The 20th East Asian Social Policy Network & the 30th Foundation forInternational Studies of Social Security Joint International Conference

13-14 June 2024
Kyoto ICC, Kyoto, Japan

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1Organizers

The Foundation for International Studies of Social Security
Established in May 1987, FISS is an independent, non-profit association that aims to promoteinternational, multidisciplinary research on social security, including its relationships with otheraspects of society (such as the labour market, unemployment, poverty, income redistribution,savings, housing, the family, health and well-being).
FISS meets every year, most often in a small town of Sigtuna, Sweden, and occasionally at otherlocations throughout the world.
To attend our conferences, please see our website:
https://www.fisssocialsecurity.org/

The East Asian Social Policy (EASP) Research Network
The East Asian Social Policy (EASP) Research Network is a regional association for academics,
researchers, students and practitioners of social policy in East Asia and beyond.
The EASP was established in January 2005 to facilitate research exchange and cooperation amongsocial policy analysts and to provide a forum and network of communication for the developmentof social policy as a discipline in East Asia. The Network welcomes comparative and multidisciplinary approaches to the analysis of social policy in East Asia.
To attend our conferences, please see our website :https://welfareasia.org/

Co-sponsors

2Index
Program Overview

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Program Timetable

6

Plenary Sessions

7 - 12

Panel Sessions

13 - 25

Oral Presentation Sessions
from 1-1 to 1-9from 2-1 to 2-8from 3-1 to 3-10
from 4-1 to 4-9
from 5-1 to 5-8

26 - 29
30 - 31
32 - 34
35 - 37
38 - 40

Post-graduate Sessions

41 - 42

Poster Sessions
Day 1
Day 2

43 - 47
48 - 51

Conference Map

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Conference Rooms & Facilities

53

Lunch & Dinner

54

Getting to the Venue

55

Getting to the Prince Hotel Takaragaike

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Program Overview Day 1

13 JUNE

From 8:15
Reception Open/Registration Start

8:45-10:15
Post-graduate
Session1

Children and Youth Research

Room 554A

2

Welfare Regimes and Health Policy Research

Room 554B

3Work and Family Policy Research

Room 555B

PN-03

Housing and Community Development in China and Australia

Room B-1

1-1

Welfare State

Room J

1-2

Employment of Older Adults

Room K

1-3

Child Outcomes

Room 510

1-4

Marriage and Low Fertility

Room 509A

1-5

Social policy by Cities

Room 509B

1-6

Long-term Care

Room 554A

1-7

Poverty in Old Age

Room 554B

1-8

New Alleviation

Room 555A

1-9

Changing definition of poverty

Room 555B

10:20-11:50
Panel Session

Oral Session

11:50-13:10
SAKURA

Lunch
13:10-14:45
Plenary Session

1

How does Japan cope with the Ageing Society

Room B-1

PN-06

Pension Politics in East Asia: A Complex Landscape

Room B-1

PN-04

Pension Reform in East Asia

Room J

2-1

Health Insurance and Institutions

Room K

2-2

Child Poverty

Room 510

2-3

Gender Inequality at Home 1

Room 509A

2-4

Housing Conditions

Room 509B

2-5

Immigrants in the COVID-19 Era

Room 554A

2-6

QOL of People with Disability

Room 554B

2-7

Community Welfare

Room 555A

2-8

Women and Labor

Room 555B

2

The Triumphs and Tribulations of International Comparative Research Room B-1

14:50-16:20

Panel Session
Oral Session
15:00-16:10

Oral Session

16:30-17:50
Plenary Session
18:30-21:00
Conference Reception

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Prince HotelProgram Overview Day 2

14 JUNE

8:00-9:00
Post-graduate Workshop on Journal PublishingRoom K

9:05-10:15

Oral Session

3-1

QOL of Older Persons

Room B-1

3-2

Covid-19 Policy Response

Room J

3-3

Resilience against Health Crisis

Room K

3-4

Social Housing

Room 510

3-5Single Women

Room 509A

3-6

Market for Care

Room 509B

3-7

School Bullying

Room 554A

3-8

Disability and Labor

Room 554B

3-9

Politics and Policy

Room 555A

3-10

Gender Inequality at Home 2

Room 555B

PN-01

Interrogating the Diverse World of Welfare in East Asian Societies

Room B-1

4-1

Health Disparity

Room J

4-2

Pension Mix

Room K

4-3

Redefining Poverty

Room 510

4-4Community

Room 509A

4-5

Housing Insecurity

Room 509B

4-6

Dualized Labor Market

Room 554A

4-7

Economy, Politics and YouthRoom 554B

4-8

Policy Choice

Room 555A

4-9

Provision of Care for Children and Older Persons

Room 555B

10:30-12:00
Panel Session

Oral Session

12:00-13:00
SWAN

Lunch
13:00-14:30
Panel Session

Oral Session

PN-02

Digitalization and the Precarious Work in East Asia

Room B-1

PN-05

Transforming the Welfare State from the Margins

Room J

5-1

Advances in Poverty Research

Room K

5-2

Public Perception

Room 510

5-3

Immigration and Public Perception

Room 509A

5-4

Social Welfare in the IT Era

Room 509B

5-5

Labor Market

Room 554A

5-6

Education & Training

Room 554B

5-7

Social Workers

Room 555A

5-8

Child Care and Family

Room 555B

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The latest Developments of Social Policy in Europe

Room B-1

15:00-16:40
Plenary Session

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Plenary Sessions
2024 EASP/FISS Joint Conference

7Plenary Session 1: Japan Special Session
How Does Japan Cope With the Ageing Society
Japan has been struggling to cope with rapid ageing for decades. What makes the challenge of coping particularly difficult is the timing ofageing. The rapid onset of ageing began very soon after major social systems such as public pensions, public health insurance and housing
policies were put in place, leaving little room for necessary adjustments. Now, with almost30% of the population over the age of 65, all ofJapan's social systems are under extreme strain. Under these conditions, there have been some innovative approaches to managi ng andexploring and even enjoying he ageing society. Japan's experiences, both good and bad, offer interesting lessons for many societies in Asiaand the rest of the world that are faced with the task of developing social policies while rapidly ageing.

Shogo Takegawa, Emeritus Professor, The University of Tokyo
1982-87: The Social Development Research Institute1987-93: Department of Sociology, Chuo University
1993-2019: Department of Sociology, The University of Tokyo
2019-2024: Faculty of Sociology and Social Work, Meijigakuin University.
His research focuses on comparative social policy. He authored ‘Japan’s Welfare-State Regime:
Welfare Politics, Provider and Regulator’, Development and Society, Vol.34 No.2 (December
2005:169–190) and ‘International Circumstances as Factors in Building a Welfare State: Welfare
Regimes in Europe, Japan and Korea’, International Journal of Japanese Sociology, No.18(November 2009:79–96), “Liberal preference and conservative policies: the puzzling size of Japan’s
welfare state”, Social Science Japan Journal, Vol. 13 No. 1(Summer 2010): 53-67, “Workfare in
Japan” in Chak Kwan Chan and Kinglun Ngok ed., Welfare Reform in East Asia: Towards
workfare? Routledge, 2011, 100-114, “Between Western Europe and East Asia: development ofsocial policy in Japan” in Misa Izuhara, ed., Handbook on East Asian Social Policy, Edward Elgar,
2012, 41-64.

The Light and Shadow of Japan’s Social Policy for Older People
Abstract: Generally, a society in which the elderly population (65 years and older) exceeds 7% of the total population is cal led an "aging
society." Japan became an "aging society" in the 1970 national census. After that, it exceeded 14% in 1995, surpassed 20% in 2005, and theterm "super-aging society" is now used. As a result of the extension of life expectancy, people have faced the risk of longevity. To address
this risk, successive pension reforms have been implemented, and a universal scheme was established in 1961. Until the mid-1980s,
benefits improved, but since then, due to declining birth rates, benefit reductions have continued. The rise in life expectancy has changed
the concepts of work and retirement. When Japan first became an aging society, retirement at age 55 was common. Currently, retirement atage 65 is mandated, and companies are required to guarantee employment until age 70. Average life expectancy does not necessa rily
coincide with healthy life expectancy. Welfare services for the elderly were enhanced in the 1990s after the introduction of the VAT in
1989. In 2000 the long-term care insurance system was launched. However, due to higher-than-expected service usage, fiscal deficits
became apparent, and since 2003, benefit reductions have continued. Compared to Japanese people a century ago, today's Japanese people
enjoy the benefits of social policies, including social security. However, resource supply has not kept pace with the growing needs.
Reforms are underway to enable effective service utilization, but resource shortages are undeniable.

Satoko Hotta, Professor, Keio University
Satoko Hotta is a Professor at Keio University Graduate School of Health Management where
she is also a member of School of Medicine and the leader of Designing for Dementia Hub. She
has been an associate professor, Institute of Social Science, University of Tokyo, a visiting
professor, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Utrecht University, and a researcher, theNetherlands Institute for Social Research. Prof Hotta has participated in various councils to
support and accelerate the transition to more humane and sustainable care and communitydevelopment. She graduated from faculty of law, Kyoto University and for PhD in international
public policy in Osaka University.

What is your focus when you talk about social participation of people with dementia?
Many studies argue that social participation enhances wellbeing of people with dementia. One of the fundamental principles of the Basic
Act on Dementia to Promote an Inclusive Society in Japan (enforced from 2024) includes securing opportunities to participate in activities
in all areas of society. To ensure and promote social participation of people with cognitive impairment, it is crucial to have its clearer
definition and better understanding of associated factors that are modifiable. In December 2021, we conducted e-survey of family
caregivers of people living at home with early-stage cognitive impairment in Japan with the focus on out-of-home activities, social
interactions and participation in the community. In this survey, we categorized social participation into 4 types.
Through introducing some findings, we would like to discuss importance to focus on social participation not only to reduce the risk ofdementia but also to address the perspective of social inclusion and social citizenship.
Professor Hotta will also cover the approach taken to academic research and evaluation and implementation of policy recommendations
and their dissemination.

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Plenary Session 1: Japan Special Session
Yasushi Sukenari, Associate Professor, Tokyo University
Yasushi Sukenari is a sociologist and an associate professor at the Graduate School of Humanities
and Sociology, University of Tokyo. His research areas include housing, community and social
policy. Starting with The Historical Sociology of Modern Dwelling Space (2008, in Japanese), he
has investigated the origins of the housing regime of Japan. He has been conducting comparative
research on housing regimes in recent years. Also, by translating basic literature on the sociology of
housing and comprehending research histories, he has explored theories and methods for analysing
housing sociologically. In addition to historical and the oretical approaches, he has put effort into a
critical review of housing policy based on field research.

Reorganisation of housing policy in a super-aged society
This presentation will provide an overview of how housing policy in Japan has changed in response to the ageing of the population. In
doing so, it focuses on the Housing Safety NetAct, enacted in 2007 and amended in 2017 and 2024. Housing policy in Japan has been
constructed as an area of economic and industrial policy, and therefore, its place in social policy was marginal. However, with the mainstreaming of care at home and in the community, policy discourse concerning health care and long-term care stresses the importance of
housing. The concept of’ housing support' introduced in the Housing Safety Net Act represents the growing contiguity of housing andsocial welfare. This concept indicates that once heavily focused on material aspects, housing policy has directed its attention to personalsocial services. However, housing is an area with intense pressure towards commodification, and this tendency has become even moreevident since the 2000s.The supply of public housing and the commitment of public resources to housing support have stagnated. Thereemerges a contradiction in the reliance on commercial landlords and companies to secure housing for older people who are disadvantaged
in the housing market. Japanese society faces the challenge of developing a social market for housing and related services under financial
constraints

9Plenary Session 2: The EASP Session
The Triumphs and Tribulations of International Research
All of us who have tried to conduct international comparative research know that it is no easy task. With so many different cultures andnorms, finding a common basis for comparison is challenging at best. Nevertheless, the knowledge and insights gained from international
research have had a significant impact on our understanding of social policy, family and society. In this session, EASP/FISS is proud topresent two distinguished scholars who have led so many international projects and from whom all younger social policy scholars havelearned.

Bea Cantillon, Emeritus with assignment, University of Antwerp,
Dept. of Sociology, FISS Secretary-General
Bea Cantillon is Professor of Social Policy and member of the Herman Deleeck Centre forSocial Policy at the University of Antwerp. She has acted as a consultant to, among others,
the OECD, the European Commission, and the Belgian government. Currently, she is cochair of the federal High Committee for a Just Transition and member of the Belgian HighCouncil for Employment. Bea Cantillon is fellow of the Royal Belgian Academy of
Sciences and corresponding fellow of the British Academy. She was awarded a Doctorate
honoris causa by UCLouvain Saint-Louis Brussels and the Van Doorn Chair at the Erasmus
School of Social and Behavioural Sciences in Rotterdam. Recent book publications include
Reconciling Work and Poverty Reduction (with F. Vandenbroucke )and Decent Incomes forall ( with Tim Goedemé and John Hills ) both with Oxford University Press. She coauthored the book Social Indicators, The EU and Social Inclusion with Tony Atkinson, Erik
Marlier and Brian Nolan also with Oxford University Press. Recently she published several
papers on EU social funding and social citizenship.

The European Social Union in the making, From national welfare states to a European social policies
For decades, there was no need to assign direct social roles to the EU. Since the 2000s, however, the EU started to strengthen its roles, as anecessity. This major social turn is there to stay, necessitated by the ecological transition, the common market and enlargement. In thiscontribution, I will explain how the originally economic European unification has now also acquired a social dimension. I will take you
through the history of Europe's foundational principles, the growth and becoming of an ever bigger and closer union, and the resulting needfor increased cooperation in the social domain. Europe is not becoming a European welfare state but rather a unique type of union of social
welfare states.

Emiko Ochiai, Professor of Sociology at Kyoto Sangyo University
and Emeritus Professor at Kyoto University
Ochiai Emiko is Professor of Sociology at Kyoto Sangyo University and Emeritus Professor at
Kyoto University. She was invited to EHESS in Paris as Blaise Pascal Chair and to Stockholm
University and Nanjing University as visiting professor. Her areas of interest are gender, family,
and intimate relations in a larger social context and from historical and comparative perspectives.
In short, she is interested in the simultaneous transformation in private lives and public institutions.
Her major projects focus on care in the midst of welfare state reconfiguration and new migration
trends particularly in East and Southeast Asia. Her publications in this area of research include
Asia’s New Mothers (co-editorship, Global Oriental, 2008), Asian Women and Intimate Work(co-editorship, Brill, 2013), and Transformation of the Intimate and the Public in Asian Modernity(co-editorship, Brill, 2014). She has also devoted herself to the creation of common foundations
for international research collaboration within and on Asia, resulting in the publication of Asian
Families and Intimacies (4 vols., co-editorship, Sage, 2021), a collection of most influential works
from 9 Asian societies, and the CAFS (Comparative Asian Family Survey) database. She is the
Editor-in-Chief for The Intimate and the Public in Asian and Global Perspectives series from Brill.

