Social Security Research Research Articles

Current status and development potential of scalp healthcare in the COVID-19 blue era: A critical review focused on Republic of Korea.

AimsThe purpose of this paper was to review the literature focusing on the scalp health of the Korean people in the COVID‐19 Blue era and the possibility of significant development as an academicMethodsThis review paper is a literature review, and the method is a narrative review.ResultsIt was found that the higher the awareness of hair loss, the better the scalp and hair management behavior. South Korea needs to develop systematic customized management methods, scalp programs and products due to the development of the COVID‐19 era and the development of the 4th industry.ConclusionSouth Korea still needs dto improve the expertise of tricolologists and national social security insurance and research along with the growth of the beauty and healthcare service industry in the COVID‐19 Blue era.

사회연결망분석(SNA)을 활용한 중국정치학계의 지식생산 분석

This paper aims to identify the characteristics of Chinese knowledge production by analyzing cases of the use of social network analysis methodology in the Chinese political science community. In the analysis based on the literature information provided by China’s CNKI, knowledge production using SNA methodology in the Chinese social science community developed rapidly in the late 1990s, but it is still focused on library and information science, sociology and economics. Research results related to political science are also very limited except for terrorist organization research, social security, national governance, and policy network research in terms of research topics, and some analysis methods such as cohesive subgroup analysis, centrality analysis, role analysis is focused on Comprehensive analysis of the research results shows that studies using SNA methodologies in Chinese political science have a strong practical and policy character, remain focused on consuming methodologies developed in the United States. It was identified that this was because access to data required for the selection of research topics and methodologies and network analysis was limited.

Bezpieczeństwo społeczne w wymiarze lokalnym

The aim of the considerations described in the article is to place the problem of social security on the local ground. Theoretical foundations of social security derive from the achievements of political science, international relations as well as the science on economics and law. Interdisciplinary approach to social security research allows the methodological pragmatism, having an interesting humanism and the utilitarian approach. In the article, literature studies as well as deductive approach have been used as a research method, with an indication of the crucial analysis areas. The results lead to the conclusions on the necessity of strengthening the access to public services for local communities. As for the public administration in a crisis situation, an important postulate in practice is professionalization of crisis management and taking benefit of the experience of commercial sector, especially in the aspect of efficient administering of the economic system resources.

Pensions, Ageing and Social Security Research: Literature Review and Global Trends

Pension systems are one of the fundamental pillars of the welfare state. The ageing of the population caused by longer life expectancy and low birth rates has led to a crisis in the public pension system in developed countries. Changes for the system’s sustainability are necessary, and the scientific literature on the subject is abundant, especially in recent years. This article aims to carry out a bibliometric analysis of the research carried out to date, highlighting, in turn, future lines of research. The study was carried out on a total of 1287 articles published from 1936 to 2021 and found in the Scopus database. The SciMAT, VOSviewer, and Datawrapper tools were used to analyse the most important articles, authors, countries, and institutions by volume of production and citations, as well as the relationships between them. Likewise, the most important keywords and their evolution over time were highlighted, obtaining the main focus of the research. In addition to the general analysis, a specific study was carried out in the area of Mathematics. The results show that the leading countries are the United Kingdom, the USA, and the Netherlands. On the other hand, the lead subject area in which these articles have been published is Economics, Econometrics, and Finance. The research trends are sustainability, pension reform related to ageing, and pension insurance.

