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International Social Security Review

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International Social Security Review

First published in 1948, the International Social Security Review is the principal international quarterly publication in the field of social security.

Articles by leading social security experts present international comparisons and in-depth discussions of topical questions and studies of social security systems in different countries.

All articles published in English in the International Social Security Review since 1967 are available in full text on the Wiley Online Library platform. Once logged in, staff of ISSA member organizations can freely access the platform.

The full text of all articles is available in English. Articles published in 2007–2013 are also available in French, German and Spanish. Since 2014, abstracts and keywords are provided in English, Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish.

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The risk of under-insurance in the Finnish statutory pension scheme for self-employed workers: A trajectory analysis

Authors:
Janne Salonen
Lasse Koskinen
Tapio Nummi

Issue:
Volume 73 (2020), Issue 4

Using unique data on the contribution base, we investigate under-insurance within the statutory pension scheme for self-employed workers in Finland. Under-insurance is defined as the difference between pension-declared income and tax-declared income. The trajectory modelling technique applied has allowed us to estimate the levels of under-insurance for different subgroups and to identify possible explanatory factors. Under-insurance is found to be persistent and large. The analysis reveals six distinctive and homogenous sub-groups of self-employed workers. Close to 84 per cent of these workers pay too little in contributions, often leading to inadequate protection against personal risks. Especially for lower-income self-employed workers, this points to myopic behaviour as regards contributing to the self-employed statutory pension scheme and calls for fine-tuned economic incentives.

Topics:
Old age Pensions
Extension of coverage
Keywords:
coverage
pension schemes
social security schemes
self-employed
behaviour
statistical method
regression
Countries:
Finland

Extending pension coverage in Cambodia: The governance and investment challenges of the Social Security Investment Fund

Authors:
Heikki Hiilamo
Audrius Bitinas
Narith Chan

Issue:
Volume 73 (2020), Issue 4

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.

Topics:
Old age Pensions
Extension of coverage
Investment
Keywords:
pension scheme
social security financing
coverage
social protection
Countries:
Cambodia

Payment of Universal Credit for couples in the UK: Challenges for reform from a gender perspective

Authors:
Marilyn Howard
Fran Bennett

Issue:
Volume 73 (2020), Issue 4

Universal Credit has been rolled out gradually in the United Kingdom since 2013 as one integrated means-tested benefit replacing six different transfers with a single monthly payment. Previously, these benefits were awarded for distinct purposes and, for couples who claimed them, were potentially payable to different partners. Concerns about Universal Credit’s single payment include the opportunities it may create for facilitating domestic abuse, the fostering of more unequal power relations within couples, the reduction of financial autonomy for individuals, and the de-labelling of benefit payments. This article explores debates about the prospects for individual payments to partners in couples of Universal Credit as a jointly assessed integrated means-tested benefit, including different approaches emerging from the United Kingdom’s devolved governments (mainly Scotland and Northern Ireland). Whilst payment to each partner is likely to be more feasible where there are separate rather than integrated means-tested benefits, it concludes that genuine financial autonomy for partners in couples is best pursued via individually based non-means-tested benefits.

Topics:
Social Policies & Programmes
Keywords:
social security reform
means test
gender
payment of benefits
Countries:
United Kingdom

Implementation challenges for seafarers’ social security protection: The case of the European Union

Authors:
Laura Carballo Piñeiro

Issue:
Volume 73 (2020), Issue 4

In a world of competing flag States and short-term employment, enjoying the benefits provided by a social security system is a difficult, if not impossible, task for many seafarers. The Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, has abandoned the flag State principle in favour of the residence principle for that reason. This article addresses the implementation challenges of this approach by examining the European Union case, and highlights the advantages of the residence principle in terms of administrative efficiency and effectiveness, enhanced coordination between social security contributions and personal income tax in cross-border situations, and better use of State aid measures.

Topics:
Migration
Social Policies & Programmes
Keywords:
social security
legal aspect
seafarer
taxation
ILO Convention
Regions:
Europe
International

Mortality analysis of people with disabilities in Argentina by age, sex and duration of benefit, 2015–16

Authors:
Carlos Oscar Grushka
Octavio Nicolás Bramajo
Luciana Tibi

Issue:
Volume 73 (2020), Issue 4

This article describes the differential mortality of Argentina’s disability pension beneficiaries during the 2015–16 period, based on National Social Security Administration (Administración Nacional de la Seguridad Social – 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.