Joys and Challenges of Comparative Research in Asia: The Importance of Creating Common Foundations for
Collaboration
Comparative research on Asian societies is a joyful but challenging endeavour. It is a real thrill to come across unexpected facts that
require new explanations and broaden your horizons. It also gives you the chance to make friends from different societies who may be partof your life for a long time. At the same time, comparative research, especially in the Asian region, poses several challenge s, including
those of framing, theory and method. Thus, in order to fulfil the mission of creating a common basis for international research collaboration
within and on Asia, a three-level project has been undertaken on the initiative of our group. The first level is to collect, translate and shareimportant research findings from Asian insider perspectives that have been published or presented in the various languages of Asia. The
second is to create a common base for empirical research by building a database for international comparison. The third level is to enableeffective international collaborative research projects on various topics. We sincerely hope that the younger generation will benefit fromour pioneering work and follow us to pave the way we have opened.

Due to unforeseen circumstances, Professor Peter Saunders's keynote speech has been cancelled.
10Plenary Session 3: FISS Special Session
The Latest Developments of Social Policy in Europe
In this special FISS Session, 4 distinguished speakers will present latest developments in social policy research in Europe. Issues such as
how to envisage environmental protection as well as social protection, how to incorporate the concept of resilience in social policy, as well
as new developments in the EU will be discussed.

Kenneth Nelson, Barnett Professor of Social Policy, Department
of Social Policy and Intervention, University of Oxford
Kenneth Nelson holds the Barnett Professorship in Social Policy at the Department ofSocial Policy and Intervention (DSPI) at the University of Oxford. Nelson was previously
Professor of Sociology at Stockholm University. Prof Nelson conducts research on thedrivers and consequences of welfare states and social policy, often using comparative
research methods. He has written extensively of various topics related to social policy,
including the role of partisan politics, poverty, social inequality, health, intergenerational
justice, and employment. Nelson is the director of the renowned Social Policy Indicators
Database (SPIN). He is also co-chair of the European Social Policy Analysis network(ESPA net), which is the largest international research community on social policy inEurope, if not the world. He is board member of the Foundation for International Studies
of Social Security (FISS), and active in several research projects at European level.

Social sustainability in the decarbonized European welfare states
Decarbonization, environmental protection, and sustainable development are more topical than ever. Despite long-standing debates about
the regressive profile of environmental taxes, the welfare state’s role in buffering adverse distributive impacts of climate policy is largely
unexplored. In this talk, I will draw on the evidence we recently have gathered from two Swedish and European projects on environmental
and social policy. My talk will centre on how social insurance and social assistance (that is, the old type of social policies) shields
households from falling into poverty due to environmental taxes tied to consumption.

Rense Nieuwenhuis Researcher, Stockholm University
Rense Nieuwenhuis, associate professor in sociology at the Swedish Institute for Social
Research (SOFI) at Stockholm University, studies how family diversity and social policy
affect poverty and economic inequality. Typically, his research is country-comparative andhas a gender perspective. His recent focus was on single-parent families, how women’s
earnings affect inequality between households, and family policy outcomes. Nieuwenhuis
is the joint coordinator of the Horizon-Europe financed rEUsilience project. He publishedin journals such as Social Forces, European Sociological Review, European Societies,
Journal of Marriage and Family, and Journal of European Social Policy. He co-edited thebooks ‘The triple bind of single-parent families’, the ‘Palgrave Handbook of Family
Policy’, and ‘Social Policy in Changing European Societies’. Occasionally, he acts as
independent expert for organisations such as UN Women, the European Commission, theEuropean Parliament, and the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE).

Inequality in European resilience
I will describe how “resilience” has become more central in EU policy debates and initiatives. Originally responding to the Covid-19
pandemic, the EU 2020 strategic foresight presented resilience as a new compass for EU policies. The concept of resilience certainly has anumber of strengths, but is also faced with important critiques. Building on the work in the Horizon Europe-funded rEUsilience project, I
will critically discuss the use of “resilience” by the EU, and present the “inequalities in resilience framework” as a suitable alternative. This
framework acknowledges that not all families are exposed to the same risks nor has the same capacity to effectively respond to risks, andprovides better opportunities for monitoring resilience in the EU.

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Plenary Session 3: FISS Special Session
Agnieszka Chłoń-Domińczak, Associate Professor, SGH Warsaw
School of Economics
Vice-Rector for Science and Director of the Institute of Statistics and Demography at SGH
Warsaw School of Economics. Member of the Committee on Demographic Studies of thePolish Academy of Sciences, and Deputy Managing Director as well as Country Team
Leader for Poland in the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE).
Formerly, among others, deputy minister of labour and social policy in Poland. In 2021-2023
member of the High-Level Group on the future of social protection and of the welfare state in
the EU, advising the European Commission. Her areas of specialisation include demography,
pension systems, the labour market, social policy, health and education.

Public policies and access to power resources towards resilient individual life courses and societies
The future of the welfare state and social protection in the European Union needs policies that focus on developing and providing access topower resources at different stages of the life course: from early childhood to older ages. Building on the work in the Horizon Europefunded EUSOCIALCIT and FutuRes project, the presentation will focus on the type of power resources needed to ensure the stable futureof the welfare state and social policies in Europe, taking into account determinants of resilience against disturbances and micro, meso, andmacro levels.

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Panel Sessions
2024 EASP/FISS Joint Conference13Panel Session PN-01
Panel Title: Interrogating the Diverse World of Welfare in East Asian Societies
Chair: Aya Abe, Tokyo Metropolitan University
This panel brings together various analyses from a larger project on social protection systems around the world. While East Asian welfare
regimes have been summarizingly described in terms such as productivist (Holliday, 2000) or Confucian(Lin, 1999), the papers in thispanel have found also substantial between- and within- society diversity in welfare responses. The panel will feature four presentations on
various aspects of East Asian welfare systems, in particular: public assistance, responses to Covid-19, family support policies (e.g.
childcare leave and subsidies), and within-society variation in social protection. We will uncover the extent of characteristics such as
coverage, generosity and conditionality. By adopting (to varying extent) a model family approach with family archetypes of different
configuration, employment status and earnings level, the panel also discusses the distributional impacts of various policies for instance byworker type and household income. Overall, as it attempts to draw similarities and differences within East Asian welfare systems, andbetween East Asia and western systems, this panel offers more intricate characterizations of East Asian welfare systems.

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Chenghong Peng, University of Hong Kong
Julia Shu-Huah Wang, National Taiwan University; Ji Young Kang, Chungnam National University;
Aya Abe, Tokyo Metropolitan University; Xi Zhao, Renmin University of China;
Irene Y.H. Ng, National University of Singapore; Inhoe Ku, Seoul National University;
Liping Zhao, Qian Zhang, The University of Hong Kong

A typology of minimum income protection in East Asia: Comparison of public assistance programme
Public assistance programs serve as the last-resort safety nets that provide minimum income protection for people living in poverty. While
comparative studies on the features and typologies of minimum income protection are growing in developed welfare states such as Europe
and the US, evidence from the non-Western world is scarce. Alongside the great economic miracles that societies in East Asia haveachieved, public assistance programs have also been established or undergone transformations in recent decades. The values ofConfucianism, which emphasize obligations and family support, set East Asia apart from its Western counterparts and warrant further
academic exploration of its minimum income protection systems. This study aims to bridge the gaps between Eastern and Westernminimum income protection studies by comparing the public assistance programs in six societies across East Asia: Japan (Public
Assistance), South Korea (National Basic Livelihood Security), Singapore (ComCare), Mainland China (Dibao), Hong Kong
(Comprehensive Social Security Assistance), and Taiwan (assistance to low-income households and mid-to-low-income households). We
will compare five dimensions, including eligibility rules, application procedures, generosity, activation policies, and response to Covid-19.
The eligibility rules define the "deserved poor" who have access to the benefit, the application procedure reflects the administrative burden,
the features of activation policies manifest the workfare ideologies, and the response to Covid-19 demonstrates responsiveness to external
shocks. We will propose a typology of public assistance programs in East Asia and discuss their uniqueness and similarities with Western
welfare states.

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Ji Young Kang, Chungnam National University
Julia Shu-Huah Wang, National Taiwan University; Aya Abe, Tokyo Metropolitan University;
Chenhong Peng, The University of Hong Kong; Inhoe Ku, Seoul National University;
Irene Y.H. Ng, National University of Singapore; Xi Zhao, Renmin University of China

Social protection for low-income workers during the Covid-19 pandemic in East Asia
The Covid-19 pandemic has caused unprecedented disruptions in the global labor market, including in East Asian societies. Our goal is toassess the level of social protection available to low-income workers in East Asian welfare states who have lost their jobs during the
pandemic. Rather than treating low-income workers as a homogeneous group, we use a model family approach to examine the various
social programs that people with different earnings levels (16 hours of minimum wage, half the national average wage, and the national
average wage) and three occupations (taxi drivers, tour guides, and small business owners) can expect. We compare the overall generosityof the social safety net, which includes Covid-related worker support/employment protection and unemployment insurance, by calculating
the replacement rate relative to previous earnings. We found that Singapore provided the highest replacement rate for workers earning 16
hours of minimum wage (the least economically disadvantaged), followed by China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan, and Korea. However, forhigher income levels of half and the national average wage, Taiwan, Japan, and Korea (except the case of small business owners) provide
greater social protection than other societies. In Japan and Korea, a person's eligibility for unemployment insurance is a key factor in
determining the generosity of the social safety net when unemployed, but not in Taiwan. In societies without unemployment insurance,such as Singapore and Hong Kong, generous Covid-specific work-related benefits were provided. This research contributes to ourknowledge of social protection for low-income workers in East Asian welfare states.

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Panel Session PN-01
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Irene Y.H. Ng, National University of Singapore
Julia Shu-Huah Wang, National Taiwan University; Ji Young Kang, Chungnam National University;
Xi Zhao, Renmin University of China; Chenhong Peng, The University of Hong Kong;
Aya Abe, Tokyo Metropolitan Univaersity

Activating Family Policies in East Asia
With more women joining the labour force, governments have enacted activating family policies in order to support workers to keep
working while also having children and bringing them up. This paper compares activating policies such as paternity, maternity andchildcare leaves and childcare subsidies provided in six East-Asian societies. It discusses the magnitude and nature of these policies in thecontext of welfare development, gendered norms and demographic trends in each society. The essence of the findings are as follows. In
China, where family policies are also population control policies, leave days are few and institutional infant and childcare limited. Hong
Kong and Singapore also offer fewer leaves to parents and limited subsidies for childcare, with Singapore being the most “activating” byrequiring mothers to work and Hong Kong employing a more market-based approach with leaves paid by employers. The two societies
with the lowest fertility rates, Taiwan and Korea, take a more supportive stance, offering either childcare subsidies or child allowances
whether parents work or not. However, their levels of support are far below that of super-aged Japan, where through its employment
insurance system, both mothers and fathers can take a whole year off from work when a child is born. The question, however, is the extent
that such generous benefits are utilized in a context with high work norms, especially among males. The presentation will flesh out thenuances of these policies and their contexts.

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Julia Shu-Huah Wang, National Taiwan University
Xi Zhao, Renmin University of China; Chenhong Peng, The University of Hong Kong;
Aya Abe, Tokyo Metropolitan University; Ji Young Kang, Chungnam National University;
Inhoe Ku, Seoul National University; Irene Y.H. Ng, National University of Singapore

Subnational welfare variations in social protection programs: A comparative analysis between big and small cities in
East Asia
Cross-national comparative welfare studies often neglect subnational variations in welfare design, obscuring the extent of geographic
equity in welfare rights within societies. By examining welfare disparities within countries, the relative positions across societies can vary
substantially. In this paper, we focus on East Asia (Japan, South Korea, Mainland China, and Taiwan) and aim to challenge methodologicalnationalism in welfare literature. Our objective is to compare the generosity of social protection systems both across and within these four
East Asian societies. To achieve this, we have selected cities representing the top and bottom 10 percent in population size within each
respective society: Tokyo, Aomori, Seoul, Iksan, Beijing, Tongchuan, Taipei, and Chiayi. Employing a model family approach, we collectincome packaging data for three hypothetical family profiles (single adult female, single mother with one child aged 5 years, and two adults
with two children aged 7 and 14) across three income levels (no earnings, 50% and 100% of national average earnings), totaling ninefamilies per city. The income packaging data encompasses labor income, income tax, social security contributions, essential costs, andsocial benefits. Our results reveal the most pronounced discrepancies in welfare entitlements between big and small cities in Taiwan andmainland China, while regional disparities are comparatively minimal in Korea, followed by Japan. To deepen our understanding, weincorporate additional data to explore whether these findings stem from differences in the cost of living, the presence and tolerance of
inequality, fiscal capacity, or demographic factors.

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Panel Session PN-02
Panel Title: Digitalization and the Precarious Work in East Asia
Chair: Sophia Seung-yoon Lee, Chung-Ang University
The panel aims to explore the multifaceted dimensions of work precarization within the gig economy in East Asia, emphasizing the roles
digital labor platforms play in transforming traditional employment paradigms. Through a detailed examination of the cases from Japan,
South Korea, Taiwan, and China, the session seeks to uncover the nuanced ways in which digitalization has influenced the labor market,
particularly affecting self-employed, informal, and gig workers, including single mothers and garment workers in the fast fashion industry.
The panel seeks to contribute to a deeper understanding of the socio-economic transformations induced by the gig economy and digitallabor platforms in East Asia. It aims to foster a dialogue among academics, policymakers, and practitioners on developing more inclusive
social policies that can mitigate the risks of precarity and enhance the welfare of vulnerable workers in the digital age.
The objectives of the panel include:- Assessing the Impact of Digital Labor Platforms: Investigating how these platforms have reshaped the nature of self-employment,
contributing to the emergence of 'bogus self-employment' and increasing the vulnerability of workers to precarity.
- Social Policy Implications: Identifying the challenges and limitations of current social protection systems in extending cove rage to gig
and informal economy workers. The discussion will focus on innovative approaches to social policy that could better address the needs ofthis new precariat.
- Regional Comparisons and Policy Learning: Drawing lessons from the experiences of different East Asian countries in managing thechallenges posed by the gig economy. This includes examining the regulatory frameworks, social security measures, and labor r ights
protections in response to the digital transformation of work.