Projected numbers of knee and hip arthroplasties up to the year 2030 in Japan

BackgroundThe aging population is a risk factor for an increase in osteoarthritis, leading to a potential increase in the number of arthroplasties worldwide. This study aimed to calculate the projected numbers of knee and hip arthroplasties in Japan until 2030 using national health insurance claim data. MethodsData on the numbers of knee and hip arthroplasties performed in Japan between 2014 and 2018 were obtained from the National Database of Health Insurance Claims and Specific Health Checkups of Open Data Japan. Demographic data were obtained from the National Institute of Population and Social Security Research. Collected data were categorized into three age subgroups (40–64, 65–74, and ≥75 years) for each sex. Projections were based on the Poisson regression model. ResultsThe number of knee arthroplasties in Japan in 2030 was projected to be 4052 for men aged 40–64 years, 6942 for men aged 65–74 years, 14,986 for men aged ≥75 years, 7092 for women aged 40–64 years, 22,957 for women aged 65–74 years, and 58,340 for women aged ≥75 years. The number of hip arthroplasties in Japan in 2030 was predicted to be 8936 for men aged 40–64 years, 9005 for men aged 65–74 years, 5972 for men aged ≥75 years, 27,327 for women aged 40–64 years, 36,416 for women aged 65–74 years, and 37,011 for women aged ≥75 years. ConclusionThe numbers of knee and hip arthroplasties are expected to continue to increase over the next 10 years in Japan in most age groups. These findings are useful for future healthcare resource planning to meet the demand for knee and hip arthroplasties.

A scoping review of public hospitals autonomy in Iran: from budgetary hospitals to corporate hospitals

BackgroundOrganizational reforms of hospitals in Iran are mainly aimed at improving efficiency, reducing government spending on health care, and improving the quality of services. These reforms began with hospital autonomization and have continued with other initiatives such as formation of board of trustees, independent and corporatized hospitals.ObjectiveThe purpose of this scoping review was to summarize and compare the results of studies conducted on organizational reform of hospitals in Iran to paint a more clear picture of the status quo by identifying knowledge gaps, inform policymakers, and guide future studies and policies.MethodThis review’s methodology was inspired by Arksey and O’Malley’s methodological framework to examine the extent, range, and nature of research activity about organizational hospital reforms in Iran. A literature search was performed using PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, and Google Scholar for English papers as well as SID, IranDoc, Magiran, and the Social Security Research Institute Database for Persian papers from 1991 to April 2020.ResultsTwenty studies were included in the review. Studies were grouped by the types of organizational reform, study’s objective, setting, methodology, data collection and analysis techniques, and key findings. Thematic construction was used based on the types of organizational reform to present a narrative account of existing literature.ConclusionsThe autonomy granted to the hospitals was unbalanced and paradoxical in terms of key effective dimensions. Poor governance and regulatory arrangements, low commitment to corporate governance, Inappropriate board composition, weak internal controls, unsustainable financing and inefficient payment mechanisms, poor interaction with stakeholders and ignoring contextual factors have been cited as the main reasons for the failure of organizational reforms in Iran. The limited use of evidence and research was obvious at different stages of policymaking, especially in the policy formulation phase and evaluation of its results.

Understanding Social Security Development: Lessons From the Chinese Case

Understanding the development of social security systems constitutes the ultimate goal of social security research. This review traces and compares two schools of thought regarding social security development: the convergence and divergence schools. Using a thematic approach, this article first categorizes extant studies into one of these two schools and then identifies the broadly accepted mechanism of social security development by comparing them. After reviewing the extant research and its theoretical underpinnings, this article applies Mill’s methods of agreement and difference to show how the Chinese case contributes to and challenges our understanding of social security development. By discussing the assumptions of current research on social security development in light of the Chinese case, this article illuminates how political legitimacy serves as a common mechanism of social security development regardless of political context or structure.

Dynamic principal component regression for forecasting functional time series in a group structure

ABSTRACTWhen generating social policies and pricing annuity at national and subnational levels, it is essential both to forecast mortality accurately and ensure that forecasts at the subnational level add up to the forecasts at the national level. This has motivated recent developments in forecasting functional time series in a group structure, where static principal component analysis is used. In the presence of moderate to strong temporal dependence, static principal component analysis designed for independent and identically distributed functional data may be inadequate. Thus, through using the dynamic functional principal component analysis, we consider a functional time series forecasting method with static and dynamic principal component regression to forecast each series in a group structure. Through using the regional age-specific mortality rates in Japan obtained from the Japanese Mortality Database [(2019). National Institute of Population and Social Security Research. Available at http://www.ipss.go.jp/p-toukei/JMD/index-en.asp (data downloaded on 14 August 2018)], we investigate the point and interval forecast accuracies of our proposed extension, and subsequently make recommendations.