Topics:
Disability
Keywords:
disability benefit
mortality
Countries:
Argentina
Canada
Chile
Mexico
United States

Introduction: Social security, social cohesion and inclusive growth

Authors:
Roddy McKinnon

Issue:
Volume 73 (2020), Issue 3 (Special issue)

This special issue selectively addresses the relationship linking social security systems, inclusive growth and social cohesion. Inclusive growth and social cohesion are viewed as political expedient and necessary goals for national economies. The desirability of their attainment reflects political pragmatism, the “social contract”, as much as it does a commitment to the wider emancipative goal of social justice. The International Social Security Association (ISSA) has often paraphrased these assertions to argue that there can be “no social justice without social security”. Of course, progress achieved towards the realization of the goals of inclusive growth and social cohesion should be equally beneficial for the adequacy, sustainability and coverage of social security systems. The aim of this special issue is to unpack and better understand the nature of this relationship.

Topics:
Social Policies & Programmes
Keywords:
social security schemes
social development
economic development
social cohesion
economic growth
social contract
Regions:
International

Social protection and revenue collection: How they can jointly contribute to strengthening social cohesion

Authors:
Francesco Burchi
Armin von Schiller
Christoph Strupat

Issue:
Volume 73 (2020), Issue 3 (Special issue)

Social protection and revenue collection are often regarded as potential drivers of social cohesion. The article joins this debate, providing three main contributions. First, we carefully discuss the concept of social cohesion and endorse one specific definition. Second, we propose using the concept of the “fiscal contract” as the key theoretical lens to understand the often neglected potential joint effects of social protection and revenue collection policies on social cohesion. Third, we illustrate three main mechanisms through which these policies can have positive or negative impacts on the different components of social cohesion and highlight how relevant it is for policy-makers to carefully think about these.

Topics:
Contribution Collection and Compliance
Social Policies & Programmes
Keywords:
social cohesion
social protection
collection of contributions
fiscal policy
public finance
taxation
Regions:
International

China’s social security response to COVID-19: Wider lessons learnt for social security’s contribution to social cohesion and inclusive economic development

Authors:
Xiaoyan Qian

Issue:
Volume 73 (2020), Issue 3 (Special issue)

China has adopted an array of special social security measures in response to the spread of the COVID-19 virus, to mitigate the downside social and economic impacts caused by the pandemic. Measures include the reduction, exemption and deferral of social security contributions by employers, the extension of benefits coverage for employees, and the provision of more accessible e-services by social insurance agencies. The article points out that a preliminary assessment of those measures would suggest that they have played a key role in supporting social cohesion and in stabilising the economy. In a critical manner, the article compares the measures adopted in China with those of other countries, and identifies how China could learn from international practice and experience. Finally, and based on recent Chinese experience, the article presents proposals that seek to improve the longer-term contribution made by the Chinese social security system to realise the goals of social cohesion and inclusive economic development. As set out in China’s Social Insurance Law of 2010, the social security system should not only support a fair sharing of benefits of development, but also promote social harmony and stability.

Topics:
Social Policies & Programmes
Shocks & extreme events
Keywords:
social security administration
social development
economic development
social cohesion
prevention
Countries:
China

Social assistance and inclusive growth

Authors:
Armando Barrientos
Daniele Malerba

Issue:
Volume 73 (2020), Issue 3 (Special issue)

The expansion of social assistance in low- and middle-income countries raises important issues for inclusive growth. Labour is by far the principal asset of low-income groups. Changes in the quantity, quality, and allocation of labour associated with social assistance will impact on the productive capacity of low-income groups and therefore on inclusive growth. The article re-assesses the findings reported by impact evaluations of social assistance in low- and middle-income countries to address this issue. Most studies have tested for potentially adverse labour supply incentive effects from transfers but have failed to find supportive evidence. The article highlights findings from this literature on the effects of social assistance on human capital accumulation and labour reallocation. They point to the conclusion that well-designed and well-implemented social assistance contributes to inclusive growth.

