{"title":"KeqingHan. Social welfare in transitional China. London, Palgrave Macmillan, 2020. 405 pp. (Sociology, Media and Journalism in China). ISBN 978‐981‐329‐660‐2.","authors":"M. Cousins","doi":"10.1111/ISSR.12261","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ISSR.12261","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44996,"journal":{"name":"International Social Security Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/ISSR.12261","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"62724749","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Lessons from China on different approaches to pension coverage extension","authors":"Litao Zhao, Xiaobin He","doi":"10.1111/ISSR.12255","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ISSR.12255","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44996,"journal":{"name":"International Social Security Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/ISSR.12255","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"62724400","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Acknowledgements","authors":"","doi":"10.1111/issr.12262","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/issr.12262","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44996,"journal":{"name":"International Social Security Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/issr.12262","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45544717","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"China’s development of a multi‐tier pension system","authors":"Tianhong Chen, J. Turner","doi":"10.1111/ISSR.12256","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ISSR.12256","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44996,"journal":{"name":"International Social Security Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/ISSR.12256","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"62724458","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Extension of social insurance coverage to informal economy workers in China: An administrative and institutional perspective","authors":"Jiwei Qian, Zhuoyi Wen","doi":"10.1111/ISSR.12258","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ISSR.12258","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44996,"journal":{"name":"International Social Security Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/ISSR.12258","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"62724727","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Social security coverage extension in the People’s Republic of China","authors":"Roddy Mckinnon","doi":"10.1111/ISSR.12260","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ISSR.12260","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44996,"journal":{"name":"International Social Security Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/ISSR.12260","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"62724742","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Standing, Guy. Battling eight giants: Basic income now.London,Bloomsbury, 2020. 139 pp. ISBN 978-0-7556-0063-2.","authors":"Hedva Sarfati","doi":"10.1111/issr.12254","DOIUrl":"10.1111/issr.12254","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44996,"journal":{"name":"International Social Security Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2020-12-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/issr.12254","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"62724392","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Extending pension coverage in Cambodia: The governance and investment challenges of the Social Security Investment Fund","authors":"Heikki Hiilamo, Audrius Bitinas, Narith Chân","doi":"10.1111/issr.12252","DOIUrl":"10.1111/issr.12252","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Rapid economic growth, declining fertility and changes in family structures have encouraged the Kingdom of Cambodia to reform its old-age pension system. The Government of Cambodia reached an important milestone in 2019, when the Law on Social Security was promulgated. The Law includes provisions for a compulsory defined benefit pension scheme, establishing a sound framework for extending compulsory pension coverage beyond the public sector to formal private-sector workers. As a future step, the compulsory pension scheme should be extended to informal workers. To accompany the reform, the investment policy for the pension scheme’s reserve funds, including the supervisory regime and investment strategy, will be essential for the modernization of the Cambodian social security system. In this regard, Cambodia has successfully sought policy advice. However, the country should continue to seek further advice, and to act on this. Otherwise, the necessary and increasingly pressing policy ambitions of Cambodia to develop an adequate and sustainable social protection system may not be fully realized.