Unsettling the Anti-Welfare Commonsense: The Potential in Participatory Research with People Living in Poverty

AbstractDrawing on participatory research with people living in poverty, this article details the possibilities inherent in this research tradition and its particular applicability and as yet often unrealised potential for poverty and social security research. The dominant framing of ‘welfare’ and poverty foregrounds elite political and politicised accounts, which place emphasis on individual and behavioural drivers of poverty, and imply that the receipt of ‘welfare’ is necessarily and inevitably problematic. A large body of academic evidence counters this framing, illustrating the extent to which popular characterisations are out of step with lived realities. What is often missing, however, are the voices and expertise of those directly affected by poverty and welfare reform. This article argues that placing experts by experience on poverty at the centre of research efforts is best understood as constituting a direct challenge to the marginalising and silencing of the voices and perspectives of people living in poverty. While this hints at participatory research’s great potential, it is vital also to recognise the inherent challenges of taking a participatory approach. Significantly, though, participatory research can undermine popular characterisations of poverty and welfare and provide opportunities for alternative narratives to emerge, narratives which could contribute to the building of a pro-welfare imaginary over time.

Comments by Somkiat Tangkitvanich, on Aging and Property Prices: A Theory of Very-Long-Run Portfolio Choice and Its Predictions on Japanese Municipalities in the 2040s

November 01 2017 Comments by Somkiat Tangkitvanich, on Aging and Property Prices: A Theory of Very-Long-Run Portfolio Choice and Its Predictions on Japanese Municipalities in the 2040s Author and Article Information Online Issn: 1536-0083 Print Issn: 1535-3516 © 2017 by the Asian Economic Panel and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology2017Massachusetts Institute of Technology Asian Economic Papers (2017) 16 (3): 75–76. https://doi.org/10.1162/asep_a_00549 Cite Icon Cite Permissions Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Search Site Citation Comments by Somkiat Tangkitvanich, on Aging and Property Prices: A Theory of Very-Long-Run Portfolio Choice and Its Predictions on Japanese Municipalities in the 2040s. Asian Economic Papers 2017; 16 (3): 75–76. doi: https://doi.org/10.1162/asep_a_00549 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentAll JournalsAsian Economic Papers Search Advanced Search Somkiat Tangkitvanich: This paper by Tama, Shimizu, and Nishimura addresses the important issue of the impacts of aging population on land prices in Japan. The issue is important not only for Japan, but also for Korea, Thailand, China, and other countries whose populations are rapidly aging. The paper begins by providing motivations to the issues to be addressed, discusses the theory of long-run portfolio choice, and explains the analytical model. After that, it simulates the impacts of aging societies on land prices in each municipality in Japan by using the model and the data gathered by the National Institute for Population and Social Security Research (IPSS). The simulation results predict that the average residential land price in the Japanese municipalities would face a whopping decrease—as much as 19 percent from the present to 2020 and 32 percent to 2040. Moreover, there will be a significant variation among municipalities. For example,... You do not currently have access to this content.

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The quantitative and qualitative evolution of the social security research

This article examines the evolution of social security research from a theoretical and empirical perspective. This is done through an extensive review and analysis of publications from the Journal of International Social Security Review published by Wiley within a 50-year period (1967–2017). It was observed that at a different period in time, the social security research focused on different national and international issues that invoked different social welfare programs and pension systems approach (public or private) to facilitate the explanation of its final socio-economic impact into different social groups in the same country or region respectively.

Re-interpreting knowledge, expertise and EU governance: The cases of social policy and security research policy

This article examines how ideas about what is to be governed, how and by whom, are made sense of in European Union governance. It interrogates the complex relationships of knowledge generation, knowledge circulation, expertise and policymaking in two contrasting policy areas. In social policy, the emergence and later privileging of a discourse of the ‘social investment state’ are traced through the ‘linked ecologies’ (Abbott, 2005) of formal ‘European’ social science research, academic politicians and the Open Methods of Co-ordination. In security research policy, mētis, or practical knowledge (Scott, 1998), has enabled major European corporations to assert a privileged discursive and political position in the ‘linked ecologies’ of formal scientific research, product development and EU policymaking. These two cases demonstrate the partial integration of elite discourses with scientific rationalities into EU governance. In each case, the generation of knowledge and expertise is articulated in governance practices in ways that generate politically specific and limited – but not the same – versions of ‘the’ EU to be governed.

