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2007 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

International Comparative Study of Social Insurance Reforms and Rethinking of the Basic Principles

Research Project

Project/Area Number 17330013
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Social law
Research InstitutionKumamoto Gakuen University

Principal Investigator

KAWANO Masateru  Kumamoto Gakuen University, Social Welfare, Prof. (70032703)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) ABE Kazumitsu  KURUME-Univ., Law, Prof. (80175900)
TAKAKURA Touichi  KUMAMOTOGAKUEN-Univ., Social Welfare, associate prof. (90253385)
NISHIDA Kazuhiro  Okayama-Univ., Law, Prof. (70284859)
ISHIDA Michihiko  KANAZAWA-Univ., Law, Prof. (10295016)
Project Period (FY) 2005 – 2007
Keywordssocial insurance / atypical employment and social insurance / gender and social insurance / substituting tax fund for contribution / the Third way / tool concept of social insurance
Research Abstract

The social and economic environment where original and traditional social insurance schemes in the European countries were instituted has changed a great deal in the past few decades due to factors such as change of demographic structure, variation of labor market, diversity of marriage, family and life styles.
In order to cope with those changes, social insurance systems have been reformed, especially among the developed welfare states in Western Europe. For example, the discrimination between part time workers and full time workers in social insurance legislation has been eliminated and the sex discrimination in the social insurance entitlement has been prohibited in the EU as well. Furthermore, the financing of social insurance has been partly funded by various taxes even among the Bismarck model states such as Germany and France.
These reforms have brought about the revision of the traditional tool concepts contained in social insurance legislation, such as the concept of the employee, the self-employed, the family dependent and the employer-employee contribution system.
On the other hand, some European states have pushed on with Welfare to Work policy under the fundamental idea of the Third Way, which has some relationship with social insurance reforms.
In this research, it has been made clear that 1) what parts of traditional tool concepts have been revised, 2) what policy framework should be recognized in the trinity concept (opportunity, responsibility and community) that composes the fundamental idea of the Third Way, and 3) what relationship between social insurance reforms and the Third Way policy framework in the European welfare states may exist.

  • Research Products

    (8 results)

All 2008 2007

All Journal Article (5 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 2 results) Presentation (2 results) Book (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] 諸外国における社会保険改革と基本理念2008

    • Author(s)
      河野 正輝
    • Journal Title

      社会関係研究 13巻2号

      Pages: 1-33

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Social insurance reforms and the basic idea in the developed Welfare Stafes in Wesfern Europe2008

    • Author(s)
      Masateru Kawao
    • Journal Title

      Social relations Study Vol.13-num

      Pages: 1-33

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Social Insurance in Hre citizens' life2008

    • Author(s)
      Michihiko Ishida
    • Journal Title

      University of the Air Pess 43-77

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] パート労働者への厚生年金保険の適用拡大2007

    • Author(s)
      阿部 和光
    • Journal Title

      季刊労働法 218号

      Pages: 121-136

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] On the applicafiou of Welfare Pension Insurance to part-time workers Michihiko Ishida2007

    • Author(s)
      Kazumifsu Abe
    • Journal Title

      Labour Law quarferly num.218

      Pages: 121-136

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Presentation] 社会保険の変容と被保険者の範囲2007

    • Author(s)
      阿部 和光
    • Organizer
      九州法学会
    • Place of Presentation
      熊本大学法学部
    • Year and Date
      2007-06-30
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Presentation] Changing Social Lnsurance and the personal scope of application2007

    • Author(s)
      Kazumitsu Abe
    • Organizer
      Kyushu Law Association
    • Place of Presentation
      Kumamoto-Univ.
    • Year and Date
      2007-06-30
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Book] 市民生活における社会保険(提修三・品田充儀編)(分担執筆)2008

    • Author(s)
      石田 道彦
    • Total Pages
      43-77
    • Publisher
      放送大学教育振興会
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より

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Published: 2010-02-04  

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