Asian Social Protection in Comparative Perspective

January 8, 2009
9:00 a.m- 10:30 a.m	Plenary Session: Financing Social Protection
	Social Security Reform Imperatives in Developing Asia
	Mukul G. Asher, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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	Pensions at a Glance: Asia/Pacific Edition
	Edward Whitehouse, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, France
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	Developing Micropensions in India: Issues and Challenges
	Savita Shankar and Mukul G. Asher, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.	Assets and Entrepreneurship
	Global Recession and Assets Disparities between the Poor and the Rich in Taiwan: Building Assets for All
	Li-Chen Cheng, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
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	Policy Support for Harnessing Informal Sector Entrepreneurs: A Comparative Analysis
	Anjula Gurtoo, Indian Institute of Science, India
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	Do the Ultra-Poor Benefit from Receiving Income-Generating Assets as Grants?
	Ankur Sarin, Indian Insitute of Management, India
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	Family 1
	The Impact of the Second Earner’s Income on Income Inequality in Taiwan, 1980-2006
	Ming-Hwang Hong, Wen-Hui Cheng, Ching-Hsia Cheng, and Yi-Ting Lin, National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan
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	From Social Exclusion to Inclusion: Single Parent Families and Social Policy in Taiwan
	Su-Hwa Pong, National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan
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	Health Care 1
	Mother’s Secondary Education Can Reduce Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (ARI) Among Under-Five Children
	Kazi Md. Abul Kalam Azad and M. Omar Rahman, Independent University, Bangladesh
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	Providing Healthcare through Appropriate Patent System in India
	Manthan Janodia, Nayanabhirama Udupa, Sreedhar Dharmagadda, and Virendra Ligade, Manipal University, India
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	Women Focused Development Intervention Reduces Neonatal Mortality in Rural Bangladesh: A Study of the Pathways of Influence
	Hashima-E Nasreen, Abbas Bhuiya, Syed Masud Ahmed, and Mushtaque Chowdhury, BRAC, Bangladesh
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	Pension 1
	The Effects of Public Pension on Elderly Life
	Taeil Kim, Korea University, Republic of Korea
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	Experiences of Social Inssurance in Vietnam
	An Ngo Quynh, Hanoi National Economic University, Vietnam; and Son Tran Van, Ministry of Finance, Vietnam
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	Support System of the Indonesian Elderly: Moving toward the Sustainable National Pension System
	Maliki Maliki, National Development and Planning Agency, Indonesia
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1:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.	Plenary: Outsourcing Service
	David Heaney, Maximus, United States; Ilan Katz, Social Policy Research Centre, Australia; Jason Turner, Institute for Full Employment, United States; and Roy Newey, A4E, United Kingdom
2:15 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.	Health Care 2
	Advances in Reforming Universal Health Care: Lessons from South Korea
	Sangho Moon and Jaeun Shin, Sungkyunkwan University, Republic of Korea
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	Globalisation and Health Care Provision: A Systems Approach to Comparing Institutions of Health Care Provision
	Steven Ney, Singapore Management University, Singapore
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	Labor Markets 1
	China's Social Security Policy in the Context of Its Evolving Employment Policy
	Barry Friedman, Brandeis University, United States
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	When Work Disappears: The New Poor in Taiwan
	Shu-jung Li, Soochow University, Taiwan
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	Rethinking Social Protection for India's Working Poor in Unorganised Sector
	Babu Remesh, V.V. Giri National Labour Institute, India
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	Pension 2
	Old-age Pensions in India and China - Issues and Prospects
	Ashok Antony, Prudential Process Management Services, India
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	Pension Reform in the Italian and the Korean Debate
	Ijin Hong, Yonsei University, Republic of Korea
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	The Division of Intergovernmental Responsibilities and Powers for China's Basic Pension System: Some Conclusions and Policy Recommendations
	Dehao Liu and Shaoguang Li, Renmin University, People's Republic of China; and Paolo Urio, University of Geneva and University of Lugano, Switzerland
