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Can Asia Assure Social Insurance For All Its Informal Workers?

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  • Santosh Mehrotra

    (Centre for Development, University of Bath, UK)

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This paper provides analyses on social security systems data from seven Asian countries as per ILO Convention 102 of 1952, which merges social insurance and social assistance. The former covers the basic elements – unemployment, employment, injury, old age pension and maternity benefits –, the focus of this paper. Despite high levels of per capita income and rapid growth in a majority of Asian economies, the lack of social insurance (and hence the scale of informality in the workforce) is a matter of concern. Topics discussed in this paper are barriers to social insurance schemes for informal workers, as well as the way forward.

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  • Santosh Mehrotra, 2022. "Can Asia Assure Social Insurance For All Its Informal Workers?," Asia-Pacific Sustainable Development Journal, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), vol. 29(2), pages 155-185, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:unt:japsdj:v:29:y:2022:i:2:p:155-185
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    Keywords

    health insurance; non-wage benefits; non-wage labor cost; pension; portability; retirement pension; social security;
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    JEL classification:

    • J32 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Nonwage Labor Costs and Benefits; Retirement Plans; Private Pensions

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