Topics:
Social assistance
Social Policies & Programmes
Keywords:
social assistance
poverty
standard of living
social development
economic development
Regions:
Developing countries
International

Explaining differences in unemployment benefit takeup between labour migrants and Dutch native workers

Authors:
Anita Strockmeijer
Paul de Beer
Jaco Dagevos

Issue:
Volume 73 (2020), Issue 2

The large increase in Eastern European migrants entering the Dutch labour market has led to concerns about their potential claim on Dutch unemployment benefits. We use a decomposition analysis to investigate differences in uptake of unemployment benefits between migrants and native Dutch employees by analysing register data for all employees in the Netherlands in 2015. The results show that Eastern European migrants, similar to other migrants, receive unemployment benefit more often than native Dutch employees. This difference can be largely ascribed to job characteristics. The inclusion of unemployment risk in the analysis reveals that non-working migrants are much less likely to receive unemployment benefits than Dutch natives.

Topics:
Employment
Migration
Keywords:
unemployment benefit
takeup
migrant worker
social cohesion
Countries:
Netherlands

The relationship between different social expenditure schemes and poverty, inequality and economic growth

Authors:
Emile Cammeraat

Issue:
Volume 73 (2020), Issue 2

In this article, we study how social expenditure is related to poverty, income inequality and GDP growth. Our main contribution is to disentangle these relationships by the following social expenditure schemes: 1) old age and survivors, 2) incapacity, 3) health, 4) family, 5) unemployment and active labour market policies and 6) housing and others. For this purpose, we employ OLS and 2SLS regression models using a panel data set for 22 Member States of the European Union from 1990 until 2015. We find total public social expenditure to be negatively related to poverty and inequality, but not related to GDP growth. The results vary substantially between the different social expenditure schemes, which makes more accurate targeting possible.

Topics:
Health
Disability
Family benefits
Housing
Old age Pensions
Employment
Social Policies & Programmes
Keywords:
social expenditure
poverty
income redistribution
economic growth
universal benefit scheme
means test
target group
Regions:
European Union
OECD Countries

Does a universal non-contributory social pension make sense for rural China?

Authors:
Ce Shen
Jessica Johnson
Zhenhe Chi
John B. Williamson

Issue:
Volume 73 (2020), Issue 2

China’s pension reform during the past three decades has allowed a majority of China’s population to be covered by a pension scheme. Of particular note has been the New Rural Pension Scheme (NRPS), a voluntary programme introduced starting in 2009. One goal of our analysis is to assess that pension scheme, using a variety of sources of information including data drawn from recent (2013 and 2015) nationwide China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Surveys (CHARLS). Our analysis involves an exploration of differences between the generosity and structure of the NRPS and other pension schemes currently in place. We also explore the feasibility of reforming the current “quasi-social pension” component of the NRPS by substituting a universal non-contributory social pension pillar. In connection with our assessment of the NRPS, we note the unusually low benefit levels for rural China.

Topics:
Old age Pensions
Keywords:
old‐age benefit
universal benefit scheme
social security financing
rural population
Regions:
Developing countries
Countries:
China

The performance of the income protection system for older adults in Ecuador and future challenges

Authors:
Ignacio Apella

Issue:
Volume 73 (2020), Issue 2

The objective of this article is to analyse the performance of Ecuador’s pension system and the challenges it will face in the future. Over the last 13 years, the pension system has made significant advances in terms of coverage and adequacy. However, demographic ageing is straining the financial sustainability of the contributory scheme. In this context, a number of public policy areas are identified, in terms of parameters and structures, which, together with the expansion of non-contributory coverage, could provide a more equitable and sustainable scheme.

Topics:
Old age Pensions
Demographic change
Keywords:
pension scheme
defined benefit plan
non‐contributory scheme
demographic aspect
gaps in coverage
Countries:
Ecuador

Substitution and spill-overs between early exit pathways in times of extending working lives in Europe

Authors:
Aart-Jan Riekhoff
Kati Kuitto
Liisa-Maria Palomäki

Issue:
Volume 73 (2020), Issue 2

This article investigates to what extent instrument substitution between early exit pathways took place in Europe between 1995 and 2015. Using Eurostat aggregate data on labour market inactivity and employment rates among the population aged 55–64 in 19 European countries, we analyse substitution effects between pathways and overall spill-over effects into non-employment. In spite of a strong decline in early exit and rises in older workers’ employment rates, findings suggest that instrument substitution was common especially between early retirement and disability. Reductions in early exit coincided with considerable spill-overs into non-employment, yet these spill-overs were limited when pathways contracted simultaneously.