Pension System Reform in China: Development, Challenges and Options

This article studies the formation and reform of China’s pension system with special attention paid to the basic pension system for urban enterprise employees, government and public agency employees and urban and rural residents. Reviewing the historical development of China’s basic pension system after the 1950s, the article examines the current reforms and discusses the major concerns and challenges in detail. Finally, general assessment and policy options have been recommended to guide policymakers and to advance further social security research.

The challenge of keeping Japanese older people economically active

Japanese society faces serious problems due to population ageing. Both the number and percentage of people aged 65 years old and over are increasing. The ratio of those aged 65+ was 17.3 per cent in 2000, but the estimate of the National Institute of Population and Social Security Research is that the ratio will become 28.7 per cent in 2025 and will reach 40 per cent in 2050. This article consists of four sections. In the first the characteristics of issues associated with population ageing in Japan are discussed. The actual situations of employment and lives of older workers are introduced. The second section analyses government policies to address the ageing of the population. The Japanese government is trying to address the issue through encouraging older people to work longer. The promotion of efforts to extend longer working lives is discussed. In the third section a rehiring system and two cases of Japanese firms are described. Those enterprises are effectively employing older workers. Their experiences would be interesting for those planning to hire older workers. The last section discusses how to resolve challenges associated with population ageing. It is shown that continuous training is one of the most important ways of keeping older people productive.

FENOMENA SHOUSHIKA DI JEPANG : PERUBAHAN KONSEP ANAK

The focus of this study is the shoushika phenomenon or decrease in the number of births that occurred in Japan from the perspective economic household in raising children. The research data was collected from several sources of statistical data published by the Japanese government, Family Income and Expenditure Survey, and National Institute of Population and Social Security Research. Recently the delay of childbearing of young married couple is said to reason of fertility decline. The high cost of children is said to be one of the causes of this delay. This paper will focus on the persistent low birthrate in Japan and the change of utility of children in Japan’s family. This paper show that there’s a transition from traditional family to modern family that influence change of children utility from good utility become comsumption utility. The transition to consumption utility related to Japanese family expenditure especially what family give to their children.

Social security research in a context of welfare state priorities: foreign approaches

The issues of social security at the level of individual nation-states and the world community in general were highlighted especially in the beginning of XXI century under the influence of political, economic and military challenges and threats. The article deals with the problem of social security as a welfare state priority in a global world. Author of the article discussed different approaches of social security phenomenon in theoretical aspects. Author of the article try to understand differences between Copenhagen and Paris school approaches on social security problem with connection of indicators of social expenditures and Social Progress Index (SPI). The result of research is the found positive relationship between social expenditures and social progress in different countries. Social security system is more developed in countries with high level of social expenditures and stimulates social progress. The results of research can be useful in discourse of social security progress in a context of social policy and social progress on national and global levels.

The Quest for Workers’ Social Security in the era of Globalized Labour Arrangements: A Synthesis of Labour Studies

<p align="center"> </p><p>International social change has generated scholarly debates on the process and impacts of globalization on the labour arrangement with specific attention to the livelihood of workers. In this review of interdisciplinary research, we put together and review from the labour and social security research papers analysing the trend and dimensions of labour flexibility in the contemporary society and discuss them in a more reflective way to make it available with a purpose of establishing research interests in the sociology of work and social security. We also delineate various forms of social insecurities that are dominant in different organization by drawing evidence from a multiple of studies conducted both from developed and developing countries. Finally, we points out the likely policy implications and recommend that the concern is to address inequalities and determining what socio-economic security forms that are supportive. </p>

A Spatial Simulation Model to Explore Agglutination of Residential Areas and Public Service Facilities

