scholarly journals Between the state and the kin: one-person household social security in Latvia

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (14) ◽  
pp. 90-102
Author(s):  
Kristīne Rolle ◽  
Agita Lūse
Keyword(s):  
Social Security ◽  
Social Insurance ◽  
Intergenerational Relationships ◽  
The State ◽  
Vulnerable Groups ◽  
Next Of Kin ◽  
Economic Stability ◽  
Social Insurance System ◽  
Dominant Type ◽  
Kinship Ties

One-person household is the dominant type of household in today’s Latvia. Research on kinship in contemporary Europe suggests that weak kinship ties are characteristic of institutionally strong countries that provide an individual with social security when he or she becomes incapacitated. However, the statistical data on Latvia show that of all household types, one-person households are the most exposed to the risk of poverty, especially those of people over 64 years of age. The article provides an insight into the ways in which the policies implemented by various political regimes in Latvia over the last one hundred years have promoted the formation of an economically independent individual, thus directly and indirectly weakening family and kinship ties. Drawing on our ethnographic data, we explore the situations when the state's welfare system no longer ensures an individual's social security: are family and kinship ties likely to be re-established in such circumstances? The fieldwork findings suggest that those whose next of kin needs additional assistance or care, face a dilemma: either to provide support to the vulnerable relative while compromising their own economic stability, or to delegate their responsibility for the relative to the state. However, our data also show: while the state does not guarantee social security for some vulnerable groups, its social insurance system nevertheless has to a great degree impacted the sense of moral obligation in intergenerational relationships.

scholarly journals Reformulation of regulation of giving subsidy of equitable health care and social security

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 161-167
Author(s):  
Bram B. Baan ◽  
Suhariningsih Suhariningsih ◽  
Abdul Madjid ◽  
Yuliati Yuliati
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Social Security ◽  
National Health ◽  
Social Insurance ◽  
The State ◽  
Poor People ◽  
Social Insurance System ◽  
Informal Worker ◽  
National Health Care ◽  
The Government

Is giving the subsidy in the implementation of national health care security in line with the purpose of arrangement of Law of Republic of Indonesia Number 40 of 2004 on System of National Social Security? Health care security is a basic right of all citizens of Indonesia as regulated in Article 28 H paragraph (3) and Article 34 Article (3) of the Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia. This writing makes an analysis of the arrangement of subsidy of implementation of national health care security. Argumentation in this writing gives an analysis in doing reformulation of an arrangement of giving subsidy in implementation of national health care security as regulated in Article 14 paragraph (2) of Law of Republic of Indonesia Number 40 of 2004 on System of National social security, the program of national health care security is a program in the form of security done by the government, but in the implementation, it is done by using social insurance method. Premiums of poor people and deprived citizens are guaranteed by the state, formal premium is paid by the worker and employer while the informal worker pays the premium independently, by this system it makes injustice in the society. All costs of National health care security should be covered by the state as the aim of implementation of the Law of System of National Health Care Security and the government should use the method of system of security and not social insurance system.

scholarly journals Social Insurance in the Countries of the World and Prospects for Ukraine

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (525) ◽  
pp. 194-200
Author(s):  
O. M. Levanda ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Insurance ◽  
The State ◽  
Vulnerable Groups ◽  
Social Insurance System ◽  
Protective Function ◽  
Insurance System ◽  
Pension Schemes ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
Defined Contributions

The article is aimed at denfining the perspective approaches and evaluating the feasibility of using the world experience of social, in particular pension, insurance in Ukraine. On the basis of the analytical approach, the essence and content of social insurance are considered. In particular, social insurance schemes were studied, among which are distiguished the following: social security that covers all workers and is controlled and funded by the State authorities; scheme for the employed population – includes the relationship between the employer and the employee, which are provided as part of the conditions of employment; individual insurance scheme – concluded solely on the initiative of the insurer. It is determined that common schemes against the background of the COVID-19 crisis among the countries of the world (including Ukraine) are assistance in case of illness, unemployment benefits, pensions and disability payments, health insurance provision, social insurance contributions. It is proved that social insurance performs a protective function for society against external risks. In particular, in the context of the spread of coronavirus infection, thanks to the social insurance system, the degree of impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the income of vulnerable groups at the expense of public policy programs has been reduced. The experience of countries around the world as to social insurance programs, including pension schemes is researched along with their further consideration, namely: schemes with defined contributions (DC); schemes managed by non-governmental institutions; notional defined contributions (NDC) schemes; schemes managed by the public administration sector; schemes of defined benefits (DB); hybrid schemes that combine the characteristics of DC and DB pension schemes; schemes administered by an autonomous pension fund. It is determined that pension schemes are being implemented within terms of three systems: solidarity, accumulation and hybrid. In general, the results of the research indicate that the management of the social insurance system in the countries of the world in general and in Ukraine in particular is carried out under regulatory and legal control by the State, which acts as a guarantor of protection of the population in the conditions of national peculiarities of the economy.

