrais
Keyword(s):  
Social Protection ◽  
Social Dimension ◽  
Third Wave ◽  
Federal Republic Of Germany ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Member States ◽  
Founding Member ◽  
The Social ◽  
Protection Systems ◽  
Social Protection Systems

When the European Economic Community was established in 1957, the six founding member states (Belgium, France, Federal Republic of Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands) had a shared interest, though each for their own reasons, in ensuring that provisions to promote the harmonisation of national social protection systems figured in the treaties. Progressively, and as membership of the Community expanded and diversified, the social dimension came to be accepted as a legitimate, albeit contested and subordinate, component in European law and policy. Whereas the social protection systems of the six original member states could be considered as variants of the continental model of welfare, the new waves of membership in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s brought different conceptions of social protection, making harmonisation ever-more difficult to achieve. Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom in the second wave were characterised by their universal welfare systems. Greece, Portugal and Spain in the third wave had less developed, minimalist provision for social protection. In the fourth wave, Austria was closer to the founding member states, whereas Finland and Sweden represented the Nordic model with their universalist system based on social democratic criteria.

scholarly journals Sacrificial citizens? Activation and retrenchment in Ireland’s political economy

2021 ◽  
Vol 69 (2) ◽  
pp. 43-65
Author(s):  
Fiona Dukelow
Keyword(s):  
Social Protection ◽  
Protection System ◽  
Critical Commentary ◽  
The Social ◽  
Working Age ◽  
Activation Policy ◽  
The 2008 Financial Crisis ◽  
Open Question ◽  
The Unemployed ◽  
Work First

Abstract This article provides a critical commentary on Irish activation policy. It is framed with reference to the point made in Pathways to Work 2016–2020 that a key purpose of activation is ‘to help ensure a supply of labour at competitive rates’. It looks at how a tougher work-first activation regime can be situated within the wider landscape of reform and retrenchment in the social protection system following the 2008 financial crisis. Broadly utilising Pierson’s concepts of programmatic and systemic retrenchment, it situates the roll-out of activation within shifts toward greater reliance on means-tested benefits for the unemployed, and toward work first, with varying degrees of compulsion, for other working-age adults in the social protection system. Suggesting that this results in a hierarchy of ‘welfare sacrifice’ for the sake of the competitiveness of the Irish economy, it also looks briefly at how some of these ‘sacrifices’ are experienced by different groups both in and out of the labour market. The article concludes by noting that the Covid-19 pandemic has temporarily transformed state–market relations such as these; however, whether this offers the opportunity to forge a more supportive turn in activation policy post-pandemic remains an open question.

scholarly journals Basic Income as a Response to New Economic Challenges

2020 ◽  
pp. 13-23
Author(s):  
Y. Kvashnin
Keyword(s):  
Social Protection ◽  
Vulnerable Groups ◽  
Basic Income ◽  
Current Crisis ◽  
Global Recession ◽  
Emergency Assistance ◽  
Protection Systems ◽  
National Governments ◽  
The Unemployed ◽  
Social Protection Systems

The article reviews the current debates on universal basic income and assesses the prospects for its implementation. In 2020, the idea of unconditional cash payments gained a significant number of new supporters. This was partly due to the vibrant political campaign of Andrew Yang, who took part in U.S. Democratic primaries, advocating the introduction of the so-called freedom dividend for all Americans, regardless of their income level or labor status. However, a real surge in interest occurred against the backdrop of a global recession caused by the coronavirus pandemic, which forced national governments to respond quickly to new social and economic challenges. In a number of East Asian countries, the authorities provided a one-time emergency assistance to the entire population. Compared to other types of direct payments (“helicopter money”), emergency basic income has shown several advantages. Due to its universal nature, it covers all citizens, including those who are completely or partially excluded from existing social protection systems. Moreover, in organizational terms, it is much easier to directly transfer an equal sum of money to everyone, especially in conditions of self-isolation. In Western countries, however, the probability of transition to basic income, even in its emergency form, is still rather low. Preference will be given to traditional measures aimed at supporting the unemployed and other vulnerable groups. At the same time, the current crisis has already revived discussions about the effectiveness of existing social protection systems, which will play into the hands of political forces offering new approaches to welfare reform.

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