Abstract According to the report by National Institute of Population and Social Security Research in 2006, Japan starts long-term declining of population since 2005.As the mid-to-long term vision of urban and regional planning, consolidation of residential areas and public service facilities including withdrawal is necessary to improve Quality of Life for residents living rural area and suburban area. In addition, from providers’ point of view such as administration and private sectors, consolidation of the facilities is inevitable due to the profitability. Because of decrease in facility-users and lack of successors caused by population decline and aging, it is also difficult for public administration to provide public service. The purpose of this study is to get suggestions for sustainable urban and regional spatial structure in Japan. A spatial simulation model uses a multi-agent-based model to analyze the mid-and-long term change of agglutination of residential areas and public service facilities. At first, a multi-agent-based model to quantitatively evaluate agglutination of residential areas and public service facilities is developed. Next, sensitivity analysis was done to tune some crucial parameters influencing on simulation results. Finally, some simulations were carried out based on several scenarios with policies related to sustainability and accessibility of the facilities. As the result, it is found that public service facilities are apt to be agglutinated to the city center but a financial support by administration or NPO enables the facilities located on sub-centers to sustain public service.

Are there cities at risk of disappearing—an inconvenient truth?

Population is an inextricable problem in discussions on sustainability. Reportedly, the world population will peak at 10 billion and afterward start decreasing slowly. In Japan, however, population has raised different worries. There was a shocking news on this matter in newspapers and TV in May 2014. The Japan Policy Council (2014) reported that 869 municipalities out of 1800 in Japan are at risk of disappearance! The population in Japan has increased by two and a half from early 1600–1700, reaching 30 million, according to Development Bank of Japan, 2014. In the eighteenth century, agricultural tax began to be levied based on land area measurement, which was an incentive to farmers to cultivate more. The implementation of this tax policy allowed farmers to be independent, resulting in development of new fields and yielding higher productivity. In 1721, population census was performed by the Shogunate Government of Edo. But the population did not change from the middle of 1700 for 150 years when this government held onto power. The constant population during this period was due to starvation, illness, natural disasters, and also restriction of economic development because of Japan’s national isolation. Since Meiji Era, the population has increased by a factor of approximately 4, from 33 to 128 million (in 2008). The increase has been attributed to progress of industrialization, improvement of standard of living, and improving medical services, resulting in lower mortality rate. However, since 2010, the population has decreased by 200,000 people every year. In January 2015, the population in Japan is 127 million 20 thousand (Estimated value by Statistics Japan, 2015) and the population over 65-year old occupies 25 % of the total population. According to the investigation by National Institute of Population and Social Security Research, the total population in Japan is expected to be 86 million 740 thousand in 2060. As the population aging further proceeds, the population ratio over 65 years will occupy 39.9 %. The statistics cited above indicate that the social security system in Japan will not be sustainable at all. The outstanding obligation of the government is currently 10 trillion US dollars. This money will not be easily found. This is mainly caused by a low birth rate; therefore, several actions for this matter were taken. For example, the minister of State for Measures for Declining Birthrate was appointed in 2007 and has been taking the initiative in continuing countermeasures for the low birth rate. Regarding a countermeasure for the low birth rate, the Basic Act on Measures for the Aging Society was enacted on 8th January 1995. The objectives of the basic act were to highlight and support a view of an ideal society, where citizens meaningfully and comfortably live require many more young members in the families to support senior citizens. Based on the basic act, the General Principles Concerning Measures for the Aging Society were concomitantly formulated (http://www8.cao.go.jp/kourei/mea sure/taikou/etaikou.htm#p301). Notwithstanding the Basic Act, twenty years later today the birth rate still has not improved and Japan is entering a society of population decline. Therefore, it is imperative for Japan to prevent such a situation. Masuda et al. (2014) announced cities at risk of disappearing in Japan to make the people accurately and soberly recognize, as a starting point, the emerging matter, the so-called ‘‘inconvenient truth’’. In other words, in the cities at risk child-bearing female population aged between 20 and 39, i.e., the female M. Hosomi (&) Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16, Nakamachi, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan e-mail: hosomi@cc.tuat.ac.jp