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	Poverty 1
	Case Study of Program Keluarga Harapan (Family Hope Program – CCT Indonesia)
	Dinar Kharisma, Indonesia National Development, Indonesia
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	Poverty in Mongolia: From Socialism to the Millennium Development Goals
	Richard Smith, University of California - Berkeley, United States
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	Problems in Retaining the Legacy of the Traditional Idea of Family-Based Welfare Support in South Korea's Social Welfare Provisions Under the National Basic Livelihood Security (NBLS) System
	Eunna Lee, University of Essex, United Kingdom
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	Role of Public Distribution System in Providing Food Security – A Study of Mysore District
	Mahadavappa Eraiah, University of Mysore, India
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4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.	Education
	Financing of Education: A Missing Dimension of Migrant Child Education Policy in China
	Jing Guo, University of Hawaii at Manoa, United States
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	A Comparative Study of the Links between the Secondary and Post-Secondary Education Systems in Six Nations: Hong Kong, Japan, Switzerland, South Korea, Thailand, and the United States
	Christoph Metzgea, Rebecca Maynard, Sumonta Promboon, Tsukasa Daizen, Kin Yuen Ip, So-Young Park, and Julie Vultaggio, University of Pennsylvania, United States
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	Assessing the Impact of College Enrollment Policy in China
	Wei-Jun Yeung, New York University, United States and National University of Singapore, Singapore; and Fang Lai, New York University, United States
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	Health Care 3
	Analysis on the Differences in Medical Service Usage in Terms of Income Levels
	Yoon Young Choi and Taeil Kim, Korea University, Republic of Korea
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	Cross-National Comparison of Taiwan, Japan, U.S., and U.K.‘s Health Insurance System
	Yu-Ying Kuo, Shih Hsin University, Taiwan
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	An Empirical Analysis of China’s Recent Waves of Cooperative Medical Insurance
	Song Gao and Xiangyi Meng, China Academy of Public Finance, People's Republic of China
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	Labor Markets 2
	The Policy Context, Social Protection and Transnational Labour Migration in South-East Asia
	Lucy Jordan, Elspeth Graham, Brenda Yeoh, and Maruja Asis, University of St. Andrews, United Kingdom
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	An Effect of Globalization on Labor Market Policies in Three Welfare Regimes: Changes in the Expenditure on Labor Market Programs from 1980 to 2000
	Hyesun Kim and Tae-il Kim, Korea University, Republic of Korea
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	Poverty 2
	Protecting the Most Vulnerable: An Analysis of Poverty Targeting Programs in the Philippines
	Michael Canares, Holy Name University, Philippines
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	Child Poverty in Vietnam and the Response from Social Protection
	Keetie Roelen, Maastricht University, Netherlands; and Martin Evans, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
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	Poverty, Deprivation and Living Arrangements: A Comparative Analysis of Australia and Japan
	Peter Saunders and Aya Abe, University of New South Wales, Australia
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	Social Protection 1
	Beyond Welfare Productivism: A Case Study of Social Protection for Population Ageing in Taiwan
	Fen-ling Chen, Yuan-Ze University, Taiwan
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	Welfare Regimes in the Wake of State Socialism: Vietnam & China Compared
	Jonathan London, City University of Hong Kong, People's Republic of China
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	Globalization and the Political Economy of Social Policy Reform in East-Asian Welfare Capitalism: Taiwan's Social Policy Regime in Change
	Peter Jen-Der Lue, National Chung-Cheng University, Taiwan
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January 9, 2009
10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.	Health Care 4
	Differences in Health Care Utilization and Satisfaction with Health Services among Ethnic Groups on the Thailand-Myanmar Border, 2000-2004
	Jian Hu, Guizhou University of Finance and Economics, People's Republic of China
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	Drug Price Regulation in China: An International Comparative Perspective
	Xuefeng Liang and Lijuan Yang, Harbin Institute of Technology, People's Republic of China
