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Toward A Low Wage World: The Development And Limitation Of Taiwan' Labor Regime(1980s~2010s), Wei-Yi Chang, Chih-Lung Huang
Toward A Low Wage World: The Development And Limitation Of Taiwan' Labor Regime(1980s~2010s), Wei-Yi Chang, Chih-Lung Huang
Chih-lung Huang
This article tries to explain why Taiwan’s labor regime has fallen into a low wage environment. A review of literature shows that existing studies consider only the elements of state, capital, labor, or the social environment to explain the low wage within different historical stages. But the literature to date could not answer the question as for why Taiwan’s labor wage did not increase with economic growth after 2000s. In order to bridge the gap, the legislation and amendment of related labor laws from 1980s to 2010s was explored through the perspective of historical institutionalism. It was found that the …
Rethinking The Old Age Income Security For All In Taiwan, Chih-Lung Huang
Rethinking The Old Age Income Security For All In Taiwan, Chih-Lung Huang
Chih-lung Huang
The National Pension Act of October 2008 completed a fragmentary framework for old age income security in Taiwan. Although coverage was universal, however, it was far from equal. Several different income security schemes were established, and the political process tended to lump together such contradictory institutional logics as insurance, assistance, and allowance. Advocates of an integrated universal insurance program see this piecemeal approach as a policy failure. Nonetheless, these advocates fail to take into account the fluid nature of structural social crises. This paper instead proposes a new, multi-layered division of citizen responsibility. This approach will allow citizens and the …