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Sophia Seung-yoon Lee sophia.lee@socres.ox.ac.uk Department of Social Policy and Social Work

The Varieties of Welfare Production Regimes in De-industrializing East Asian Economies: South Korea, Taiwan and Japan. Sophia Seung-yoon Lee sophia.lee@socres.ox.ac.uk Department of Social Policy and Social Work University of Oxford. Introduction: the puzzle

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Sophia Seung-yoon Lee sophia.lee@socres.ox.ac.uk Department of Social Policy and Social Work

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  1. The Varieties of Welfare Production Regimes in De-industrializing East Asian Economies: South Korea, Taiwan and Japan Sophia Seung-yoon Lee sophia.lee@socres.ox.ac.uk Department of Social Policy and Social Work University of Oxford

  2. Introduction: the puzzle • The discussion of new risk and deindustrialization • South Korea and Japan: Fast increase in and the high level of non-standard employment rate, Why? • East Asian welfare state model • How institutions matter in de-industrializing East Asian economies? • How did institutions evolve during the industrial period in Korea, Japan and Taiwan and how is institutional change affecting the labour market risks in the deindustrialization period?

  3. Different Risk shifts in 18 OECD countries (Lee, 2009) • Conceptualization of Social Risk using fuzzy-set ideal type method Social Risk= Unemployment (U) *Non-standard employment (N) * Individuals in Poverty (P) • Six different types of Risks: Employment insecurity (U*N*p), Flexicurity (u*N*p), Complicated risk (U*N*P) Insecure Flexibility (u*N*P) Income Insecurity (u*n*P) Insecure Inflexibility (U*n*P).

  4. Different Risk shifts:18 OECD countries (membership score 0 to 1)

  5. 2. Historical Institutionalism and Comparative Historical Analysis • Historical Institutionalism: “rejects the traditional postulate that the same operative forces will generate the same results everywhere…forces will be mediated by the contextual features of a given situation inherited from the past” (Hall & Taylor 1996: 9) • Path dependency, critical juncture, problem solving approach • Comparative historical analysis • i) concerned with explanation of causal configurations • ii) analyzes historical sequence and examines the unfolding of processes over time • iii) its engage in contextualized comparisons of similar and contrasting cases.

  6. Similarities • Confucianism • : “conservative corporatism without worker participation; subsidiarity without the Church; solidarity without equality, laissaez-faire without libertarianism, ‘household economy’ welfare states” (White and Goodman 1998). • Centralized bureaucracies and one-party domination • Economic development as their priory goal

  7. Comparison of Per Capita of Taiwan, South Korea and Japan with Reference Group (%) Sources: Kuznets (1988). World Bank, World Development Report, 1985 (New York), tables 1, 5, 19, 25; Statistic Bureau, Management and Coordination Agency, Japan Statistical Year book, 1984 (Tokyo); Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS), Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of China (Taipei)

  8. Nominal GNP of Five Major Nations, 1951-80 (amount in $U.S. billion) Source: Keizai Koho Sentaa, Japan: An International Comparison, p5

  9. Path dependency and Critical Juncture:The contingencies are historical accidents that determine the subsequence continuities through lock-in mechanism (Haydu 1998). Institutions encounter a critical junctures and from then on new path is developed which creates another path dependency. Krasner (1984, 1988) Critical Juncture and the Divergence • Japan : End of WWII and reforms by GHQ • Korea : Korean War and Park Chung-hee’s military coup d’etat in 1961. • Taiwan: Kuomintang (1949) governed with martial law for 38 years. Ethnic cleavage and planned industrial division.