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	Responsiveness in a District Health System: The Changing Relationship of the State with its Citizen
	Gyan Prakash and Avantika Singh, Tezpur University, India
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	JAMKESDA in Yogyakarta Province: a Lesson Learned of Developing a Regional Social Assurance in the Context of Decentralization
	Shita Listyadewi, Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia
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	Pension 3
	A Comparative Study on the Relationship between Pension Plans and Individual Savings in Asian Countries in an Institutional Point of View
	Mann Hur, Konkuk University, Republic of Korea
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	Voluntary Defined Benefit Pension System Willingness to Participate the Case of Vietnam
	Paulette Castel, Vietnamese Institute of Labor and Social Study and Analysis, Vietnam
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	Gender Gap in Preferences for Defined Contribution Pensions in Japan
	Satoshi Watanabe, Hiroshima University, Japan
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	Poverty 3
	An Economic and Social Review on Indonesian Direct Cash Transfer Program to Poor Families Year 2005
	Muliadi Widjaja, University of Indonesia, Indonesia
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	Basic Livelihood Security Systems in China and South Korea: Comparisons and Implications
	Fuhua Zhai, New York University, United States; Jiyoung Yoo, Namseoul University, Republic of Korea; Qin Gao, Fordham University, United States; and Sook-Mee Yang, Namseoul University, Republic of Korea
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	Economic Crisis: The New Window for the Community? Perspectives on Housing Policy in South Korea
	Shinwon Kyung, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
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	Social Protection 2
	Building a New Dependent Variable in Measuring Welfare Development: Evaluating Welfare States by Gender Perspective
	Eun-Sil Oh, Yonsei University, Republic of Korea
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	Corporate Sponsored Pensions and Employee Choice of Annuities in Japan
	Wakako Taniguchi and Satoshi P. Watanabe, University of Tsukuba, Japan
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	Human Development: Health, Education And Social Security In India: An Assessment
	Bhuwan Sah and Chandra Barthwal, Kumaun University, India
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	The Social Protection Index: A Tool for the Quantitative Assessment of Social Protection in Asia
	Jonathan Wood, Robert Baulch, and Axel Weber, Halcrow Group Limited, United Kingdom
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	Welfare System
	Social Benefits and Income Inequality in Post-Socialist China and Vietnam
	Qin Gao, Fordham University, United States; Martin Evans, University of Oxford, United Kingdom; and Irwin Garfinkel, Columbia University, United States
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	Development of Self-Help Groups for the Disabled Persons in Beijing, China
	He Xin and Ngai Ngan-pun, Chinese University of Hong Kong, People's Republic of China
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	Self Help Groups and Its Impact on Economic Empowerment of Women - A Study of Mysore District
	Chikkarangaswamy Angaswamy, University of Mysore, India
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	Danwei, Family Ties, and Residential Mobility of Urban Elderly in Beijing from a Life History Perspective
	Yanwei Chai, Peking University, China; and Zhilin Liu, Tsinghua University, China
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1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.	Health Care 5
	Health Care Services in India: Problems and Prospects
	B.S. Ghuman and Akshat Mehta, Panjab University, India
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	Ill Health in Vietnam and its Outcomes
	Martin Evans, Susan Harkness, and Catherine Porter, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
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	Policy for Preventing Infant Mortality in Karnataka State
	Aiahanna Venkataiah, University of Mysore, India
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	Pension 4
	A Cross-National Comparison of the Public Pension Systems of South Korea and Japan: Are the Two Countries Following the Same Path or Diverging?
	Ji Young Kang, Yonsei University, Republic of Korea
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	A Study on the Policy Structure of Social Assistance in Korea and Britain
	Na Kyoung Song, Yonsei University, Republic of Korea
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	Social Development
	The Experiences of Being “NEET” Among Young People in Taiwan
	Yu-Wen Chen, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
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	What If Social Workers Are Paid More?