</p><p>La croissance économique rapide, la baisse de fertilité et les changements au niveau des structures familiales ont poussé le Royaume du Cambodge à réformer son système de pension de vieillesse. Le gouvernement du Cambodge a franchi un cap important en 2019, avec la promulgation de la Loi sur la sécurité sociale. Cette loi comporte des dispositions relatives à un régime de prestations de pension obligatoire, qui établit un cadre solide pour étendre le régime de pension obligatoire au-delà du secteur public aux travailleurs formels du secteur privé. La prochaine étape consistera à étendre le régime de pension aux travailleurs informels. Pour soutenir cette réforme, la politique d’investissement pour le fonds de réserve du régime de pension, y compris le régime de surveillance et la stratégie d’investissement, sera essentielle à la modernisation du système de sécurité sociale cambodgien. À cet égard, le Cambodge a sollicité des conseils en matière de politique. Toutefois, le pays doit poursuivre sur cette voie et mettre ces conseils en pratique. Sinon, les ambitions politiques nécessaires et de plus en plus urgentes du Cambodge relatives à un système de protection sociale adéquat et durable ne seront pas pleinement concrétisées.</p><p>El rápido crecimiento económico, la disminución de las tasas de fecundidad y los cambios en las estructuras familiares han alentado al Reino de Camboya a reformar su sistema de pensiones de vejez. El Gobierno de Camboya alcanzó un hito importante en 2019, cuando se promulgó la Ley de Seguridad Social. En virtud de las disposiciones de esta ley se establece un régimen de pensiones obligatorio de prestaciones definidas, por el que se crea un marco sólido para ampliar la cobertura obligatoria de las pensiones que ya existe para el sector público a los trabajadores del sector privado formal. En el futuro, el régimen de pension","PeriodicalId":44996,"journal":{"name":"International Social Security Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2020-12-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/issr.12252","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43108948","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Carlos Oscar Grushka, Octavio Nicolás Bramajo, Luciana Tibi
{"title":"Mortality analysis of persons with disabilities in Argentina by age, sex and duration of benefit, 2015–16","authors":"Carlos Oscar Grushka, Octavio Nicolás Bramajo, Luciana Tibi","doi":"10.1111/issr.12250","DOIUrl":"10.1111/issr.12250","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This article describes the differential mortality of Argentina’s disability pension beneficiaries during the 2015–16 period, based on National Social Security Administration (<i>Administración Nacional de la Seguridad Social</i> – ANSES) payment records. It compares data for those with an assessed disability with overall population data, as well as with available international data (from Canada, Chile, Mexico, and the United States of America). In addition to breaking down mortality rates for people with disabilities by age and sex, it also factors in duration of benefit, establishing an inverse correlation between benefit duration and mortality.</p><p>Cet article porte sur la mortalité différentielle des bénéficiaires de pensions d’invalidité en Argentine, en 2015-16, analysée sur la base de l’historique des paiements de l’Administration nationale de la sécurité sociale (<i>Administración Nacional de la Seguridad Social</i> – ANSES). Il compare les données des individus présentant un handicap reconnu par rapport à celles de la population générale et aux données internationales disponibles (du Canada, du Chili, du Mexique et des États-Unis d’Amérique). Outre la répartition des taux de mortalité des personnes handicapées en fonction de l’âge et du sexe, il intègre également la durée des prestations, ce qui permet d’établir une corrélation inverse entre la durée des prestations et la mortalité.</p><p>En este artículo se describe la mortalidad diferencial de los beneficiarios de prestaciones de invalidez durante el periodo 2015-2016, sobre la base de los registros de pago de la Administración Nacional de la Seguridad Social (ANSES). Se comparan los datos de las personas con una discapacidad evaluada con los de la población general, así como con los datos internacionales disponibles del Canadá, Chile, México y los Estados Unidos de América. Además de desglosar la tasa de mortalidad de las personas con discapacidad por edad y por sexo, también se tiene en cuenta la duración de la prestación, y se establece una correlación inversa entre la duración de la prestación y la mortalidad.</p><p>Dieser Artikel beschreibt die unterschiedlichen Sterblichkeitsraten argentinischer Empfänger von Invaliditätsleistungen im Zeitraum 2015-2016 auf der Grundlage von Zahlungsbelegen der Nationalen Verwaltung für soziale Sicherheit (<i>Administración Nacional de la Seguridad Social</i> – ANSES). Diese Daten von Personen mit anerkannter Behinderung werden sodann mit Daten der Allgemeinbevölkerung sowie mit verfügbaren internationalen Daten (aus Chile, Kanada, Mexiko und den Vereinigten Staaten) verglichen. Neben der Aufgliederung der Sterblichkeitsraten von Menschen mit Behinderung nach Alter und Geschlecht wird auch die Leistungsbezugsdauer mitberücksichtigt, wobei die Bezugsdauer invers mit der Sterblichkeit korreliert.</p><p>В статье анализируются данные о разных уровнях смертности среди получателей пенсий по инвалидности в Аргентине; они заимствованы из платёжных ве","PeriodicalId":44996,"journal":{"name":"International Social Security Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2020-12-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/issr.12250","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43724701","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}