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The Impact of Employment-Oriented Social Welfare Programs on Empowering Poor Women

The Impact of Employment-Oriented Social Welfare Programs on Empowering Poor Women : the South Korean Case Boram Hwang (Professor, Pusan National Univ, South Korea) Youngmi Yoo (Doctoral Student, Pusan National Univ, South Korea) 33rd Global Conference of ICSW

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The Impact of Employment-Oriented Social Welfare Programs on Empowering Poor Women

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  1. The Impact of Employment-Oriented Social Welfare Programs on Empowering Poor Women : the South Korean Case Boram Hwang (Professor, Pusan National Univ, South Korea) Youngmi Yoo (Doctoral Student, Pusan National Univ, South Korea) 33rd Global Conference of ICSW Tours, France, June 30th to July 4th

  2. Introduction: Characteristics of Globalization Globalization has three characteristics in labor market for poor women 1. Division of labor among countries is dividing - underdeveloped countries - labor-intensive, low wage, low-tech industry - advanced countries-finances, investment, high-tech information industry 2. The increase in the instability of job & the insecurity of income 3. The increase in the ratio of poor women

  3. Introduction: Characteristics of Globalization in South Korea Case 1 Globalization & poor women in Korea has following characteristics 1. The ratio of poor women workers is increasing 2. The increase of poor women in the instability of job & the insecurity of income

  4. Introduction: Characteristics of Globalization in South Korea Case 2 The comparison of Income for 7 years is following Part-time․women(68.02) < Full-time․women(108.57) < Part-time․men(120.47)

  5. Introduction: Characteristics of Globalization in South Korea Case 3 3. The increase in the number of women workers who work in the small size sector

  6. Introduction: Background of the study Korean women are more lively than before to became poor Research Question: What extent are the Social Welfare Policies effective in decreasing such risks for women? The evaluation whether social welfare program for poor women was derived from poverty or not is necessary

  7. Employment-Oriented Social Welfare Programs in South Korea 1 • Employment Insurance • unemployment benefits • 2) re-employment training for unemployed female head of household • 3) short-term job training forhousewife

  8. Employment-Oriented Social Welfare Programs in South Korea 2 • 2. Public assistant program • People on welfare executing from 2000 supports living on benefit to working poor • It provide an opportunity in order to establish Self-Sufficient Program base of the poor throughout the network between welfare and employment by providing Self-Sufficient Program

  9. Employment-Oriented Social Welfare Programs in South Korea 3 • 3. Social Employment Program • Polarize trend of both labor market and society is necessary • not only existing market economy or public economy • but also social economy • - So, Ministry of labor and private foundation for expelling poverty from the latter half of 2003 are diversified and exploding

  10. Impact of Employment Insurance on poor women 1 1. Unemployment benefits - men: receiving employment benefits and the other item unaffected re-employment - women: receiving employment benefits has an (-)effect because, it causes unselfness to re-employment <Possibility of re-employment>

  11. Impact of Employment Insurance on poor women 2 2. Re-employment training for unemployed female head of household

  12. Impact of Employment Insurance on poor women 3 3. Short-term job training for housewife

  13. Impact of public assistant program on poor women 1 • Percentage of women participants on self-sufficient program

  14. Impact of public assistant program on poor women 2 2. Most women participate in nursing (over 90%)

  15. Impact of public assistant program on poor women 3 • 3. Condition of women participants • In case of nursing, • average income of that is lower than the other business

  16. Impact of public assistant program on poor women 4 4. The exit rate Men (36.1%) < Women (50.2%)

  17. Impact of Social Employment Program on poor women 1 budget scales and supporting person of social enterprises continuously enlarge after introducing in 2003

  18. Impact of Social Employment Program on poor women 2 For evaluating economic value, it is necessary to know wages which relate to poor women highly. Wage in 2007 is higher than 2006.

  19. Conclusion 1 Until now these papers interpret trend of labor market and impact of Employment-Oriented Social Welfare Programs for poor women after IMF by globalization Social welfare system of the Korean government accomplished gradual intuitional and expenditure expansion after IMF Nevertheless, employment insurance was vulnerable to poor workers in informal sector, especially women Public Assistant Program, Self-Sufficient Program encourage economic independence Social Employment Program is unmeaning, but the exit rate appears high

  20. Conclusion 2 In this way, it was a feeble system for safety nets which prevented feminine poverty It is wild optimism that socio-economic status of female worker would be empowered Therefore, enlargement of opportunity is need Specially, Self-Sufficient Program put community to main activity unit and target, and willing to utilize NPO and so on So, You will have to try to consider how Employment-Oriented Social Welfare Programs of Private Leading empower socio-economic status of poor women

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