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Sophia Seung-yoon Lee, Chung-Ang University
Seung-ho Baek, The Catholic University of Korea

The Illusory Autonomy: The precarization of Self-Employed Workers through Digital Labour Platforms in South Korea
This study delves into the evolving landscape of work precipitated by the advent of Digital Labor Platforms (DLPs) with a specific focus
on South Korea, a country witnessing rapid digital platform adoption among self-employed workers. While DLPs have been praised foroffering flexibility and autonomy, this research uncovers a darker facet: the transformation of genuinely self-employed workers into what
can be termed as "bogus self-employed" workers, disguised as self-employment while enduring precarious working conditions typicallyassociated with informal and formal waged employment. Drawing upon empirical data, this study aims to elucidate the mechanisms
through which DLPs facilitate this precarious shift and further entrench workers in dependent forms of employment. This inquiry issituated within the broader discourse on the informalization of work through DLPs and explores the interface between the informal
economy and the so-called 'gig economy' in Korea. By analyzing primary data collected from surveys and interviews with workers engaged
in DLPs, alongside secondary data from platform policies and labor market statistics, this study offers an in-depth examination of how
digital platforms exercise control over labor processes, specifically through algorithmic management, and how these practices contribute to
the erosion of standard employment protections.

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Flora Wu Xiaofang, Sun Zhongwei, South China Normal University

Why social security system cannot expand to informal economy in China? Rise of e-commerce fashion industry andprecarious garment workers in Pearl River Delta region
The size of workers in the urban informal economy as a share of urban workforce in China is about 60 percents and more jobs continued tobe created and expanded in this sector under digitalization. Vast flexible workers are produced with vulnerability and left behind by
existing social protection programs, and thus constitutes typically precarious working class in contemporary urban China. Covering theinformal economy workers by innovative social protection program is now at the forefront of social security priorities in China.
This qualitative research focuses emergence of fast fashion industry and its derived vast garment workers in Pearl River Delta(PRD) region.
We conduct fieldwork in business district of Sun Yet Sung in Guangzhou(southeast coastal China), which accumulated 59 related
professional markets distributed in the upstream and downstream of production, 23 thousands small workshops with elaborate division,and 0.3 million flexible workers. We aims to answer three related research questions. How digitalization transform traditional garment
industry and create fast fashion industry? What production process is emerged ? Why these workers are missed in urban social safety net in
China? This paper hopes to shed light upon on the knowledge of informal economy and precarious workers in the era of digitalization.
In late years traditional distributional channels, such as department stores and mass merchandise stores, are replaced by online
marketplaces and e-commerce platforms (such as Taobao , Shopee and PDD（Temu)) in China . This type of e-commerce is called a mode(a partial) platform digitalization, which is especially prominent in garment industry. The value chain is becoming flattened, vast
diversified sellers are involved in with huge demand of nonstandard and small orders, and customers can purchase apparel productions onmobile device within several clicks. As a result, millions of traditional garment workshops not only didn’t disappear in China, but has been
involved into fast fashion industry with fully-competitive market. New forms of informal economy has been created and shaped highly
flexible production process, which is vividly called model of “quick return to small orders”(小单快返).
We develop a initial framework of production regimes to capture emerging digital informal economy as we discussed above. With nexus ofproduct and labor markets, four types of production regimes form. The first type is both stable product and labor market, such as formal
workers in large manufacture factory; second regime points to stable product market but flexible labor market, such as dispatched workers;
the third type is composed by unstable product market but stable labor market, such as some SOEs workers in China. The forth type isunstable/vibrant product and labor market, such as flexible garment workers as discussed in this paper. The fourth type of production
regime is expanded quickly and intensified under e-commerce, but is less discussed in existing literature.
The preliminary findings shows that, production model of “quick return for small orders” is characterized by nonstandard-designed orders,
prompt delivery and shorten production period, small volumes, and vibrant production cycle. It thus embeds a highly flexible production

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process. Firstly, workers are largely paid on daily basis with piece-rate wage, and the daily wage for a skilled worker reaches 90-100
dollars per day in peak period. Secondly, their employed period is calculated by the orders, thus workers are shortly employed andfrequently change in different workshops. “Workshop without workers” is common under this flexible production regime. Thirdly, long
working hour with 15 hours per day is common among these workers. Fourthly, the workers are lack of social protection. Thus typicalprecarious workers group has been produced under e-commerce production.

We develop two mechanisms to further explain that why existing formal social security system hardly expand to these precarious workers.
One is ‘exclusion’ mechanism, these garment workshops are out of business registration system, and thus the employers are not qualified
to pay social insurance premium for the labors. Informal economy is originally disconnected to formal social protection system. The
other is ‘exit’ mechanism, these young informal workers are not willing to pay for ‘expansive’ social insurance and thus choose to be
informal workers, rather than enter into formal factory. To sum up, in this highly flexible production regime, both the employers andlabors don’t develop incentives to participate in the national social security system, external risk of the fast fashion industry thus finallyburdened by the bottom workers.

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Hui-Fen Hung, Soochow University
Shao-fen Lee, National Tsing-Hua University; Fang-Yi Huang, Soochow University; Chung-Yang Yeh,
Soochow University

Cumulating Precarity in Gig Economy: The Precariatization of Single mothers in Taiwan
The "gig economy" rise is inextricably linked to the development of artificial intelligence and digital technologies. With the emergence andexpansion of “labor market platforms,” more and more people do not need to be attached to enterprises or work organizations but instead
act as "independent workers" (or gig workers), which would face higher degree of precarity and economic insecurity and are often sociallyexcluded from social protection. However, earlier studies rarely analyze it through the gender lens. From the gender perspective, therefore,
we argue that single mothers of independent worker are a typical case to illustrate the concept of precariatization and cumulating precarity
in Taiwan under the gig economy. In this study, we interviewed more than 30 single mothers who are independent workers in Taiwan. We
found that due to the "isolated" parenting situation of single mothers, independent work would endow single mothers with flexibilities toresolve work-life conflicts, but simultaneously gradually results in their precariatization. First, the absence of formal and informal care
supports led single mothers to become independent workers. The rise of the gig economy has allowed single mothers to flexibly arrange
their working hours to meet their children's care needs through slanted employment. This melts the boundaries between public and private
spheres. In addition, such employment strategies have been precariatizing the lives of single mothers. Without regular wages, and “doing
more and earning more” reinforce the commodification of labor. This cumulating precarity can even harm children's well-being and future
development. We found that a certain percentage of single mothers interviewed came from single-parent or intergenerational parenting
families. By focusing on single mothers of independent workers, this study attempts to how multiple precarity could be cumulated(precariatization) and the intersectionality of gender and class is important to understand the precariatization of single mothers.

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Kamimura, Yasuhiro, Nagoya University
Naka, Shuhei, Meiji Gakuin University

Freelancers and Social Protection in Japan: Focusing on Platform Work and its Job Quality
The spread of COVID-19 has triggered more controversy regarding access to social protection for the self-employed. This is because thefact that self-employed workers faced greater economic hardship during the pandemic due to limited social security compared to employedworkers. The debate began in the mid-2010s with the emergence of freelancers in the platform economy, who were closer to the nature ofdependent employment. Platform work is rapidly expanding in Japan, as in Europe, the U.S., and East Asia, in terms of the number ofworkers and the types of services they provide. However, research on the actual status of freelance, which consists of a diverse range ofworkers (including gig or platform work), has only just begun. In this paper, we address the following two research questions based on alarge-scale web survey focusing on self-employed workers and freelancers (sample size: 11,600, of which 1,469 are platform-based
workers). First, we describe what makes the job quality (income, working hours, job content, discretion of work, etc.) of freelancers who
use platforms different from that of traditional freelancers. Second, we analyze how the differences in the job quality affect the attitude
towards social security system (e.g., public pension, health insurance, and unemployment insurance). Based on the results of these analyses,
we point out the characteristics of digital freelance in Japan and discuss the implications for social policy.

17Panel Session PN-03
Panel Title: Housing and Community Development in China and Australia
Chair: Bingqin Li, University of New South Wales
The panel will address housing and community development concerns in China and Australia, focusing on both youth and elderly
populations. Topics to be discussed include the precarious housing situation of young people and the ways in which government policies
have contributed to or alleviated these challenges, the willingness of elderly individuals to engage in housing-for-pension schemes, and theexperiences of later-life transnational migrants and their integration into new communities. The primary goal is to investigate theconnections between housing studies and social policies while offering evidence-based policy suggestions that can inform decision-makers.
This event is co-hosted by the Asia-Pacific Network for Housing Research (APNHR) and the East Asia Social Policy (EASP) Network.

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Jin Zhu, The University of Hong Kong

COVID-19 and aggravated housing precarity for international students: an Australian case study
The housing experience of international students has attracted increasing academic attention in recent years. Australia’s large international
student population is largely reliant on lightly-regulated private rental housing, a market sector subject to extreme turbulence during
COVID-19. However, while aspects of Australian student housing stress during the pandemic have been already investigated, the specificissues affecting a substantial component of the broader cohort have yet to be examined. Around 130,000 Australian international students
were stranded overseas for two years (2020-22) by international border closures. Their experiences of this episode cast new light onvulnerable renter precarity in lightly-regulated markets. Via an online survey and in-depth interviews, this paper examines the challenges
posed for stranded students in terms of their Australian tenancies, and how these were handled. Three main findings emerge: 1) uncertainty
deriving from travel restrictions reduced student bargaining power in the rental market; 2) inability to terminate leases, unfavourable rent
negotiation outcomes and welfare exclusion caused serious financial stress; and 3) widespread subletting exposed students to eviction andexploitation. These findings foreground important downsides of Australia’s long-existing neoliberal university regime and inadequate
student housing provision that endanger the fundamental purposes of higher education, and risk tarnishing Australia’s reputation as aninternational student destination.

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Bingqin Li, Yiran Li, University of New South Wales

Intergenerational family relations and old age volunteer: The perspectives of older Chinese immigrants in Australia
Old age volunteering emerges as a significant aspect of life for older individuals, playing a crucial role in combating social isolation,
especially among older Chinese immigrants in Australia. However, how volunteering may interact with intergenerational family relationsin Chinese immigrant families are under explored. Through in-depth interviews conducted in Greater Sydney in 2022 and 2023, this study
explores the influence of intergenerational relations and familial decision-making regarding volunteering. The findings suggest thatvolunteering can significantly affect intergenerational relations, serving both to mend weakened family bonds and to reshape roles within
the family structure. For older Chinese immigrants, volunteering has provided a means to access public services, navigate social systems,
and reduce dependency on their children, thereby fostering functional, normative, and affective solidarity. Conversely, non-participation involunteering is often linked to demanding household duties or protective family relationships. This study also uncovers theinterconnectedness of the six dimensions of intergenerational family relations, echoing the Chinese adage on the dissipating solidarity amid
prolonged care responsibilities. It highlights the need for a better understanding and preparation for immigration's implications, advocating
for capacity-building programs for both older immigrants and their adult children.

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Xiaohui Zhong, Sun Yat-sen University

Why Housing-for-Pension Scheme is NOT an Old-age Support Option for Childless Older People in China?
The introduction of housing-for-pension schemes has encountered obstacles in China, with almost all pilot cities and experimental
programmes failing and the willingness of older people to participate being low. Existing studies have mainly evaluated the policy
feasibility from the perspective of policy makers, with little consideration given to the willingness of older people to participate. To fill thisgap, this study examines how childless older people in urban China understand the housing-for-pension schemes and how they plan carearrangements in old-age. The researchers carried out in-depth interviews with 27 childless older people and 10 government as well as
community civil servants in Shanghai in 2019. This study finds that despite the absence of children’s inheritance considerations, thewillingness of this group of older people to participate in government-provided house-for-pension schemes remains low due to the fear of
being caught in a risky situation and losing familiar surroundings. Instead, they actively used housing and temporal resources to establish
substitute families to meet their care needs. This study argues that the governance of ageing society should give high priority to thedifferences in risk perceptions within older people’s groups, and that policy-making should take trust-building into account. In the
meanwhile, substitute families may not be able to meet older people’s care needs during critical moments, and more financial, service andlegal support is needed.

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Zhiming Chen, The University of Hong Kong

Mobilising urban village houses into local social housing provision: Towards a hybrid mode of social housing(re)production in China
After China’s housing reform in 1990s and particularly the Global Financial Crisis, social housing has experienced a resurge in the context
of soaring housing prices and worsening housing affordability. However, the state-led social housing construction may not be sufficient tomeet the rapid population growth in its major cities. Shenzhen, for example, has seen a population increase of 5.77 million between 2016
and 2021. Considering the limited supply of land for state social housing construction, Shenzhen Municipal Government has to embrace ahybrid mode of social housing (re)production. Using Shenzhen as a case city, this paper explores the following questions: 1) To what
extent has Shenzhen faced a pressure in social housing provision? 2) What innovative approaches have local governments utilised to
expand social housing supply? 3) What is the role of urban village houses in facilitating governments’ expansion of social housing?
Research methods includes document review (including municipal and district governments reports, planning documents and news/media
reports) and interviews with local officials, urban village landlords and tenants. We find that Shenzhen faces a significant structuralpressure in providing social housing, which partially stems from the limited land supply. The state-constructed social housing can basicallycover 8% of its total population, but there is still a significant gap considering the municipality’s target – 23%. To fill the gap, themunicipality has to embrace a hybrid mode and explore the possibility of social housing provision by other sectors. Urban villages – themain form of informal housing in China – have become a major source to supplement social housing supply in this process. As
longstanding ‘arrival cities’, urban villages have been de facto social housing for low-income populations but without registered titles ofsocial housing. The recent developments manifest a reproduction process. With the mandate set by Shenzhen Municipal Government,
lower-level governments can selectively produce social housing, either through construction new social housing on the site of demolishedurban villages or through recognising and renaming the village houses as social housing after renovation. The renovation approacharguably progresses at a faster pace than the demolition work in those areas, and thus is more favoured by local governments. In general,
Shenzhen is now towards a hybrid mode of social housing (re)production, which largely relies on the huge stock of urban villages. But therenovation of urban villages and its socio-economic consequences (e.g. displacement of original tenants) deserve more attention.