IDENTIFICATION OF THE MINIMUM LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE ON SOCIAL INSURANCE

2021 ◽  
Vol 562 (1) ◽  
pp. 12-18
Author(s):  
Robert Marczak
Keyword(s):  
Social Security ◽  
Citizen Participation ◽  
Social Insurance ◽  
Insurance Coverage ◽  
The State ◽  
Social Insurance System ◽  
Insurance System ◽  
Social Risks ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Individual

The Polish social insurance system is a part of the social security scheme. The Constitution of the Republic of Poland imposes on the state an obligation to create such system and to fulfill social security guarantees for every citizen. Participation in the social insurance system, and thus insurance coverage in the field of the consequences of social risks, is strictly dependent on the fact of performing a gainful activity on the principles set out in the social insurance act (among others: work under a contract of employment or under a civil law contract and conducting business). The legality of employment and the employer fairness on the one hand, and the effectiveness of control authorities of state institutions on the other hand, are two driving engines of the insurance guarantee. Responsibility for providing such insurance protection lies between the institutional activities of the state and the individual foresight of the citizen. It is on his/her side that knowledge about social insurance plays a very important role as an element of risk awareness. The act on the social insurance system imposes on the Polish executive institution in the area of social insurance (the Polish social insurance institution, ZUS) the obligation to popularize this knowledge. The purpose of the article is the attempt to indicate the scope of a minimum knowledge of social insurance, which will allow a citizen to make a conscious participation in the system, i.e. effective protection against the results of the possible risks.

scholarly journals The Scope of Protection and Financing of Social Risk in Poland on the Example of the Social Security Administration

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 835-842
Author(s):  
Roman Garbiec
Keyword(s):  
Social Security ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Social Insurance ◽  
Social Risk ◽  
Social Security Administration ◽  
Social Insurance System ◽  
Radical Reform ◽  
Social Risks ◽  
The Social ◽  
Scope Of Protection

AbstractSocial risks are an unusual type of risks occurring in insurance. Their specific feature is the implementation of risk in the sphere of social life of a person with special regard to the work environment. Social risks are an element of research in economics and law and in social policy. The author of the paper shows that the structure of the Polish social insurance system is not optimal and requires radical reform. This paper contains, among others, characteristics of the scope of protection of social risks identified in Poland by Social Security Administration and the basis for financing benefits from this system. The summary of the paper presents opinions on improving the financial efficiency of this 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 ◽  
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.

scholarly journals The Essence and Features of Social Protection in the Ukrainian Retrospective

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (6 (344)) ◽  
pp. 103-110
Author(s):  
Inna Syomkina ◽  
◽  
Natalia Shabaeva ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Policy ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Social Insurance ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
The State ◽  
Vulnerable Groups ◽  
Scientific Article ◽  
Social Programs ◽  
Historical Aspect ◽  
The Social

The scientific article reveals the formation of the Ukrainian system of social protection (historical aspect). The main stages of development of social policy in Ukraine, from the first origins to the key principles of modern social policy are described. The desire of the Ukrainian authorities to renounce the paternalistic role and alimony is emphasized. Priorities for activities in the social sphere have been identified: guaranteeing social rights, increasing the effectiveness of social programs, assistance to vulnerable groups (large and low-income families, servicemen, people with special needs, victims of violence, etc.). The general scheme of the social protection system in Ukraine is presented, which consists of two main parts: compulsory state social insurance, which is formed through the contributions of employers and working citizens to the relevant social insurance funds; system of social support (assistance, benefits, subsidies, social services), which is mainly formed by taxation and financed from the state budget. Further ways of scientific research are outlined (content and principles of realization of the state social programs on support of vulnerable segments of the population).

scholarly journals SOCIAL INSURANCE SYSTEMS IN RUSSIA AND GERMANY: SOCIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS

2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 93-115
Author(s):  
Inna V. Kolodeznikova ◽  
Roman V. Kondurov ◽  
Diana V. Galitskayа
Keyword(s):  
Social Insurance ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Federal Republic Of Germany ◽  
Economic Stability ◽  
Social Insurance System ◽  
Insurance System ◽  
The Social ◽  
Protection Mechanisms ◽  
German Model ◽  
Russian Model

