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The Changing Paths Of The Child Care Policy And Welfare Regimes: A Comparison Among Sweden, Germany And United States, Chih-Lung Huang
The Changing Paths Of The Child Care Policy And Welfare Regimes: A Comparison Among Sweden, Germany And United States, Chih-Lung Huang
Chih-lung Huang
With the economic globalization, the transformation of post industrialized, and the change of employment pattern, the women’s labor participation is still rising. This phenomenon not only affected the breadwinner model which were shaped by the welfare regime, but also caused the consequence of baby bust and ageing population. This article will explore the changing paths of welfare regimes which includes the social democracy-Sweden, the conservatism-Germany, and the liberal- the U.S.A. We try to clarify the effect of reform ideas for the changing paths of breadwinner model behind the welfare regimes, and the policy implications for the work and life balance.
Research Approach Exploring Integrating Employment And Family Policy: Review Of Policy Objectives For The Population Policy White Paper In Taiwan, Chih-Lung Huang
Research Approach Exploring Integrating Employment And Family Policy: Review Of Policy Objectives For The Population Policy White Paper In Taiwan, Chih-Lung Huang
Chih-lung Huang
One of the main purposes of the Population Policy White Paper in Taiwan is to seek solutions to the baby bust trend. Through strengthening family policy, the Population Policy White Paper in Taiwan tries to satisfy the need for a balance between work and family for women. However, the need is not only concerned with the baby bust problem, but also about the institutional and structural problems on culture and welfare systems under the conventional male breadwinner model. This article will explain the reason why the issue of work and family life balance should consider gender equality. Through the dual …
Integrating Breadwinning And Childcare In The Family Policy Formation In Taiwan, Chih-Lung Huang
Integrating Breadwinning And Childcare In The Family Policy Formation In Taiwan, Chih-Lung Huang
Chih-lung Huang
The baby bust problem in Taiwan is not only related to the question of the undertaking of breadwinning between man and woman in the household, but also the allocation of child care responsibility. The integration of breadwinning and child care through family policy formation is expected to resolve baby bust problem and gender equality at the same time in Taiwan. This article analyzes the policy idea and instruments of child care policies and its planning. We try to understand the reshape pattern of the breadwinner model and the goal of gender equality behind policy development. The research results showed that …
Rethinking Old Age Income Security In Taiwan: With A Discussion Of Pension Reform In The Uk And Germany, Chih-Lung Huang, Shrsyung Chang
Rethinking Old Age Income Security In Taiwan: With A Discussion Of Pension Reform In The Uk And Germany, Chih-Lung Huang, Shrsyung Chang
Chih-lung Huang
After the amended provisions of the National Pension Act came into effect in October 2008, creating a new retirement system that joined up the existing military personnel, public school teacher, and labor pension schemes as well as individual accounts and farmers' non-contributory welfare subsidies, Taiwan's system of safeguards for economic security in old age was still fragmented but finally covered the whole of the population. Compared with the previous two-track system, with social insurance as the main form and social relief as the subsidiary form of retirement security, the new framework blends and confuses individual savings accounts and new elements …
A Study Of Flexicurity Strategy In Netherlands And Denmark: The Institutional Life-Course Policy Approach, Chih-Lung Huang
A Study Of Flexicurity Strategy In Netherlands And Denmark: The Institutional Life-Course Policy Approach, Chih-Lung Huang
Chih-lung Huang
The flexicurity strategy in Netherlands and Denmark, i.e. flexible labour market and the reinforcement of social security institutions, successfully kept the unemployment rate from rising in the 1990s and has drawn attention from social policy scholars. Under the development of flexible labour market and destabilized employment pattern, the agenda of flexicurity strategy has been shifted to strengthen and facilitate the transitions in social security institutions. Drawing on institutional analysis on redistribution of time and income, this paper explores outcomes and development from recent flexicurity reforms. Results show that the working time in Netherlands and Denmark has been redistributed both vertically …