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Panel Session PN-04
Panel Title: Pension Reform in East Asia
Chair: Shih-Jiunn Shi, National Taiwan University
Over the past decade, East Asian welfare states have encountered numerous challenges in the post-COVID-19 era, stemming from theinternational political and economic environment as well as the impact of COVID-19. These challenges encompass low wages, nonstandard employment, high housing prices, fiscal pressure from ageing populations, and population decline. However, changes in political
economy and social demographics will give rise to various structural pressures and challenges for welfare states, compelling them toundergo reforms to align with contemporary social and economic structures. Nevertheless, countries will react in diverse ways whenconfronted with comparable structural pressures. This divergence is attributable to distinct institutional histories, varying interpretations of
the issues among policy actors, and differences in policy ideas, interests, and power relations. Hence, the policy responses across various
countries will exhibit significant variations, even within the classification of East Asian welfare states, encompassing nations like Japan,
Taiwan, South Korea, and People's Republic of China. This panel collects three papers on pension reforms that adress these structuralpressures and the distinct response patterns among the East Asian welfare states in striking the balance between adequate old-age security
and financial sustainability of the pension systems. The combination of single country case study and comparative research should shed
new light on the evolution of pension systems and on the prospect of old-age security in East Asia.

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Shih-Jiunn Shi, National Taiwan University

Sustaining Old-Age Security in China: Tackling Regional and Occupational Inequalities in Recent Pension Reforms
The Chinese pension system has achieved universal coverage over the past decades, with a multi-tier structure that offers basic pensions to
all residents, while allowing different treatment among various occupational groups and across the regions. However, the growing labormarket stratification and regional disparities have entrenched the unequal entitlements; and have exacerbated the financial situation of thepension programs of poor provinces that the central government must intervene to redress. Drawing on the insight of the political economy
literature on pension reforms, this article argues that the labor market structures, intergovernmental interaction between central and local
governments, as well as the institutional framework of the existing pension system, crucially shape the reform paths. In this regard, recent
Chinese reform efforts are characterized by 1). integration of the pension programs for employees of the public and private sectors thatseeks to mitigate the benefit inequality; 2). introduction of a national fund that redistributes the financial resources among the provinces;and 3). promotion of private commercial insurance that compensates for the declining capacities of public pensions. Empirical data
underpinning the above theoretical arguments rely on the document analysis of available government documents, along with the collection
and compilation of descriptive official statistical data. The major findings indicate that, while the authoritarian political system may allow
the central government leeway to put through tough measures, reform politics of the above three issues touches upon the structural barriersof labor market dualization (between employees of public and private sectors), central-local relations in terms of financial responsibilities
for social provision, and the unequal capacities of the individuals to purchase private pensions. In view of the fast pace of population aging,recent pension reforms are likely to stabilize the financial state of the pension system but are unable to address the fundamental inequalities
that will shape the stratification of old-age security in China.

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Masato Shizume, Ritsumeikan University

Old Age Income Mixes in East Asia: Compressed Modernity with Institutionalized Tradition
East Asian countries have a variety of income mixes in old age, depending on the maturity of public pensions, the development of private
pensions, the conditions of the labour market for the elderly, and the environment for informal income transfers. We classify the income
security systems for the elderly in China, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan in terms of the state tier, market tier, and informal tie r. In the state tier,public pensions play a central role in old age. Private pensions and wages are the main sources of income in the market economy. Informal
support from adult children to parents is still widespread in these countries.
Public pension systems have a major impact on the income mix. If a public pension system is introduced at a stage when the dependency
ratio is low, so that the demographic dividend is large, the system could easily expand its scope. A pension system introduced around thedisappearance of the demographic dividend will provide inadequate benefits, leaving labour income and informal transfers to play a larger
role. In the face of rapid population aging, newly established pension systems are being reformed at a faster pace than the old ones. As aresult, "compressed modernity" (Chang 1999) with institutionalized tradition is advancing in the income mix of the elderly in East Asia.

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Fang-yi Huang, Soochow University; Traute Meyer, Southampton University

Women’s gains offsetting men’s losses? Pension reform, labour market change, and the pensioner household in
Europe, Japan, Korea and Taiwan
The argument is well established in the comparative welfare state literature that ageing societies have left governments no alternative to
reducing the generosity of pension systems. Since the 1980s most OECD countries have been reformed accordingly, leading to lower
entitlements for all income groups. On this basis one would expect a corresponding increase of poverty risks of retirees, an assumption
made in much of the institutional pension literature. Our paper starts from the assumption that this conclusion is simplistic.
First it pays too little attention to South-East Asian welfare states such as Korea and Taiwan, which on the one hand had to expand andrebuild their pension systems fundamentally since the 1990s, while on the other facing cost containment pressures (What to do with Japan
here?). Secondly it ignores changing gender relations and their implications for retirement incomes everywhere. These changes include
increased employment participation of women since the 1960s in Europe and the 1990s in South-East Asia, coinciding with a slight decline
for men, increased female education levels, the introduction of child-care-sensitive social policies and the modernisation of attitudes
towards work and gender equality.
Against this background our paper explores the hypothesis that women’s improved access to labour market income and social rights haveoffset the impact of pension retrenchment on male breadwinners about to retire and recently retired in Europe. Similarly, female improved
economic strength is likely to help pensioner households in Japan (?), Korea and Taiwan cope with the low pension income generated
through their only recently matured systems. Overall, we will argue that as a consequence of modernised gender relations everywhere,
pensioner households are less affected by demographic change than is often assumed.

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Panel Title: Transforming the welfare state from the margins
Chair: Chikako Endo, Osaka University
Recently, there is increasing emphasis on the perspectives of people at the ‘margins’ for transforming unjust social structures. The idea isthat, while the interests of the privileged are often embedded in the system (Hayward, 2017; Young, 2000), taking the perspective of thoseat the margins can catalyse politicisation and policy innovations (Michener et al., 2022; Turner, 2016). When applied to studies of thewelfare state, this means shifting our focus from the standard question of who controls and shapes the welfare state, to who is mostadversely affected by it in terms of the resources and opportunities available to them (Michener et al., 2022). Nonetheless, for the most part,interpretations of social problems and how to solve them have taken a top-down approach, and there is still no clear consensus on a future
vision of the welfare state or its institutional alternative. The aim of this panel is to empirically explore the experiences, actions andproposals of those traditionally positioned at the ‘margins’ of the welfare state in Japan and South Korea, where margins denote social
positions of structural disadvantage, and to draw out their critical perspectives and policy implications. The cases we draw on include
young carers, female domestic workers, single mothers and newly organised social service providers.
The papers in this panel proposal are part of a larger project on interrogating the welfare state from the margins in Japan a nd Korea.

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Bo-Yung Kim, Yeungnam University
Young Jun Choi, Yonsei University; Seo Eun Oh, Yonsei University

More than hidden and passive: Challenges and active strategies of young carers
In recent years, there has been a growing policy focus on care, particularly for children, individuals with disabilities, and those with chronic
illnesses. Traditionally, young people were not the primary beneficiaries of the welfare state and were neither considered as carers nor carerecipients. In South Korea, however, as the conventional family role diminishes and the communal responsibility for care remains
incomplete, there is a rising number of young adults who find themselves taking on caregiving roles for individuals with chronic physicaland mental health conditions without much social support. Much literature pay attention to their social risks and regards them as passive
and hidden citizens in the society. Yet, this study illuminates young carers’ coping strategies and entrepreneurship as agile and active
citizens to improve their vulnerability. We provides a comprehensive understanding of these young adult caregivers by conducting 15 indepth qualitative interviews. The qualitative investigation delves into the economic, social, and health-related barriers. Despite thesechallenges, the study uncovers the resilience and coping strategies employed by these individuals, ranging from emotional and problemfocused approaches to active strategies to create positive changes even at the policy level.

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Hyunok Lee, Sogang University

From Cooperatives to Labor Union: Domestic Workers’ Actions in South Korea
This study focuses on women workers’ endeavors to address their needs in the absence of adequate state welfare after the financial crisis inSouth Korea. The 1997 financial crisis marked as the end of the developmental citizenship (Chang 2007). The structural adjustments
following the crisis led to increased poverty and employment instability. Despite the implementation of various social policies during thisperiod, the response was not swift enough to meet the urgent needs of the workers. In response to the economic changes and challenges,
unconventional workers’ movements emerged encompassing activities ranging from job creation and business model development topublic awareness campaigns, policy advocacy for domestic workers' rights, and collective bargaining. In the context of erosion of
citizenship (Turner 2001), the rise of domestic workers movements is unique as they pursue public recognition in terms of their legal status
and economic and reproductive contribution. It provides insights how they negotiate to identify their needs and claim their rights at themargin. Drawing on the interview with an organizer and internal documents of these organizations, this paper examines how women
workers identify their needs, develop and revise their strategies in the absence of sufficient state welfare programs, and discusses thesignificance of their actions in re-shaping the boundaries of citizenship.

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Yuko Tamiya, Kobe Gakuin University

Single Mothers’ Adaptive Solidarity for Gender-Inclusive Social Policy Shifts
The Japanese social security system, which was built on the assumption of male-headed households, prioritised benefits to widows wholost their breadwinner while providing lower benefits to divorced and never-married women. This gendered welfare system, coupled withthe male-dominated labour market, trapped single mothers in persistent in-work poverty for decades. Nevertheless, since the 2000s social
allowances for single mothers were raised. This study seeks to elucidate the process of this policy alteration by critical scrutiny of
documents including transcripts of government councils and parliamentary debates related to the policymaking process. It explores thestrategies that single mothers' activism adopted as a social minority.
Single mothers strategically fragmented their multifaceted needs and allied themselves with various marginalised groups in relation to theprevailing social policy context. In the torrent of neoliberal social security reforms of the late 1990s and early 2000s, single mothers
embraced the anti-poverty agenda of increasing precarious workers as their own and resisted cuts to social benefits. In the 2010s, theyeffectively integrated their claims with policy responses to child poverty based on the idea of social investment. By re-framing their own
agenda, they expanded and refined their poverty alleviation measures through adaptive solidarity, an ‘open assemblage that permits ofmultiple convergences and divergences’ (Butler 1999). It is notable that the deliberate setting aside of gender-related issues in mainstream
discourse has paradoxically led to advances in gender equality. This subtle stakeholder strategy differs from previous studies that argue thata child-centred social investment model ignores gender equality concerns (Lister 2006; Jenson 2009).
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Sang Hun Lim, Kyung Hee University

State-led social economy? Newly organised social economy organistions in the social service sector

This study explores how social services can be institutionalised in a top-down, ‘developmental’ way by examining the case of social
service providers in Korea. As a marginalised and residual part of the Korean welfare state, social services were traditionally provided byinformal providers such as families and individual proprietors. Drawing on policy documents and interviews, the study shows that the‘social economy’ was employed as a policy framework to organise and formalise these informal providers, firstly as agents of job creationand increasingly, as community care providers. Thus, this study showcases how the state mobilises existing societal actors for rapidly
institutionalising new social policies. Nevertheless, these newly organised grassroots service providers are not passive actors. By analysing
the discourses of service providers which newly incorporated as social cooperatives or other social economy organisation, the study
considers how these welfare actors themselves interpret their roles as a social economy welfare provider.

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Panel Title: Pension politics in East Asia: A complex landscape
Chair: Kim, Won Sub, Korea University
Pension systems in East Asia are confronted with complex challenges. On the one hand, most of the pension systems remain institutionallyimmature. Pensions are unavailable for a large number of the elderly, and their benefits are insufficient. On the other hand, rapid aging
population poses a serious threat to the financial sustainability of most East Asian pension systems. In this situation, pension reforms bear
the burden of two contradictory goals: institutional consolidations and structural adjustments of the pension system.
Reforms with contradictory goals complicate pension politics. Pension politics encompasses not only political parties and collective actors(workers and employers), but also pensioners (civil servants, soldiers, and teachers) who have been enjoying a privileged position within
the developmental welfare system. Furthermore, East Asian countries as latecomers to welfare states are significantly influenced by thereform models and experiences of advanced welfare states.
However, previous studies often highlight the expansion of pension programs without properly addressing structural adjustments.
Furthermore, whilst they focus on traditional actors such as political parties and collective actors, the complex conflict structure of pension
politics is not fully explored.
The aim of this panel is to shed light on the complexity of East Asian state pension politics. To that end, this panel presents papers on
pension reforms in Taiwan and Korea. The two countries have conducted contradictory pension reforms since 2000 – welfare expansions
and retrenchments. The panel suggests that more sophisticated theories are required to fully understand East Asian pension politics.

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Moon, Hyungyung, National Pension Research Institute, Korea

Ideas and advocacy coalitions of the Basic Pension in Korea
Despite its rapid economic development, the Republic of Korea has experienced severe old-age poverty resulting from the underdevelopment of public pension programmes. To tackle this, the Korean government introduced the Basic Pension (BP) in 2007 for theelderly with low- and moderate-income. Since then, this tax-financed scheme has continued to develop and become one of the main public
pension schemes along with an earnings-related pension scheme.
This study attempts to explore the dynamics of the development of the BP, and the research question is “what are the factors that
influenced its introduction and growth? While previous research that emphasises the role of domestic factors (electoral competition,worsening old-age poverty, etc.), this study pays attention to the interaction of international and domestic variables. To this end, this study
analyses three reform cases (1998, 2007, and 2014) by using the situated learning approach (Fejerskov et al., 2020) and advocacy coalitions.
Although the BP was firstly proposed by international model, domestic coalition groups had emphasised its legitimacy in various ways. In
particular, the study argues that competition and conflict between domestic actors interpreting foreign models and adapting them to thedomestic political landscape led to the emergence and expansion of the scheme. In this process, two factors of the coalition group –feasibility and institutional positioning – help to understand why it failed in 1998 but produced meaningful outcomes in 2007 and 2014.

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Yeh, Chung-Yang, Soochow University

Bismarck meets Beveridge in Taiwan: The Emergence of a New Pension Model
Prior to the political democratization of the mid-1980s, the Taiwanese pension system reflected the fragmentation of the Bismarckian
pension model, catering to different occupational groups through separate social insurance schemes due to political clientelism under theauthoritarian government. However, following the publication of the World Bank's landmark report in 1994, the idea of the Beveridgenmulti-pillar pension model gained traction in pension reforms in Taiwan. In 2008, the introduction of the National Pension Insurance andthe annuitisation of pension benefits of the Labour Insurance reinforced the feature of the Bismarckian pension model. Since the 2000s,
several pension reforms have quietly reshaped the landscape, including either converting occupational pension schemes (the second tier)from DB to DC pension schemes or introducing new DC options. In the past three decades, Taiwan's pension system has undergone atransformation, moving away from the traditional Bismarckian pension model towards a statist two-tier pension system comprising social
insurance pension schemes and occupational DC pension schemes. Drawing on a state-centered political-economic perspective, this study
attempts to illustrate how “Bismarck meets Beveridge” (the emergence of the two-tier pension system) in Taiwan, and how thistransformation mixed of “expansion and retrenchment on the one hand and publiciation and privatisation on the other. This paper argues
that the emergence of the two-tier pension system in Taiwan stems from both political competition and the functionalistic adjustment of its
SMEs-dominated capitalist structure to economic globalization and flexible labor markets. Facing a competitive political landscape,several contributory pension and DC pension schemes were either introduced or expanded. Simultaneously, some DB occupational pension
schemes were transformed into DC pension schemes in order to cope with economic globalisation and a flexible labour market. In
conclusion, this study argues that increased financial burdens in the first tier of Taiwan's statist two-tier pension system create a potential
vulnerability (/ window of opportunity) to further retrenchment or even privatization in the future.