Topics:
Old age Pensions
Employment
Keywords:
early retirement
disability benefit
unemployment benefit
labour force participation
Regions:
Europe

Lessons from the American federal-state unemployment insurance system for a European unemployment benefits system

Authors:
Christopher J. O’Leary
Burt S. Barnow
Karolien Lenaerts

Issue:
Volume 73 (2020), Issue 1

This article reviews practices in the United States (US) federal-state unemployment insurance (UI) system regarding applicant eligibility, benefit generosity, benefit financing and emergency measures with the aim of revealing lessons for a possible European unemployment benefit system (EUBS) for European Union (EU) Member States. We overview the US system for UI and examine important areas of federal leadership. While the US system offers some good ideas for setting up an EUBS, there are also lessons in some shortcomings of the US experience. We overview existing national UI systems in the EU and review the debate on an EUBS in the EU. We identify areas of risk for individual and institutional moral hazard in a multi-tiered UI system and give examples of monitoring methods and incentives to ameliorate such risks. We suggest approaches for gradual system development, encouraging lower-tier behaviour, benefit financing, and responses to regional and system-wide labour market crises.

Topics:
Employment
Keywords:
unemployment benefit
social insurance
public finance
Regions:
European Union
Countries:
United States

The relevance of institutions and people’s preferences in the PSNP and IN-SCT programmes in Ethiopia

Authors:
Vincenzo Vinci
Keetie Roelen

Issue:
Volume 73 (2020), Issue 1

The effective implementation of social protection interventions is key for achieving positive change. The existing literature mainly focuses on issues related to programme design and impact, rather than the factors that influence the emergence, expansion and provision of these programmes. This article builds on the recent literature that indicates that the quality of institutions and people’s preferences play an important role in the implementation of social protection. It does so by using Ethiopia and its Productive Safety Net Programme – one of the largest social protection programmes in sub-Saharan Africa – as a case study, thereby contributing to debates on how to implement social protection more effectively, particularly in settings of widespread poverty and relatively low levels of institutional capacity. Based on primary qualitative data, the article finds that greater institutional quality at the local level is associated with the more effective provision of social protection. The ability of community members and social protection clients to voice preferences can lead to adaptations in implementation, although the extent to which this occurs is highly gendered.

Topics:
Social Policies & Programmes
Keywords:
social protection
social policy
social worker
human development
Countries:
Ethiopia

Pension scheme fees and charge ratios in 44 countries: A comparative study

Authors:
Taejin Han
Dariusz Stańko

Issue:
Volume 73 (2020), Issue 1

Based on data received from pension supervisory authorities, the article reviews 85 different pension schemes in 44 jurisdictions by looking at fees and charges as well as their legal ceilings and their development since 2014. A key finding is the observed decrease in fees and caps. The article presents jurisdictions according to clusters, i.e. by groups of countries with identical or very similar items already covered by pension fees, and analyses the extent to which various cost and fee elements are covered by fees charged to members. Finally, we calculate charge ratios for each cluster to quantify the impact of fees and charges on pension savings. Occupational defined contribution pension schemes and personal plans linked to employment tend to be much more cost effective than personal schemes that have no direct employment link.

Topics:
Old age Pensions
Keywords:
pension fund
regulation
pension scheme
governance
cost
saving
cost effectiveness
Regions:
International

Expanding social health protection in Cambodia: An assessment of the current coverage potential and gaps, and social equity considerations

Authors:
Robert J. Kolesar
Sambo Pheakdey
Bart Jacobs
Narith Chan
Samedy Yok
Martine Audibert

