Prospects of Welfare System in EastAsia : Company''s Benefits and Social Security System under the Government

本项目旨在厘清和比较选定的七个国家或地区（中国、台湾、韩国、泰国、马来西亚、新加坡和印度尼西亚）政府支持社会保障制度和企业福利的制度框架。在这个项目中，政府发起的社会保障制度包括：1)国民养老计划，2)国民健康保险制度，3)劳动事故赔偿，4)失业保险。同时，公司的福利包括：1)劳动保护法规定的各种休假；2)公司提供的福利服务，如公司宿舍、食堂、伙食补贴、员工子女的经济支持、退休基金（公积金）等；3)法定和非法定福利支出占总人工成本的比例；4)管理者对公司利益的看法。以企业为单位的实地调查是东亚社会保障制度的首次尝试，其研究结果以《东亚福利制度的展望：问题和数据库》（2006年2月）的标题发表。2006年，我们对“公司福利”进行了统一的跨国问卷调查，从7个国家/地区收集了约800份样本。2007年，我们建立了这些被调查企业的数据库，并于2008年2月就此主题发表了一份综合报告（《东亚社会保障制度与公司福利：七国/地区的国际比较》）。少

This project aims to clarify and compare the institutional frameworks of the government to support social security system and company's benefits in selected seven countries or region (China, Taiwan, Korea, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia). In this project, the social security system initiated by the government include: 1) national pension scheme, 2) national health insurance system, 3) compensation for labor accidents, and 4) unemployment insurance. Meanwhile, company's benefits include: 1) various type of leaves under the labor protection law, 2) welfare services provided by a company such as company dormitory, canteen, meal allowance, financial supports of employee's children, and retirement fund (provident find).; 3) proportions of statutory and non-statutory welfare expenditures in the total labor costs; and 4) manager's view on company's benefits. Such company-based field survey was the first trial in examining the East Asian social security system, and its research re … More sult was published as a report with the title of `Prospects of the East Asian Welfare System: Issues and Database" (February 2006). In 2006, we conducted a uniformed cross-country questionnaire surveys on the "company benefits", and we collected around 800 samples from the seven countries/region. In 2007, we constructed a database on these surveyed firms, and finally published a comprehensive report (Social Security System and Company's Benefits in East Asia: International Comparison among the Seven Countries/Region) on this topic in February 2008.According to our cross-country questionnaire survey, we found several important facts: 1) leaves were provided by a company to meet the requirement of labor protection law, together with peculiar leaves in each country, 2) company's benefits put a priority on monetary support rather than goods and services (housing, canteens, company's bus etc); 3) the proportions of statutory welfare expenditures against the total labor cost shows highest one in China, followed by Singapore, Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and Indonesia By contrast, the proportion of non-statutory welfare expenditures shows the highest figure in Korea and Taiwan, while Singapore and China indicate lowest level; and 4) almost of all the management side in surveyed countries highly recognized the importance of Company's benefits for employees, but they showed different views on the policy of putting priority on wage and bonuses instead of company's benefits. Less