24Panel Session PN-06
3

Kim, Won Sub, Korea University
Lee, Dah Mi, Korea Institute for Health & Social Affairs

Understanding of the Civil Service Pension Reforms in South Korea, Dismantling of the Developmental Welfare
system?
This study aims to trace the dismantling of the developmental welfare system by analysing the reforms of the Civil Service Pension(hereafter CSP) in South Korea. The CSP is the core of the developmental welfare system introduced by the authoritarian government. The
CSP has been strongly criticized by the public as a legacy of the authoritarian regime, resulting in growing political pressure to retrench it.
In response, significant reforms were conducted in 2009 and 2015. The conservative government’s reforms did not result in a pathdeparture but only in moderate reductions.
The Institutional continuity of the CSP can be understood by a combination of multiple factors. The factors accounting for the hinderedstructural reform are the protest of welfare clienteles and transition costs of institutions, emphasised by Pierson’s ‘the new politics of thewelfare state’ (1994), a major explanatory theory of welfare state retrenchment. However, these factors still do not fully explain thecontinuity of the CSP. The decisive factor behind the continuity of the CSP has been welfare coalition. The reason why reforms remained
parametric was that the civil servants, as welfare clienteles, were supported by a welfare coalition including progressive unions, civilsociety groups and political parties.
Theoretically, this study shows that Pierson’s theory, in combination with party competition theory to explain the significant reductions in
CSP, helps understand the retrenchment of the developmental welfare system after democratisation.

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Chun, Sei-Hoon, Korea University
Kim, Won Sub, Korea University

Intentional Drift of the Retirement Pension System, From the Aspect of the Historical Institutionalism
The purpose of this study is to explain the development of Korea's retirement pension system through a historical institutionalism approach.
In 2004, the retirement pension replaced the long-existing the retirement allowance system. This retirement allowance system introduced in
1953 was considered as a part of workers' wages rather than a benefit from social security. The government intends to expand theretirement pension scheme and partially replace the national pension scheme, which is financially unsustainable. Toward this end, thegovernment implemented new programs, strengthened tax incentives, and mandating subscriptions in stages. However, even 20 years after
its introduction, the role of retirement pension as a source of old age income for the elderly is minimal.
This study is conducted to understand the long-lasting delay in institutional development of the retirement pension system. In this study,
case studies of retirement pension reforms are analyzed to follow the evolution of retirement pensions. Two aspects of path dependence aremainly responsible for the delay in developing retirement pension systems: stakeholder resistance and institutional discretion (cf. Streeck
and Thelen, 2010). In the first place, workers, employers, and fund management institutions, which are the stakeholders of retirement
pension systems, have the power to veto any improvements. Moreover, the path dependence on the old retirement allowance, regarded asworkers' wages, makes government intervention in retirement pensions very difficult. As a result, the retirement pension system has ended
up to an institutional drift that prevents it from fulfilling its intended function of providing retirement income, despite being maintained fora very long time.

25Oral Presentation Sessions
2024 EASP/FISS Joint Conference

26Oral Session 1-1 to 1-9
1-1

OR-044

10:20-11:50 13 JUNE

Welfare State
Daiva Skuciene, Vilnius University
Viktoriia Blyzniuk, State Organization “Institute for Economics and Forecasting of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine”
Svitlana Shumska, State Organization “Institute for Economics and Forecasting of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine”
Tautvydas Vencius, Vilnius University
Is the evolving welfare state in Ukraine similar to the Baltic model?
Young-hwan Byun, SOFI, Stockholm University

OR-096

The Varieties of the Welfare State in East Asia: Findings from Social Policy Indicator Dataset (SPIN)
Masatoshi Kato, Ritsumeikan University

OR-118

OR-120

1-2

OR-029The Validity of "Familialism/ Familialistic Regime" in Comparative Welfare State Research: Focussing on theDevelopment of Welfare System in Japan and Australia
Young Jun CHOI, Yonsei University
Seo Eun Oh, Yonsei University
Why is it so difficult to transform a welfare regime? Exploring the role of institutional complementarities

Employment of Older Adults
Misa Izuhara, University of Bristol
Matt Flynn, University of Leicester
Heike Schröder, Queen’s University Belfast
Misa Izuhara , University of Bristol
Masa Higo, Kyushu University
Late career change in the UK and Japan: Investigating institutional support through a Capability Approach lensShuai ZHOU, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

OR-030Work Longer, Live Longer? Late-Career Engagement and Longevity in China

OR-032

Seung-ho Baek , The Catholic University of Korea
Sophia Seung-yoon Lee, Chung-Ang University
Taieun Ko, Chung-Ang University
Perceptions of Precarity and Social Policy Preferences in the Digital Era: A Multilevel Analysis of OECDCountries

OR-033

Luigi Burroni, University of Florence
Welfare provision for an ageing workforce: the role of Collective Bargaining in Italy and the Netherlands

1-3Child Outcomes

OR-042

Padmore Adusei Amoah, Lingnan University
Afua Amankwaa, Independent Researcher
Maggie Lau, Lingnan University
Gizem Arat, Dominican University
Socio-economic conditions and health-related well-being in the context of child-parent separation: A healthliteracy perspective

OR-063

Akiko S. Oishi, Chiba University
Takuya Hasebe, Sophia University
Parents’ Nonstandard Work Schedules and Child Overweight

OR-138

OR-143

Xiaochen Zhou, The University of Hong Kong
Minghong Shen, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Han Zhang, The University of Hong Kong
Yao Fu, Hong Kong Polytechnical University
A Life Course Approach to Examine the Impacts of Childhood Family Stability on Developmental Outcomes in
Adolescence
Myung Hee An, Hokkaido University
Ichiro Matsumoto, Hokkaido University
Hiromichi Kato, Hokkaido University
Does poverty affect children’s educational aspirations and levels of depression in Japan? Understanding the role of income
brackets and children’s perception of household income on their educational aspirations and mental health27

Oral Session 1-1 to 1-9
1-4

10:20-11:50 13 JUNE

Marriage and Low Fertility
CHUN-YU LIN, Soochow University

OR-052

Between migration management and marriage immigrants: the frontline worker experiences

OR-064Hiromi Tanaka, Osaka Metropolitan University
Kiwako Endo, KinjoGakuin University
Fang Guo, Doshisha University
Jeoungmi Lim, Gyeongsang National University
Could support for marriage serve as a measure to address declining birth rates?: A Japan, South Korea and China
comparison

OR-088Kyungju Woo, Sogang University
Jinwook Kim, Sogang University
The Effect of Perception on the current circumstances on the Marriage Intention of Young Koreans: Focusing onMediating Effect of Future Expectation

Sunwoo Ryu, University of Bristol
OR-141

1-5

Does everyone’s fertility matter equally? The variations in 21st century East Asia’s pronatalist family policy
approaches

Social Policy by Cities
Gemma Scalise, University of Milan-Bicocca

OR-011

OR-012

Post-industrial cities as hubs of institutional change? Social policy experimentation in Milan and Amsterdam
Seo Eun Oh, Yonsei University
Seon Hoe Han, Yonsei University
Do Local Social Security Programs Meet Local Welfare Needs? Exploring through Social Network Analysis
Xue Li, Fudan University

OR-045

A Decline in Urban-Rural Divide? Impact of Hukou Reform and Participation in Social Insurance in China,
2010–2018
Bruno Miguel Oliveira, DINÂMIA'CET-Iul

OR-119

1-6

Basic income-inspired policies in Europe: a municipalistic perspective through Europeanization processes

Long-term Care
Ming-Fang Chang, National Taiwan University

OR-047

OR-061

Examining Long-Term Care Workforce Policies in Taiwan and Japan: An East Asian Welfare Capitalism
Perspective
Yu-Chih Chen, The University of Hong Kong
Ting Hu; Yinkai Zhang, The University of Hong Kong
Julia Shu-Huah Wang, National Taiwan University
Navigating the long-term care policy landscape in China: Patterns, variations, and mechanisms of insurance
policy on health and well-being

OR-072

Jiwei QIAN, National University of Singapore
Dewen WANG, World Bank
Long-Term care Insurance: International Experiences and Implications for China
Seonwoo Yoon, University of Oxford

OR-10928

Prioritisation in Elderly Care Policies: Differential care need interpretations and inclusion of target groups inSouth Korea

Oral Session 1-1 to 1-9
1-7
OR-06910:20-11:50 13 JUNE

Poverty in Old Age
Pei-Yuen Tsai, National Chengchi University
Challenges and Debates of Social Assistance Act in Taiwan

OR-073San-lin Chung, National Taiwan University
Fen-ling Chen, National Taipei University

Pension Reform and Elderly Poverty: An Empirical Study in Taiwan
OR-111

Dongjin Kim, Seoul National University
Keon Kim, Taehyung Kim, Seoul National University
The Effect of Marital Dissolution on Poverty Rates among Older Women in Korea

1-8
OR-024

New Alleviation
Kim Taehyung, Seoul National University
Impact of the 2019 Revision of Earned Income Tax Credit on poverty: A case of South Korea

OR-065

Yu-Tzu Lo, National Taiwan University; Shih-Jiunn Shi; National Taiwan University
Urban-rural gap broadened by targeted poverty alleviation? An Empirical Study of Dibao in China

OR-114

Hannes Lenaerts, University of Antwerp
Is subsidized employment a pathway out of poverty? A comparative EU study.

1-9
OR-041

OR-068

OR-097

OR-127

Changing Definition of Poverty
Chien-Chung Huang, Rutgers University
Li-Hsin Chuang, National Chi-nan University
Yuan-Shie Hwang, National Chi-nan University

Asset Based Community Development and Happiness in Community Residents in Taiwan
Bo-Yung Kim, Yeungnam University
Beyond the Blind Spots Detection System: An Analysis of Media Coverage on Welfare Tragedies in South Korea
Inhoe Ku, Seoul National University
Chung-Yang Yeh, Soochow University
Yong-Chang Heo, Sun Moon University
Atsushi Yuyama, Rikkyo University
Asset-based welfare and public pensions in East Asia
Kok-Hoe Ng, National University of Singapore
Minimum Income Standards and Social Security in Singapore

29Oral Session 2-1 to 2-8
2-1

14:50-16:20/15:00-16:10 13 JUNE

Health insurance and Institutions
Ryozo Matsuda, Ritsumeikan University

OR-013

Institutional legacy in health reform: the case of public-private mix of health care delivery in Japan
Koeun Park, Health Insurance Research Institute (HIRI), NHIS, South Korea

OR-080OR-084

A Comparative Study on Health Insurance Entitlement and Contribution System For the Dependent Selfemployed
Neil Lunt, University of YorkMark Exworthy, University of Birmingham
Are we moving towards a two-tier healthcare system? UK reflections post-Covid
YUXIN LI, Duisburg-Essen University

OR-1252-2

China’s interaction with international organizations in achieving universal healthChild Poverty
Hung-ju Lai, National Chi Nan University

OR-071

OR-100

Looking into child poverty in the Taiwanese context through gender and Capabilities– a participatory approach

Dominic Richardson, The Learning for Well-being InstituteDavid Harris, John Hudson, Sophie Mackinder
How Universal Child Benefits Can Begin to Address Countries’ Underinvestment in the Youngest Children

OR-113

Bruce Bradbury, Social Policy Research Centre, UNSW Sydney
Markus Jantti, Stockholm University
Low wages and child poverty

2-3

OR-015

Gender Inequality at Home 1
KIM, Minseop, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
JUNG, Nahri, Seoul National University
ZHOU, Ying, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Work-from-Home Arrangements and Work-Family Conflict during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Futoshi Taga, Kansai University

OR-019

Exploring the Plurality of Caring Men: “Conflicted Masculinity" in East Asian Metropolitan Areas
Shu-Yung Wang, National Chung Cheng University

OR-123

2-4
OR-035

Unpacking the Gendered Division of Work and Care Balance among Working Parents: Gender Norm, Working
Time, and Parental Leave Policies

Housing Conditions
Feng-Yi Liu, National Chung-Cheng University
Hsi-Ling Liao, University of Chicago Inclusive Economy Lab
Exploring the Quality and Spatial Factors of Subdivided Housing in Taiwan's Rental Market
Yi, Bongjo, The Seoul InstituteOR-040

Housing as conditions for life transitions toward adulthood in South Korea
Wong Yee Lok, National University of Singapore

OR-083Using deliberative methodology to set minimum place standards

30Oral Session 2-1 to 2-8
2-5

OR-05914:50-16:20/15:00-16:10 13 JUNE

Immigrants in the COVID-19 Era
Xiaochen Zhou, The University of Hong Kong
Lucy Jordan, James Cook University
Han Zhang, The University of Hong Kong
Household risk diversification in the time of COVID-19: Participation in social protection programmes amongtransnational families in Southeast Asia

OR-060OR-128

2-6

Norihiro Nihei, The University of Tokyo
Misako Nukaga, The University of Tokyo
Multifaceted Challenges of Immigrants in Japan during Corona Pandemic: Understanding the Potentials andLimits of Support Measures by Civil Society Organizations
Yixuan Huang, University of New South Wales
LI Chunyu; ZHAO Shanshan; SHANG Lili; KATZ, Ilan; LI, Bingqin
Social Entrepreneurship as a Pathway to Social Integration for Elderly Migrants: A Case Study of Sydney Senior
Learning Society

QOL of People with Disability
Ching Man LAM, St Francis University

OR-018Reflective Practice in Parent Education for Parents Having Children with Intellectual Disabilities / Special
Learning Needs
Chao-Yin Lin, National Taipei University

OR-133

OR-144

Factors associated with the quality of life among people with speech disorders: Evidence from an intervention
study of AI assistive devices of communication in Taiwan
Seongeun Oh, Hanyang University
Sooyeon Huh, Hansung Kim, Yushin Lee, Jeongmi Park
A study on social exclusion type of visually impaired individuals: Focused on gender