Social insurance occupies a special place in the entire social policy of the state. Developed system of social insurance in the country provides citizens with effective protection mechanisms and thereby ensures economic stability and creates an atmosphere of social cohesion in society. At present, social insurance systems in Russia and Germany have significant differences that include both the structure and functioning of each type of insurance separately. These differences in the organization of social insurance systems in Russia and Germany are traceable from the very beginning. System of social insurance in modern Russia has been developing to a certain extent inconsistently and to the present time still is not completely formed. The German system developed gradually and improved with regard to the features of the interests of society at various stages of its development. The establishment of the Federal Republic of Germany as a social state determined the modern model of the social insurance system. Therefore, the study of the German model is interesting from the point of view of the subsequent possible introduction of its elements into Russian insurance practice. The article compares social insurance systems of Russia and Germany. The components of the systems are studied; their similarities and differences are revealed. Opinions of experts of the Federal Service for Labor and Employment on the prospects and problems of the development of the Russian model of the social insurance system and the possibility of using the German insurance experience in Russian practice are given.

scholarly journals E-Government as a Major Factor in the Development of Social Insurance Funds in Ukraine

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (512) ◽  
pp. 198-204
Author(s):  
D. P. Feklistova ◽  
◽  
D. M. Zagorska ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Security ◽  
Social Insurance ◽  
Pension Fund ◽  
Insurance Fund ◽  
Social Insurance System ◽  
Social Security Fund ◽  
Social Insurance Fund ◽  
The Social ◽  
Security Fund ◽  
Security Funds

Social insurance as a system of guaranteeing material support in case of occurrence of insured cases undergoes the process of reforming, the State uses a variety of methods of influence, including achievements of scientific-technological progress. Social security funds were created to provide citizens with a full range of services that provide a decent life. The article is aimed at analyzing the opportunities of social security funds to provide electronic services. The latest changes in the reform of the social insurance system of Ukraine are illuminated. The functions performed by these establishments are considered in order to understand their essence. The concept of «e-government» is described and it is defined that its application influences the improvement of effectiveness of the government policy. The analysis of services of the Pension fund of Ukraine, the Social insurance fund and the Social insurance fund in case of unemployment was carried out. The largest number of electronic services is now provided by the Pension fund of Ukraine, which successfully implements e-government. The Social security fund does not yet provide the opportunity to receive services remotely. The Social security fund in case of unemployment in the aspect of e-government focuses on the employment services of citizens. Recommendations for further development of the social insurance system using electronic services are provided.

scholarly journals EXPENDITURE ON ASIF IN THE YEARS 1991-2018 AS AN EXAMPLE OF THE REDISTRIBUTIVE FUNCTION OF POLAND’S AGRICULTURAL BUDGET

2019 ◽  
Vol XXI (2) ◽  
pp. 29-37
Author(s):  
Andrzej Czyżewski ◽  
Anna Matuszczak
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Social Insurance ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
The State ◽  
Social Needs ◽  
Insurance Fund ◽  
Social Expenditure ◽  
State Budget ◽  
Social Insurance System ◽  
Budgetary Expenditure

The aim of the paper was to indicate the size of expenditure on the Agricultural Social Insurance Fund (ASIF) on the background of changes that occurred in the agricultural budget, state budget and GDP in almost the entire period of adjustment of the Polish economy to market conditions. This period covers the years 1991-2018 and concerns budgetary expenditure supplementing the deficit, in particular the Pension Fund of ASIF as an example of the implementation of the redistributive function of the state budget. The study covered the share of expenditure on the agricultural sector in the total expenditure of the state budget and in the developed Gross Domestic Product, as a reference to the economic situation in the economy. The analyses showed that the share of budgetary expenditure on rural areas, agriculture and agricultural markets, in the analysed period, increased significantly after Poland’s integration with the EU, which primarily constituted a pro-development impulse. Expenditure on ASIF benefits, in a way, reflect the satisfaction of social needs related to rural areas and agriculture. The share of social expenditure (on ASIF) in total state budget expenditure decreased at the same time. However, it is noticeable that the nominal volume of these expenditures slightly increased in relation to the stabilised level (ca. PLN 17.5 billion) from past years. The authors believe that this amount should not be lower, because the social insurance system of farmers has been effectively “sealed” and additionally there is an increase in pension ben

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