  10. Varieties of Capitalism: The Welfare Production Regime • Coordinated market economies (CMEs) and liberal market economies (LMEs) • VOC: “certain types of institutions lock economic actors into long-term relationship that make it possible for workers and employers to commit to specific assets” • Welfare Production Regime: “set of product market strategies, employee skill trajectories and social, economic and political institutions that support them” • WPR: Production System, Skill formation, Industrial relations, Welfare system

  11. Production System • Japan • Large companies dominated the market, sustainable relationship between the company and financial institutions, Vertical relationship between a parent company and affiliated contractors in Japan creating a dual structure • Korea • Chaebol-based rent-seeking capitalism. The period of export led policies (1970s), large capital started to be accumulated to business conglomerates and already the dual structure of the Chaebols and SMEs started to be formed • Taiwan • SMEs familial capitalism: 98% of all companies and 70% of the total labour force and 76.7% of the total export. SMEs in procured financial resource through off board markets, family, friends and acquaintances

  12. Skill Formation • Japan • Firms based skills: Oyakata were incorporated to skill formation after the Meiji restoration and during the industrialization period, in-plant training increased when the metal working sector developed with large private firms. Internal labour markets. • Korea • Firm based skills: Rapid development of heavy industry and large companies in Korea adopted the OJT, Rotating the workers in different locations or department, Internal labour market. • Taiwan • Occupation based skills: Education and vocational training was highly controlled by the government. A comprehensive public training system and a lack of in-plant trainings in most private firm.

  13. Industrial Relations • Japan • Firm-based unions: Shunto. Disparities between employees of large corporations and the SMEs. Unionization rate of workers in companies with 1000 employees is 57.6%, 4% for 99 or less employees (2007) • Korea • Firm-based unions: Little incentive to form nation-wide or sector–wide union. Unionization rate in companies with 300+ was 45.4% in 2008, with 100 to 299 was 13.6%, with less then 30, 0.2%. • Taiwan • Occupation or industry based unions: 1987, workers of SMEs formed occupation-based unions call Jiopkongwhe and unionization rate increased. Dual industrial relation was formed: firm-based unions in public firms/large private companies and occupation based in SMEs

  14. Welfare System • Japan • Comprehensive welfare benefits by large firms and discouraged workers’ mobility. Welfare system compliment the production structure and the dualism of welfare between large companies and SMEs. • Korea • Medical insurance was introduced to large companies. Disparities of welfare protection between large companies and SMEs. Medical insurance started in 1977 with companies with 500+ and 300+ in 1979 and 100+ in 1981 • Taiwan • Social protections introduced covering the SMEs from the beginning. Medical care was obligatory to companies with 10 or more workers in 1970. The share of contribution by the employer is high (80%).

  15. Production System Industrial relations End of WWII and the influence from GHQ Firm Based Unions Large Firms Oriented Large Firm Oriented Firm Specific Skills Skill formation Welfare System Welfare Production Regime in Japan during industrialization period

  16. Production System Industrial relations Korean War and the military coup Firm Based Unions Chaebol Oriented Firm Specific Skills Large Firm Oriented Skill formation Welfare System Welfare Production Regime in Korea during industrialization period

  17. Production System Industrial relations KMT party and Ethnic cleavage Industry Based Unions SMEs Oriented IndustrySpecific Skills SMEs Firm Oriented Skill formation Welfare System Welfare Production Regime in Taiwan during industrialization period

  18. 4. Deindustrialization (1990-): Persistency and Changes in Institutions • Path dependency and problem solving approach: • Outcome of a given switch point as products of the past rather than historical accidents. • Earlier happening leading to and accounting for later one. • Varieties of Capitalism and implications on inequality • How are welfare production regime of Korea, Taiwan and Japan adjusting or coping with deindustrialization resulting in different labour market risks and patterns of labour market segregation?