2-7
OR-081

Community Welfare
Tom Moore, University of Liverpool
John Sturzaker, University of Hertfordshire
A typology of community participation in urban development

OR-104

Akira MATSUBARA, Tokyo Metropolitan University
Aya ABE, Tokyo Metropolitan University
Association between neighborhood association activities and psychological well-being of children

OR-105Marcel Mérette, University of Ottawa
Thaddé Rolon-Mérette, HEC Montreal, University of Montreal

The Neurocognitive Impact of Loneliness on Economic Growth2-8
OR-008

OR-077

OR-117

Women and Labor
Saori Miyashita, Nagoya City University

Social security, taxation, and gender equality among the self-employed: Collective movements by women’s clubs
in Japanese trade associations
LI Ruobing, The Chinese University of HongKong
Employment History, Family Support, and Chinese Women’s Employment Maintenance in the Childbirth Process
Jing Guo, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Women’s employment and economic security across life course: Japan in comparison to Sweden and the UnitedStates31

Oral Session 3-1 to 3-10
3-1
OR-074

9:05-10:15 14 JUNE

QOL of Older Persons
Felix Sai Kit NG, Saint Francis University
Kim KWOK, Kin-wah MAK, Michael Sik Wai LAU, Yiu Tung LUK, Yan LIANG, & Yu Cheung WONG
The Impact of Employment on the Quality of Life of Low-Income Older Adults in Hong Kong: An Analysis
Using the Job Demands-Resources Model

OR-087

Yan Liang, Saint Francis University
Wong Yu-cheung, Felix Ng Sai Kit, Saint Francis University
Life Satisfaction of Low-income Elderly in Hong Kong: A Comparison between Retirees and Non-retirees

OR-147

Yuan Zhe, Renmin University of China
Market Transition, Offspring Filial Support and Parental Depression in Chinese Elders: A Population-BasedMultilevel Analysis

3-2

OR-004

Covid-19 Policy Response
Hao Luo, The University of Hong Kong
Julia Shu-Huah Wang, National Taiwan University
Chenhong Peng, The University of Hong Kong
Olivia Cheung, Global Development Incubator, Hong Kong
Steven Kuan-Ju Chen, the London School of Economics and Political Science
Investigating the Typologies and Timeliness of COVID-19 Social Policy Responses Across Countries

OR-089David B. Harris, Children’s Research and Education Institute, and Columbia University and UNICEF
Innocenti Senior Fellow
The Case for Per Capita Rebates: Counting Children as Full People

OR-092

Naoko Unoura, Osaka Metropolitan University
Manami Sando, Osaka Metropolitan University
Chie Matsutani, Iwate Prefectural University
Michihiko Tokoro, Osaka Metropolitan University
Issues of the Livelihood Welfare Fund Loan System in Japan during the COVID-19 pandemic

3-3

Resilience against Health Crisis
Kyoko Suzuki, The Japan Institute of Labour Policy and Training (JILPT)

OR-055

Resilience in the COVID-19 crisis: Heterogeneity in the trajectory of recovery
Gaoming MA, Zhejiang University

OR-134

OR-135

Capital, Capability, and Wellbeing: Exploring a Practical Framework for Social Policy in Response to Social
CrisesChao Fang, Centre for Ageing and the Life Course, University of Liverpool
Alastair Comery, University of BathJD Carpentieri, University College London
Resilience: A political agenda or an inherent defence from ageing?

3-4

Social Housing
Jolanta Aidukaite, Lithuanian Centre for Social Sciences, Institute of Sociology

OR-036

Improving housing rights in the EU: the case of Lithuania
Yi-Yi Chen, National Taiwan University

OR-039Building social inclusiveness in social housing community: Roles and effects of on-site Social Services Centers in
Taichung
CHAN Siu Ming, City University of Hong Kong

OR-10832

Examining the Policy Implications of Transitional Social Housing Projects and the Implementation of an Urban
Graduation Approach to Alleviate Poverty in Hong Kong

Oral Session 3-1 to 3-10
3-5
OR-0499:05-10:15 14 JUNE

Single Women
Fok, Doris Yuen Hung, Saint Francis University
Impacts of invisible hands of neoliberalism on teenage mothers in Hong Kong

OR-050ZHOU Xinji, Kobe University
Single Mother by Choice in Japan: How did single women struggle for legitimacy

OR-148Dahye Kim, The University of Hong Kong
Jeremy Lim-Soh, Centre for Ageing Research and Education, National University of Singapore
Christine A. Mair, University of Maryland
Financial Stability among Widows in South Korea: A Focus on Employment, Family Transfers, and Pensions

3-6
OR-009Market of Care
Hsiao-Hui Yang, Chung-Jen Junior College of Nursing, Health Sciences and Management
Chung-Yang Chung, Soochow University
Crafting a Welfare Market: The Rise of the Market-based Homecare Service in Taiwan

OR-010

Yan Zi, Waseda University
Sun Xin, Fudan University
From ‘care dyad’ to ‘support networks’: purchase intention for home- and community-based service of Chinese
older adults

OR-149Wing-kit Chan, Sun Yat-sen University
Zhongyan Zhang, Sun Yat-sen University"Government Dominance " versus "Service Outsourcing"——Disability Assessment Mechanism of Long-term
Care Insurance in China

3-7

School Bullying
Oleksandr Movshuk, University of Toyama

OR-112

Heterogeneous Effects of Bullying on Academic Achievement in Japan: Evidence from Causal Machine Learning
CHEN Zirui , The University of Hong Kong

OR-132

OR-1393-8
OR-027

OR-031

OR-142

A Meta-Analytic Review on Influencing Factors of Bystander Response Behaviour in Cyberbullying
Yuhang Cheng, The Chinese Univeristy of Hong Kong
Shan Jiang, Zhejiang Univeristy

Mother-child relationship conflict, psychological maltreatment, depression, and bullying victimization among
Chinese Adolescents: A multiple mediation model

Disability and Labor
Cheryl Hiu-kwan Chui, University of Hong Kong
Promoting disability inclusive employment through policy incentives? Why it isn’t working and how to fix it
Euiyoung Kang, Sogang University
Cheol-Sung Lee, Seong-Jun Ahn
Occupational World Changes and Inequality in the Disability Labor Market: Focus on Automation andInformatization.
Minjie Chen, University of Nottingham‘It is not that the blind people choose massage; It is the massage that chooses blind people in China’ Understanding disability through the life course

33Oral Session 3-1 to 3-10
3-9

9:05-10:15 14 JUNE

Politics and Policy
Ding-Yi Lai, Institute of Political Science, Academia Sinica

OR-006

Winning Coalition Sizes, Regime Type and Welfare
Sho Sasaki, Lund University

OR-021

OR-155

3-10

When conservative parties propose policies for caring fathers: Policy-framing analysis of parental leave reforms inGermany and Japan
Ijin Hong, National Taiwan University
Shih-jiunn Shi, Fen-ling Chen, National Taipei University
Does political partisanship matter in initiating and sustaining social investment policy reform? Agenda-setting,political parties and women’s movements in South Korea and Taiwan

Gender Inequality at Home 2
Haijing Dai, Chinese University of Hong Kong

OR-007Work-Family Balance and Gender Inequality under China’s Platform Economy
Michihito Ando, Rikkyo University

OR-107

OR-131

34

Daycare Supports Gender Equality at Home
Meixuan Li, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Deborah De Moortel, Lara Stas, Christophe Vanroelen, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Reciprocal Links between Workloads and Mental Well-being in Dual-Earner Couples: Insights for Work-Family
Reconciliation Practices

Oral Session 4-1 to 4-9
4-1

10:30-12:00 14 JUNE

Health Disparity
Lisa Scullion, University of Salford

OR-091

OR-130

Towards a trauma-informed UK social security system
Yoshiaki Takahashi, Meikai University
Kayako Sakisaka, Kaichi International University

Why are the COVID-19 related IACI cases very rare? Evidence from the COVID-19 patients survey in Japan
Youngchae Park, Chungang University
OR-153

OR-158A Study on the Typology of Occupational Injury Risks in the Interpersonal Service Sector in South Korea
Merita Mesiäislehto, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
Maria Vaalavuo, Sanni Välimäki, Finnish Institute for Health and WelfareMarkus Jokela, University of Helsinki
Ill health and the risk of poverty in Europe: three measures, different results?

4-2
OR-001

Pension Mix
Fang-Yi Huang, Soochow University
Chung-Yang Chung, Soochow University
To Choose or Not to Choose: Do the Taiwanese want more Choices in Pension Provision? —A Survey
ExperimentOR-110Xinmei Wang, Research Fellow of Center of Social Welfare and Governance, Zhejiang University
Regressive or Progressive? China’s Public Pension Benefits

OR-115

Kun Lee, University of Oxford
Jongseok Oh, National Pension Research InstituteSeho Son, Seoul National University
Exclusion from a Mandatory Pension Scheme: Late-stage Cancellation of the National Pension in South Korea

4-3
OR-023

OR-066

OR-067

OR-093

Redefining Poverty
CHEN Sheng, Shokei University Junior College
Poor People Talk about Poverty: Discourses, Images & Understandings and Meanings
Soyoon Weon, Chung-Ang University
Multidimensional poverty in South Korea: Analyses of deprivation interlinkages
Dah Ming CHIU, St Francis University
Suhang YAO, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Trying to understand subjective poverty by machine learning
Satomi Maruyama, Kyoto University
Atsushi Nagasawa, Kyoto University
Financial diaries as a method for poverty research

35Oral Session 4-1 to 4-9
4-4

OR-043

10:30-12:00 14 JUNE

Community
Jeremy Lim-Soh, Centre for Ageing Research and Education, National University of Singapore
Dahye Kim, National University of Singapore
Yugyeong Eo, Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs
Choi Jae Woo, Health Insurance Research Institute, National Health Insurance Service, Republic of Korea
Wan Chen K Graham, Agency for Integrated Care, Singapore
Wong Loong Mun, Agency for Integrated Care, Singapore
Aejung Yoo, Health Insurance Research Institute, National Health Insurance Service, Republic of Korea
Angelique Chan, Centre for Ageing Research and Education, Health Services and Systems Research, DukeNUS Medical School, National University of Singapore
Two paths to Community Care for Older Adults: Korea and Singapore’s Long-Term Care Evolution
Yumika Shirase, Hitotsubashi University

OR-075

Who can organise neighbourhood preventive long-term care services in Japan?
Yuko Suda, Toyo University

OR-095FINANCIALIZATION OF SOCIAL POLICIES FOR OLDER ADULT CITIZENS IN JAPAN: A NEW RISKFOR THE MIDDLE CLASSFang Liu, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

OR-101

4-5

Variations Of Conflict And Resonance：The Social Process Of Introducing The Long-Term Care Insurance
System In X Village, China

Housing Insecurity
Yung Yau, Lingnan University

OR-034

To Move or Not to Move? Rationalization of the Transient Affordable Housing Schemes in Hong Kong
CHOE, KyungHo, Seoul National University

OR-037

A Life-boat or an Exposé? The Attempt of Tantan Housing Cooperative addressing the Housing Crisis in SouthKorea
QI Xuan Yuncg, Lingnan University

OR-082

Navigating Senior Housing Transitions: Insights from Macau S.A.R.'s Innovative Public Senior Housing Project
Targeting Senior Homeowner
Mami Takahashi, Ochanomizu University

OR-122

4-6

Changes and Challenges of Residence Security in Japan: An Intersectional Perspective

Dualized labor Market
SATO ITARU, National Institute of Population and Social Security Research

OR-078An analysis of the impact of differences in employment status on future asset formation and measures to address
this issue
Seong-jun Ahn, Sogang University

OR-079How Labor Market Outsiderness Shapes Gendered Backlash: Slowdown and Resistance Mechanisms in Dualized
Labor Markets
Gyu-Jin Hwang, University of Sydney

OR-085The Future of Social Insurance in a Dualized Labour Market
John Emmanuel Villanueva, National University of Singapore

OR-15436

Public Employment Services and Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence Of Linkage from the Philippines

Oral Session 4-1 to 4-9
4-7

10:30-12:00 14 JUNE

Economy, Politics and YouthJiwon Kim, Chung-Ang University

OR-005Mapping the Economic Precariousness of Youth: A Comparative Study using Fuzzy-Set Ideal Type Analysis
Soohyun Lee, King's College London

OR-048

OR-090Labour Market Dualization, Economic Insecurity and Right-Wing Populism: The Rise of Sexism among Young
Men in South Korea
Mehmet ÖÇAL, Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy UniversityOğuz KARADENİZ, Pamukkale University
SOCIAL POLICY PRACTICES FOR UNIVERSITY STUDENTS AND THEIR IMPACTS ON THE
STUDENTS' WELFARE
Hana Sugita, Osaka City University

OR-126

4-8

Social Security for Young People Living in Rural Areas in Japan: Focusing on Disparities in Access to Healthcare
and Social Welfare Services

Policy Choice
Yumeng Fan, University of York

OR-046

Many lessons learned, but with what effect? A systematic review of policy learning literature
Pär Dalén, Swedish Institute for Social Research, Stockholm University

OR-099OR-121

Carbon Inequality and Support for Environmental Taxes in Comparative Perspective
Takeshi HIEDA, Osaka Metropolitan University
Katsunori Seki, Nagoya University
Jianyang Yang, Osaka Metropolitan University
Measuring Multi-Dimensional Preferences for Welfare Programs among Japanese Voters: An Online Survey andConjoint Approach
Shiori Yoshioka, Nagoya University

OR-1244-9
OR-016

OR-017

OR-106

OR-140Varieties of Eco-Social Policies: International Comparison with Focusing on Asian Countries

Provision of Care for Children and Older Persons
Migyeong Yun, Collaborative Research Centre 1342, SOCIUM, University of Bremen
Learning from a peer: a case of long-term care insurance in South Korea

Wenting Liu, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
State childcare provision in China: subnational variations and localized policy contexts across 31 mainland
provinces
Xiaohui ZHONG, Sun Yat-sen University
Establishing Substitute Families: Care Arrangements for Childless Older People in Urban China
Miyang Jun, Yonsei University

A Critical Reflection on the Undervaluation Phenomenon of Unpaid Care Work in Early Childhood Care Policies
in Korea37

Oral Session 5-1 to 5-8
5-1

OR-022

13:00-14:30 14 JUNE

Advances in Poverty Research
Leizhen Zang, China agriculture University
Qiongyu Zhang. China Agriculture University
How Policy Innovation Promotes National Development Intervention Work——A Empirical Analysis Based on
China's Poverty
Bingqin Li, UNSW of Sydney, Australia

OR-038The 'Great Leap Forward' of Urbanisation in China: Is it too fast or too slow?
Karel Van den Bosch, University of Antwerp and Belgian Federal Planning Bureau

OR-156Work-poor households: who are they? Does each welfare state have its own kind?
Marius Olivier, Nelson Mandela University; North-West University

OR-157

5-2

OR-014

ADDRESSING GENDER-BASED SHORTCOMINGS IN SOCIAL PROTECTION: THE NEED FOR
CRITICAL INTERVENTIONS

Public Perception
Yeun-wen Ku, National Taiwan University
Chung-Yang Yeh, Soochow University
Hsin-Hsin Pan, Soochow University
Fang-Yi Huang, Soochow University
Julia Shu-Huah WANG, National Taiwan University

Welfare Deservingness in East Asian Welfare States: A Preliminary Analysis of Survey Experiment in Taiwan
Yuxuan Yang, Sun Yat-sen University
OR-056

OR-070Research on the impact of social spending on subjective income inequality among residents
Chuanqi Que, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Bo Liu, Northeast Forestry University
Understanding disadvantaged citizens’ public participation: Does policy transparency matter?