Issue:
Volume 73 (2020), Issue 1

The Royal Government of Cambodia recently launched its National Social Protection Policy framework to strengthen and expand social security and assistance. To inform social health protection policy, we examine socio-economic survey data and administrative coverage data to assess the coverage potential of existing coverage mechanisms and current gaps; and compare equitable contribution rates. Over 53 per cent of the population currently has no social health protection coverage mechanism, and about 16 per cent of the population who do have access to a mechanism is not yet enrolled. Current expansion efforts focus on the formal employee scheme, primarily benefiting individuals from higher income households. In addition, recent coverage expansion to some informal workers leaves significant gaps, particularly among the informal sector. We find out-of-pocket health care expenditure to be an excessive share of income among lower wealth quintile individuals and conclude they are financially vulnerable. Finally, we illustrate that an equitable approach to individual, monthly health care contributions among the lower three quintiles has a severely limited potential for revenue generation, and collection costs could exceed the amount collected. Therefore, we recommend that vulnerable groups should be exempted from contribution payments as social health protection is expanded.

Topics:
Extension of coverage
Social Policies & Programmes
Policy Analysis
Keywords:
social protection
health policy
health insurance
universal benefit scheme
informal sector
Countries:
Cambodia

The cross-border portability of social security benefits: Status and progress?

Authors:
Robert Holzmann
Jacques Wels

Issue:
Volume 73 (2020), Issue 1

The importance of the cross-border portability of social benefits is increasing in parallel with the rise in the absolute number of international migrants and their share of the world population, and perhaps more importantly with the much higher and rising share of the world population that for some part of their life is working and/or retiring abroad. This article estimates how the rising stock of migrants is distributed over four key portability regimes ranging from portability through bilateral social security arrangements to undocumented workers with no access to any scheme. The comparison of estimates for 2000 and 2013 indicate a modest but noticeable increase in the share of migrants under regime I (full portability) by 1.4 per cent, but the biggest change occurred under regime III (no access to social security but also no contributions required), which almost doubled to 9.4 per cent. Regime II (potential exportability without totalization) reduced by 3.0 percentage points but remains the dominant scheme (at 53.2 per cent). The estimates suggest that the scope of regime IV (informality) reduced by 2.9 percentage points, accounting for 14.0 per cent of all migrants in 2013. This trend is positive, but more will need to be done to progress on benefit portability and various potential solutions lie outside bilateral agreements that are difficult to establish.

Topics:
Migration
Keywords:
social security administration
migrant worker
retired worker
social security agreement
maintenance of acquired rights
Regions:
International

Microinsurance: A short history

Authors:
David M. Dror

Issue:
Volume 72 (2019), Issue 4

Twenty years ago, the International Social Security Review published an article that introduced a new term to the vocabulary of development and social protection: Microinsurance. Now, twenty years later, it is suitable to take stock of the contribution of microinsurance towards promoting coverage and social security. The article reviews the main insights gained from 20 years of implementation, including a clear expression of the value proposition of health microinsurance, understanding the demand for microinsurance, the business process for successful implementation, and conditions that must be satisfied for scaling and sustainable operations. It also explains the context that led to a considerable divergence in the microinsurance space. The article offers a discussion of unresolved issues and thoughts about the future of microinsurance. The conclusion of this article is that microinsurance can flourish when the necessary four pillars for its implementation exist, namely mainstreaming through political support, enhanced insurance literacy of the customers, technical assistance to self-administer the schemes, and availability of seed capital. The sufficient additional condition is that customers perceive microinsurance as offering welfare gains that cannot be obtained by other means.

Topics:
Health Insurance
Extension of coverage
Keywords:
microinsurance
informal sector
community
insurance
health insurance
social protection
gaps in coverage
Regions:
International

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    • Annemiek van Vuren
    • Ariel Pino
    • Armando Barrientos
    • Armin von Schiller
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    • Assia Billig
    • Audrius Bitinas
    • Aviva Ron
    • Barbara Darimont
    • Barbara D’Ambrogi-Ola
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    • Bent Greve
    • Bernard H. Casey
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    • Bob Deacon
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    • Borja Encinas Goenechea
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    • Burt S. Barnow
    • Camila Arza
    • Carlos Grushka
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    • Carlos Vidal‐Meliá
    • Carmelo Mesa-Lago
    • Carmelo Mesa‐Lago
    • Catalina Devandas Aguilar
    • Ce Shen
    • Chantal Euzéby
    • Chen Wang
    • Cherrie J. Zhu
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    • Chris Nyland
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    • Constantine Dimoulas
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