  19. Changes in the Employment rates (%) by sector in South Korea, Japan and Taiwan: 1963-2008

  20. Wage and salaried workers (employees) (%)

  21. Total self-employed workers (%) and contributing family workers (%) in Korea, Taiwan and Japan

  22. Increase of Female Labour Participation Rate (8 countries)

  23. Changes and challenges • Slow down of the GDP growth rate and decreased Labour productivity rate • Increase of the relative price of labour, as companies had to compete with the fast growing Chinese economy • Asian financial crisis and, in the case of Japan the collapse of bubbles in 1990s. • Decrease of agricultural employment in Korea and Taiwan in 1980s. • Increase of female labour participation • Deindustrialization and de-agriculturalization has been taking place simultaneously in Korea and Taiwan (especially in Korea) • However, while the structural changes in the labour market are taking places, institutional change has been more gradual, if any.

  24. Attitude of firms towards the future of the lifetime employment system (Japan) Source: Keizer 2010 (quoted from Hattori and Maeda 2000, JILPT 2004

  25. Persistency in the welfare production regimes • The dual structure between the large private firms and SMEs • In 1993, the economic contribution to GNP by the 5 largest companies in Korea was 52.4%, 10.3% in Taiwan. The contribution of the 50 largest companies to the total GNP is 93.8% (Korea) 31.7% (Taiwan). • In Korea 2008, the unionization rate of 300 or more employees was 45.4%, 100 to 299 employees was 13.6%, less than 30 workers, 0.2%. • In Japan 2007, the unionization rate of 1000+ employees is 57.6% in 2007 while it is 4% for 99 or less. • High rigidity of employment protection in Korea and Japan for standard workers.

  26. Non-standard employment rates in South Korea, Japan and Taiwan: 1984-2008 Source: Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics, R.O.C, Taiwan, Special Survey for Labor Force. Japan Statistics Bureau Labor Force Survey, National Statistical Office of The Republic of Korea, Labor Force Survey

  27. International Comparison of Temporary employment (excluding part-time workers) rate (As a percent of total employment in 2007) OECD, Employment Outlook database • Non-standard employment rate rose from • 27% (2001) to 36% (2007) in Korea • 20% (1994) to 34% (2007) in Japan

  28. 5. Labour Market Dualism and Risks

  29. Different Dualisms Korea • Part-time is only 14% (30% -50% in other OECD countries). • The productivity of non-regular workers is 22% below that of regular workers, while their wages are 44% less. • Firms hire non-regular workers to reduce labour costs and to increase employment flexibility (high degree of employment protection and the power of trade union in large firms) • The incidence of temporary workers is high among all age groups in Korea but concentrated to SMEs and service sector. • Deindustrialization and de-agriculturalization has been taking place simultaneously in Korea, Hence labour force in the traditional informal sector has shifted to non-standard employments the service industry.

  30. Different Dualisms Japan • Two Third of the non-standard employments are part-time workers. • Two third of the part-time workers are females: Firm specific skills and life time employment with seniority based wage system, it is less possible for married women to take certain time off to return to work. • Non-regular workers are concentrated in service sector and SMEs • Less than half of non-regular workers are covered by employees’ pension and health insurance, which two-thirds are covered by employment insurance. • Cutback in large firms have not been through dismissing workers but rather through the transfer of employees within the firm or to other firms in the same corporate group and by sharply reducing the number of new hires of recent graduates.

  31. Different Dualisms Taiwan • The Welfare production regime is SMEs based and the proportion of manufacturing is still comparatively high, low non-standard employment rate. • Weak gender segregation and lower inequality rate compared to Korea and Japan. • Occupation based skills: Workers are more mobile and as long as female has an occupation based skills, higher flexibility compared to females in Korea and Japan • Dualism related to ethnic cleavage?

  32. 6. Conclusion Rethinking of: • Welfare production regime: Production system, skill formation, industrial relations and welfare system • Historical institutional approach and Mill’s method of comparison. • Varieties in East Asian welfare states. • Dualism in the labour market formed during the industrialization period is strengthened with the increased disparities between the standard and non-standard workers as countries had to cope with challenges while institutions remains rather persistent. • Future of work?

  33. Thank you  sophia.lee@socres.ox.ac.uk

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