OR-102

5-3
OR-057

John Hudson, University of YorkKit ColliverNeil Lunt & Jed Meers, University of YorkThe dynamics of blame avoidance during a prolonged crisis: the interplay of central government social security
and local discretionary welfare in England during COVID and the cost of living crisis

Immigration and Public Perception
Li Sun, University of Leeds
Bingchun Hu, University of Leeds
Rural-urban factory workers' social welfare in China.

OR-058

Yen-Fen Tseng, National Taiwan University
Trapped in Civic Stratification: The Interconnected Precarities of Long-Term Temporary White-Collar Migrants in
TaiwanOR-103

Pekka Rasanen, University of Turku
Large Language Models in Quantitative Data Analysis: Examining Attitudes towards Immigrants in Europe using
European Social Surveys

OR-116

Jang, Ikhyun, Hanshin University
Lee Eunchae, Chung-Ang University
Study on the impact of attitude for immigrant on possibility of welfare expansion: The case of UK

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Oral Session 5-1 to 5-8
5-4

OR-003

13:00-14:30 14 JUNE

Social Welfare in the IT Era
Choi, Jung Eun, Korea Social Security Information Service
Choi, Young Jun, Yonsei University
Kim, Na Ri, Yonsei University
Digital welfare as panacea? Korean case of AI big data application in social security administration

OR-054

Elshad Khanalibayli, State Social Protection Fund of Azerbaijan
Mr Fahmin Hajizada, State Social Protection Fund of Azerbaijan
A modern humanistic approach to the assignment of social benefits in Azerbaijan: AI-driven proactive peoplecentred assignment mechanism
Vincent W. P. Lee, Hong Kong Baptist University

OR-086

OR-1295-5
OR-076

The acquisition of online health information by Hong Kong older adults and their physical and mental well-being
Kyunghwan Kim, Ajou University
Cheon Hee Park, Ajou University
The social practice of digital divide: A fuzzy set ideal type analysis of digital behaviours in the Korean welfare
state

Labor Market
Nessa, National University of Singapore
Navigating the Crisis of Work in Singapore: Why millennials turn to financial entrepreneurialism

OR-150

Yooseop Chun, King's College London
Union Democracy and Revitalisation: What do trade union members and leaders do to union revitalisation?

OR-151

Mohamad Kamis Bin Baharuddin, Waseda University
ENFORCEMENT OF LABOUR LAW POLICIES AMONG CIVIL SERVANTS: A META-ANALYSISRESEARCH
Gilbert MONTCHO, University of Ottawa

OR-152

5-6
OR-146

OR-025

OR-145

OR-026

Underemployment in an Ageing Population: Evidence from the Canadian Labour Market

Education & Training
Kyoko Ichikawa, Tokai University
Is inquiry-based learning, developed by the MEXT transformative or exploitative learning?
Irene Y.H. Ng, National University of Singapore
Zhi Han Tan, Asher Goh, National University of Singapore

Training as A Channel out of poverty: Findings on Low Income Young Worker in A System with Universal State
Subsidies
Shinichi Aizawa, Sophia University
Sachiko Horiguchi, Temple University
Yukiko Aoki, Musashino Gakuin University
Hideyasu Kodama, St. Viator Rakusei Junior and Senior High School
The Role of the Religious Sector in Upper Secondary Education: A Quantitative Survey of Private High Schools in
Japan

YEN KIAT, CHONG, National University of Singapore
Do Differences in Secondary School Quality Mediate the Inequality of Opportunity?

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Oral Session 5-1 to 5-8
5-7

13:00-14:30 14 JUNE

Social Workers
Ken FUNG, Ka-wo , Soochow University

OR-002

Prosocial Motivation, Job Satisfaction and Subjective Wellbeing in Taiwanese Welfare professionals
Zimin Tan, South China Normal University

OR-051

OR-053The State Advances, The Social Sector Retreats? Assessing the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on
Employment Quality among Social Workers in China: the Moderating Role of Institutional Type
Fengrui Hua, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics
Ruoyu Zhao, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics
Study on the Relationship between Social Workers’ Organizational Cultural Identification and Job Burnout

5-8

Child Care and Family
Feifei Tong, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

OR-020

OR-062“I am not good mother”: a qualitative study of mothering anxiety among Rural-urban Migrant Women in China’s
Megacities
Sally Ka-wing LO, Saint Francis University
TSUI Ming-sum, Saint Francis University
Reconceptualising caregiving relationships for policy development: Exploring communication and family
dynamics in informal care in Hong Kong
Kankan Zhang, University of Cambridge

OR-136

Childcare provision as an intergenerational project: the gendered and generational division of childcare labour in
urban Chinese families

Nan Yang, Liaoning University
OR-13740

The Silent Crisis: Addressing the New Dynamics of Left-behind Children's Need in Rural China

Post-Graduate Session
2024 EASP/FISS Joint Conference41Post-Graduate Session
1

8:45-10:15 13 JUNE

Children and Youth Research
Can Xu, Zhejiang University

SOR-041

Bridging the Gap: Decomposing the Causes of Socioeconomic Disparities in Early Childhood Development in
China
HUANG Hsinhao, Kyushu University

SOR-042

Towards Diversity in Children’s Social Care: The Policy Processes of Japan’s ‘Small-Scale Group Care’ and ‘Small-Scale
Foster Home Services’Park Jeongmi, Hanyang University
SOR-043

Parental Socioeconomic Status (SES) and Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) Institutions Selection
Madoka Ishioka, Osaka university

SOR-044

2

The possibility of safety net linking children’s participation and protection: A community-based approach through'Ibasho' practices in Japan

Welfare Regimes and Health Policy Research
Cheng Chow, The University of Hong Kong

SOR-051

Policy models of immigrant political incorporation: Conceptualization and empirical cases in Asian developed
economies using fuzzy sets
Qian Zhang, The University of Hong Kong

SOR-052

Local Welfare Regimes and Driving Forces: Understanding Health Poverty Alleviation Policy in rural China
Tauchid Komara Yuda, Lingnan University

SOR-053
SOR-054

Between Crisis and Reform: Developing Causal Mechanism of Indonesian Healthcare Reform with Process Tracing

Liping Zhao, The University of Hong Kong
Welfare Regimes and Subjective Well-being: A Systematic Review

3Work and Family Policy Research
Eunha Kim, Seoul National University

SOR-061

Parenthood and Gender Inequality on Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from South Korea
Yijun Nie, Japan Women's University

SOR-062

Women’s Employment and Child Care Choices in Urban China ― Policy perspectives based on dehousewifization in Japan

Jiayin Yuan, The University of Hong Kong
SOR-063

From “fatherhood premium” to “fatherhood penalty”? A systematic review and meta-analysis of paternity leaveand fathers’ labor market outcomes

Post-graduate Workshop on Journal Publishing

8:00-9:00 14 JUNE

Join us for an early-morning interactive workshop on journal publishing by Misa Izuhara, a former
journal editor of the Journal of Social Policy.
She will cover items such as: Why we publish; where best to publish and how to find them; journal
publication process; top tips for success.

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Poster Sessions
2024 EASP/FISS Joint Conference

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PO-01

13 JUNE

Shunki Ishido, Osaka City University

Comparative Study of Welfare States by Citizenship
Wan Hsuan Chiang, Chu-Kai Cheng, Yueh-Tzu Wang, Yueh-Tzu Wang, Fang Ling Chang, Jih-Chang Liang,
PO-02 Pang Hau Wu, Chia-Wei Shen, Julia Shu-Huah Wang, National Taiwan University
Examining Welfare Equity: An Analysis of Social Assistance Policies Across Counties and Cities in Taiwan
Tomoaki Takeuchi, Kansai University of Welfare Science

PO-04 Challenges in the promotion of community welfare and development as a social policy in Japan―Consideration fromthe perspective of the social work
Pang Hau Wu, Fang Ling Chang, Jih-Chang Liang, Yueh-Tzu Wang, Pei-Yu Yang, Wan Hsuan Chiang,
PO-05 Chu-Kai Cheng, Chia-Wei Shen, Xiaoyi Yu, Julia Shu-Huah Wang, National Taiwan University
Local Variations in Social Safety Nets in Taiwan: Evidence from Model Family and Survey Data
Yi-Han Wang, Professor, National Changhua University of Education

PO-06 Cultural translation of protective services for battered women suffering intimate partner violence in indigenous tribesin Taiwan
XU Haoyang, Waseda University
PO-08 Behavioral intention analysis of Migrants’ Participation in Old Community Micro-renewal: A case study inShenzhen, China
Jing Wang, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

PO-09

Healthy China Strategy and the perceived accessibility of medical services in China
Youngmin Park, Sogang University; JinYoung Moon, Sogang University

PO-10 The relationship between suicidal ideation and social capital, public transfer, subjective well-being, and depression
PO-11

PO-12

in the eldery: a multigroup structural equation model by income level
Zewei Liu, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Intersectional Stigma in Public Health Policy Process: A Welfare Theory Informed Qualitative Inquiry
Huang, Jun-Rong, National Taiwan University
A Study on Factors Influencing the Sense of Powerlessness among the Elderly- The Effects of Productive Aging
Sina Park, Seoul National University

PO-14 The Expansion of South Korea's Universal Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) System Ensures Whose
Employment? Applying DD and DDD analysis
Sun Xin, Fudan University; Hu Zhan, Fudan University
PO-15 Rejuvenating or Aging? Research on the Relationship between Transition of Multiple Caregiving Roles andSubjective Temporality of Age
Yu Meng, Nanjing University; Huang Jie

PO-16
PO-18

How economic uncertainties effect the women’s fertility plans: Empirical research from China
Hiroshi Amagai, Osaka Metropolitan University
Analysis of Regional Differences in Poverty Rates by Employment Status in Japan
Yiyang ZHANG, The University of Hong Kong

PO-20 Not Special, But Equal: The Policy of Access to Higher Education for Disabled Students in Mainland China: A
PO-22
PO-24

Comparative Analysis
Choi Seoyoung, Sogang University
Post-Industrial Accident Employment: Analyzing Dynamic Labor Market Status Changes

Chuanqi Que, Chinese University of Hong Kong; Bo Liu, Northeast Forestry University
Familism or defamilization? Understanding the care expectations of empty-nest older parents in rural China
Shuai ZHOU, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

PO-28 Longitudinal Effects of Parenthood on Retirement Behaviour in Japan: The Role of Children’s Education and
PO-34

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Dependence
Lei Zhang, Chengdu University; Hui Chen, Sichuan Guanghua Social Work Service CenterA study of moral injury among social assistance social workers

Poster Session Day 1
PO-40

13 JUNE

Mutsuko TAKAHASHI, Keisen University
The potential of 'seamless support' for childcare in Japanese family policy
Masaaki Irie, FUKUOKA CITY GOVERNMENT

PO-41 The Impact of Japan‘s Central Government’s Debt on the Population Birth Rate -To make Japan’s birth rate closer

PO-42

to sustainable level-

Soyoon Weon, Chung-Ang University
Implications of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Suicide Behavior: Variations Across Age Groups in South Korea
Chien-Chou Hou, Chung Shan Medical University

PO-43 New Ideas in Long-term Care: Learning from Obstacles to Long-term Care Networking in Indigenous Areas in
PO-45

Taiwan
HARADA Genki, Takasaki City University of Economics

Changes in Social Services for Persons with Disabilities: Harunago as a Case Study, 1960–2023
Liang Yan, Saint Francis University

PO-46 Teaching and Learning of Social Justice in Mainland China: Social Work Students’ Experiences, Suspicions, and
PO-49
PO-51

Preconceptions
Qiaobing Wu, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University; Hui Qiu, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Mental Health and Life Satisfaction of Cross-border Students in Hong Kong: A Resilience Framework
Hung Suet Lin, Department of Social Work, Hong Kong Baptist University; Fung Kwok Kin; He LangjieSocial capital through the intersectional lens: Research on Chinese migrant women in Hong Kong

Haenim Lee , Dongguk University; Seung yun Kim, The Seoul Institute, Eunhee Han, The Korea Social
Security Information Service
PO-53
From Shadows to Empowerment: Navigating the Impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) with Latent Class
Analysis and the Healing Role of Social Engagement
Ijin HONG, National Taiwan University; Zaiping YANG, Sun Yat-sen University

PO-54 How politically driven reforms in anti-poverty policies in China reflected on the ground: Street-level bureaucrats’
PO-56
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PO-63

strategies in a vulnerable community in Sichuan
Yuehui Yu, School of Public Administration and Policy, Renmin University of China
Raising a flourishing child in the face of adversity: the role of family connectedness
Shu-Yun WU, Tsz-Chiu Cheung, National Chi Nan University
The phenomenon of child-to-parent violence in Taiwan
Ka-Yi Fung, Saint Francis University; Wai-Tak Wong, Saint Francis University
Enhancing Social Services through Data Engineering: A case study of hotline services in Hong Kong
FUNG Ka Yi, Saint Francis University; CHAN, Wing Sun. Lancaster University

PO-64 Engaging impoverished families and small enterprises in communities in Hong Kong: Networked philanthropic
approach.
Raksha Kirpal Mahtani, Natacha Aveline, CNRS @ Create, Singapore

PO-67 “What’s Wolbachia?”: Built environment and social risk perceptions in neighbourhoods with Wolbachia-AEDESTechnology interventions

Li Pengyang

PO-69 The Sibling Structure and Sibling Relationships in Rural China: The Role of Parental Favoritism and Parent‒child
PO-70