	Irene Ng and Kong Weng Ho, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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	Low Maternal Nutritional Status in Bangladesh: Solid Fuels and Rural Residence Matter but NGO Membership Does Not
	Kazi Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Independent University, Bangladesh; and Omar Rahman, Independent University, Bangladesh
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	Empowerment Through Trainings as Perceived by the Rural Women
	Mamta Tiwari and Priya Vashishth, University of Agriculture and Technology, India
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	Social Protection 4
	Social Insurance Provision in Urban China: Region and Ownership Variation
	Juan Chen and Mary Gallagher, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, People's Republic of China
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	Public Age Reallocations for India's Elderly: Evidence Based on National Transfer Accounts
	Muttur Ranganathan Narayana, Institute for Social and Economic Change, India
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	The Quest for Welfare Spending Equalization in China: A Fiscal Federalism Perspective
	Xin Zhang, Renmin University, People's Republic of China
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	Asset-Building Policy in Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan: A Comparative Perspective
	Chang Keun Han, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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3:15 p.m - 4:45 p.m.	Disability
	Does Social Enterprise Stand for Persons with Disabilities? The Rise of Social Enterprises and Work Integration of Persons with Disabilities in Korea
	Yonghyun Kim and Jiyoon Kim, Yonsei University, Republic of Korea
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	Social Transformation and Access to Public Space Policy into Practice
	Antika Sawadsri, Newcastle University, United Kingdom
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	The Effect of Disability on Household Head's Earnings and Labor Supply: Evidence from KLIPS 2003-06 and Policy Implications
	Jaeun Shin, KDI School of Public Policy and Management, Republic of Korea; and Sangho Moon, Sungkyunkwan University, Republic of Korea
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	Special Education Policy on Discrimination of Women with Disabilities in Pakistan
	Khurram Malik, Hope Worldwide, Pakistan
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	Women With Disability Worldwide
	Amir Niomat, Khalid Yaqoob, and Khurram Malik, Hope Worldwide, Pakistan
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	Family 2
	Child Care Subsidy Policies: Contribution and Challenge, in the U.S. and China
	Xiang Gao, University of Washington, United States
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	The Silent Salience of Class Bias: Pronatalist Population Policies and Childbearing Decisions in Singapore
	Shirley Sun, New York Univesity, United States
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	Child Protection in South Korea and the United States
	Bong Joo Lee, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea; and Robert Goerge, University of Chicago-Chapin Hall, United States
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	Long-term Care
	Introduction of Long-Term Care Insurance in Korea
	Soonman Kwon, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea
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	Viability and Problem of the Quasi-market Delivery System in Long-term Care Insurance: Lessons from the Korean and Japanese Cases
	Moo-Kwon Chung, Yonsei University at Wonju, Republic of Korea
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	Searching for a Public-Private Balance in Long-Term Care: The Case of Korea and the U.S.
	Hyojin Kang, Seoul National University of Technology, Republic of Korea
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	Pension 5
	The Gender Impact of Pension Reforms in Korea
	Mi-young An, Handong Global University, Republic of Korea
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	Impact of Old Age Allowance on Health-Related Quality of Life of Elderly Persons in Bangladesh
	AKM Masud Rana and Syed Masud Ahmed, BRAC, Bangladesh
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	Social Security Programs and Retirement Behaviors in Korea and China: A Micro Estimation
	Kwan Koo Yun and Xin Yuan, State University of New York at Albany, United States
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	Social Protection 3
	Globalization and Social Protection Policies in Western Asia
	Hassan Hammoud, The Doha Institute for Family, Qatar
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	Divergence of Productivist Welfare States in Comparative Perspective: The Case of the Pension Scheme in South Korea and Singapore
	Myoung-Shik Kim, University of Pittsburgh, United States
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	Paternalism and Development: Expanding the Analysis of Welfare Regimes in Southern Europe and Asia
	Tonia Warnecke and Alex DeRuyter, Rollins College, United States
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