Attachment
Zhen Wang, Institute of Policy Studies, Lingnan University
Sociological Incursion into the Pregnancy and Maternal Experience of Postgraduate Students in Hong Kong
Heaeun, Oh

PO-71 The influence of married women's participation in the labor market on household income inequality: A comparative
analysis between Korea and Japan45

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PO-72

13 JUNE

Ma Yujun, The Chinese University of Hong Kong; Zhou Ziyao, Nanjing Normal University
Online social support and problematic internet use—a meta-analysis
Luan Mengcong, KOBE UNIVERSITY

PO-73 Construction of Ethnic Enclave by New Immigrants from China : The Interaction with the Overlapping Networks ofOverseas Chinese

PO-74

Anqi Chen, Lingnan University
Social capital and physical health of migrating older adults: examining urban-rural disparities in China
Zhenyu Wang, Kinglun Ngok, Sun Yat-sen University

PO-75 Online Compulsive Buying and Psychological Distress among Chinese Residents : A People-centered Approach and
Reflections on Social Policy

PO-76

Yujeong, Nam, Yonsei University

Impact of social capital on social isolation among young people in Korea during COVID-19
Mahari Is Subangun, University of Indonesia

PO-77 COLLABORATIVE GOVERNANCE IN PSYCHOSOCIAL REHABILITATION FOR VICTIMS OF CRIME IN
INDONESIA IN THE ERA OF COVID-19
Kai-yi Lu, Wen-Ju Chen, National Taipei University

PO-78 Research on the connections between codependency, self-efficacy, and social support in the context of partners ofindividuals dealing with alcohol problems
Wang Yixuan, Osaka University

PO-79 Assessing social capital in flood-stricken Zhengzhou, China: Insights across urban, transitional, and ruralcommunities

PO-80

Yuxuan HU, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
The Impact of Historical Heritage on Social Integration: Evidence from Shanghai
WANG Zhen, Lingnan University; HUANG Yaoxuan Virginia

PO-81 The Impact of Official Rotation on the Development of Residential Land in China: Evidence from the governor
rotation
Wenqi Chen, Bin Pan, Nan Li, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics

PO-82 Exploring Residents' Attention and Demand for Home-Based Elderly Care Services: A Multi-Evidence Study Basedon Policy and Online Big Data Analysis

PO-83

Wang Leixin, East China Normal University (ECNU)
Research on Family Education Patterns of Migrant Workers--Taking Shanghai Sanitation Workers as an Example
CHEN Gaoran, QI Shaojie, He Yanlan, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics

PO-84 Potential Interventions for Depression Among Chinese Adolescents with Low Socioeconomic Status: Insights from
Positive Adolescent Development
Hui Hu, Juyeon Lee, The University of Hong Kong; Linyun Fu, University of Chicago

PO-87 Enhancing Well-being and Preventing Problematic Internet Use through School-based Social-Emotional Learning
Program for Underserved Rural Adolescents: Evidence from China

PO-88

Jaejeong Lee, SeungYoon Lee, HyunjunShin, Chung-Ang University
Merging of the Marketisation of Elderly Care Services with Digital Platforms :Focusing on Home Care Platforms
Dayeon Jeong, Kyung Hee University

PO-89 Did Tsai Ing-wen government's pension reform succeed? - The Taiwan DPP's failure to structural reforms andgradual development -

PO-90
PO-91

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Hsiao-Lan Liu, National Central University
A tentative survey on food accessibility in a small-scale agricultural system—a case study of Taiwan
Yurie Momose, University of Tokyo
Long-Term Effects of Hidden Social Exclusion Behind Stable Labour

Poster Session Day 1
PO-93
PO-95

13 JUNE

Shihhan Wang; Mengxin Lin
A project of social robot application in community-based groups for older persons with mild cognitive impairment

Helmatun Fauza Ulfah, Universitas Gadjah Mada; Khairatunnisa, Universitas Ahmad Dahlan

Exploring Women's Empowerment Through Crafting on Social Media for Gender Equity in Suburban Communities
Tomo Nishimura, Kwansei Gakuin University; Yoshiro Tsutsui, Kobe International University; Daisuke
PO-98 Ishikawa, Fukushima University
Individual unconscious gender bias and career aspirations

PO-99
PO-100PO-101

Shin Hyun jun, Chung-Ang University
A Theoretical Examination of Socio-ecological Crises and the Orientation of Eco-Marxist Social Policy
YUAN ZHEN, Kobe University
Japanese Single women over 35 years old: the way of life
Angela Miku Cherry, Nihon Fukushi University
Migrant Care Workers in Japan: Support and Supervision beyond the Workplace
Kaori Katada, Hosei University

PO-102 Reconsidering the Criminalization of Poverty from the Perspective of Familialism: An analysis of the punitive
approach in anti-poverty policy in Japan47

Poster Session Day 2

14 JUNE

Lijing Yang, Nanjing University

PO-03 Still Doing ‘Housework’ at Workplace? A Qualitative Research on Division of Labor, Gendered Practices andPromotion Constraints of Female Police Officers in China
Teppei Sekimizu, Meiji Gakuin University; Sachiko Horiguchi, Temple University;
Kiwako Endo, Kinjo Gakuin University; Ju Kaneko, Meiji Gakuin University
PO-07
Reimagining the relationships between social withdrawal and social security: A comparison between Japan andGermany
Tan Zhi Han, National University of Singapore (NUS);
Goh Mingyuan, Asher, Gerard Chung, National University of Singapore
PO-13
From Childhood Adversities to Employment Outlook: Policy Implications for Enhancing Young Workers' Workplace
Well-being in Singapore

PO-17
PO-19

Ruta Braziene, Lithuanian Social Science Centre, Institute of Sociology; Sonata Vysniauskiene
Youth Life Chances Differentiation and Implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights in Lithuania
Kae Ito, Shuji Tsuda, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute for Geriatrics and Gerontology
Understanding and Reducing Social Distance Towards People Living with Dementia

Yudai, Miyake, Ochanomizu University

PO-21 Research on the enrolment in higher education and continuing studies for students from households receiving public
assistance.

PO-25
PO-27

Fang-Yi Huang, Soochow University; Jiun-Da Lin, National Taiwan University
Explaining gender-sensitive measures for COVID-19: the role of Women’s transnational organizations
ONO, Taichi, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS)
Formulating Social Security in Post-WWII Japan – The Advisory Council on Social Security and Its Key Experts

Karel Van den Bosch, University of Antwerp

PO-29 The Gender Pension Gap in the European Union: the impact of past gender labour market inequalities and ofpension systems
Marius Olivier, Nelson Mandela University; North-West University

PO-30 SOCIAL PROTECTION FOR MIGRANTS IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC: INNOVATION, PROSPECTS AND REFORM
NEEDS
Merita Mesiäislehto, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare; Sanni Välimäki; Mia Hakovirta

PO-31 Impact of the COVID-19 crisis on families' economic well-being and the role of social protection in mitigating theimpacts in 21 European countries

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Fen ling Chen, National Taipei University
New Welfare Productivism? Social Policies for the Pandemic in North-east Asia
Chie MATSUTANI, Iwate Prefectural University; Manami Sando
The problems for people with disabilities in making ends meet when losing their parents support in Japan
Oguz Karadeniz, Pamukkale University
Extending to social security coverage and coping with undeclared work for the Syrian Refugees Case of Türkiye
Shin Yamada, Hiroshima Shudo University“Welfare Loan” -A Fair Shylock or?
HUANG, Guan, Changzhou University; Chen
A Study on the Model Design for Industrial Upgrade of Mutual Aid Elderly Care Driven by Blockchain Technology
Wong Yu Cheung, Saint Francis University

PO-38 Employment and Well-being: A Study on the Impact of Work on the Quality of Life of Low-Income Elderly Workers in
PO-39

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Hong Kong
Natacha Aveline-Dubach, Raksha Mahtani, Kamalika Banerjee, CNRS @ Create, Singapore
Contrasting biosecurity approaches for dengue in Singapore's residential landscapesPoster Session Day 2

14 JUNEWENJU CHEN, National Taipei University

PO-47 An Exploratory Study on Employment Recovery Capital in Taiwan: Motivation of Hiring Drug users from the
Perspective of Employers of Small and Micro-Enterprises.
Steve K.L. Chan, Keimyung University; Charles N.C. Wong, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

PO-48 Monopolizing the policy problem identification under the period of instability– Borders reopening policy of Hong
Kong and Singapore in the post-COVID-19 era
Yu-Te Huang, the University of Hong Kong

PO-50 Relational Well‐Being Among Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Young Adults in Taiwan: Before and After the

PO-52

Legalization of Same‐Sex Marriage
Kim Kwok, City University of Hong Kong
Community matters: Barriers and opportunities to sexual health of migrant domestic workers in Hong Kong
Rong-Fuh Day, National Chi Nan University; Shu-Yun Wu, National Chi Nan University

PO-55 Digital Optimization and Transformation of Elderly Home Meal Delivery Services in Nonprofit Organizations in
PO-58

TaiwanHE FANGRONG, Korea University ; Yongho Chon, Incheon National University
Long-Term Care Prevention system in Japan and Korea: Focusing on the function of promoting LTCIQi Wang, Lingnan University

PO-59 Heterogeneous Son Preference and Family Values across Asian Societies: A Comparative Study of Can Tho,
PO-61
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PO-86

Malaysia, Turkey, and Vietnam
Dongshu Ou, The Chinese University of Hong Kong; Dan Sun
Maternal education and family investments in adolescents’ human capital
Dongshu Ou, The Chinese University of Hong Kong; Zitong Wang, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Four decades of educational mobility
Cheong Hay CHU, Saint Francis University; Yida, Yee Ha CHUNG, Saint Francis University
The Changing Landscape of Online Gambling: Insights from a Hong Kong Case Study
Cheong Hay CHU, Saint Francis University; Michael Sik Wai LAU, Saint Francis University
Perceived Academic Stress in Social Work First Placement: Challenges and Opportunities
Raksha Kirpal Mahtani, CNRS @ Create, Singapore"It’s because she’s a working girl”: inequality and hierarchies in Singapore’s sex industry
Hiroshi KOJIMA, Waseda University
Policy-Related Correlates of COVID-19 Infection among Foreign Residents in Japan

Jung Min Park, Ho Jun Park, Ah Reum Baek, Seoul National University
Changes in Subjective Well-being in South Korea from 2006 to 2022: Focusing on the Age, Period, Cohort Effects
Liu Yi, Dalian University of Technology; Wang Huanming

PO-92 Capacity building preferences for community resilience: a Q methodology study on community governors throughthe pandemic in China
Xue BAI, Jiajia ZHOU, Hong Kong Polytechnic University

PO-94 Did Childhood Abuse Influence Older Adults’ Care Expectation and Formal Care: The Roles of Family Functioning
and Care Preparation
Chino YABUNAGA, Toyo University

PO-96 Anticipation of coparenting among Japanese couples who have had their first child: focusing on family configuration
and work beliefs
Xue Bai, Jiajia Zhou, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

PO-97 How Does Childhood Maltreatment Shape Later Life Care Preferences? Serial Mediation Roles of Family
PO-103Functioning and Care Preparation
Ling GE, Beijing University of Technology; Beijing Social Governance Research Centre
Aging in Place: smart home upgrades in Beijing, China

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14 JUNE

Wenbo ZHANG, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

PPO-04 Digital Support and Service Supply Differentiation: A Perspective on Local Practice of the "Aging-Oriented"
PPO-05

Renovation Project
Chunguang WANG, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
Digitalization and the Dilemma of Elderly Social Welfare Services
Pei Fei, Syracuse University, Falk College; Yixuan Wang, China Youth University of Political Studies

PPO-06 Exploring Intergenerational Conflict in Asian Immigrant Families: The Role of Neighborhood Environment,
PPO-07

Cultural Orientation, and Parenting
Pei-Yun Yang; Tian-Ming Zhang, Shanghai University
Promoting Recovery: A Photovoice Intervention Among People with Mental Illness in a Chinese Community
Katsuhisa KOJIMA, National Institute of Population and Social Security Research

PPO-08 Family caregiver support policy measures and their caregiving burden change including Covid-19 pandemic period
PPO-09
PPO-10
PPO-11in Japan
Chen-Fen Chen, National Taipei University of Nursing and health Sciences; Yu-Ching Liu, University of BathClients or co-workers? The integration of family caregivers into Long-Term Care system in Taiwan

Kazuhiro Uchida; Waseda University
Human Resource Management for Care Workers in Japan
Yun-Hsiang Hsu, National Central University
From guest to resident: policy options and the choice of foreign domestic workers in Taiwan
Wang, Shu-Twu National Pingtung University of Science and Technology

PPO-13 Employment Security and Support for Urban Indigenous People: Personal Experience, Institutional Environment,
and NGO Viewpoints
Kui Kasirisir (Hsu, Chun-Tsai), National Pingtung University of Science and Technology
PPO-14 From "tapau" to "umaq": Exploring and Developing a Culturally Friendly Healthy Living Environment for Urban
Indigenous Communities
Pukiringan.Palivuljung (Tung, Hsin-Chih), National Chung Cheng University

PPO-15

PPO-16The investigation and research on the "cultural space" of urban indigenous people in southern Taiwan
Chen, Ke-Mei National Chung Cheng University
Social connection among urban indigenous people in Taiwan
Koji Takahashi, Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training

PPO-17 Changes and Continuity in Non-regular Employment in Japan (1): Re-regulation, Labor Shortage, and Positive
Signs for an Equal Labor Market?
Yasutaka Fukui, Nagoya University
PPO-18 Changes and Continuity in Non-regular Employment in Japan (2): Wage Disparities Between Regular and Nonregular Employment in Japan in the 2010s
Fumiko Nishino, Hitotsubashi University
PPO-19 Changes and Continuity in Non-regular Employment in Japan (3): Current Situation of Transition from Non-regular
to Regular Positions
Takeshi Okamoto, Hitotsubashi University
PPO-20 Changes and Continuity in Non-regular Employment in Japan (4): Why Is the “Male Breadwinner Model” Still
Predominant in Japan Today?
Eliz Wong Miu Yin, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

PPO-21
PPO-22

Inclusion of LGBTQ+ Individuals in Hong Kong: A Scoping Review
Randolph C. H. Chan, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
The protective role of school climate on the school experiences and mental health of gender nonconforming students
Yiu-tung Suen, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

PPO-23 Chinese Lesbian and Gay Adults’ Self-Reported Experiences of Negative Treatment and Violence From Family of
Origin: Evidence From a Larger-Scale Study in China
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PPO-24
PPO-25
PPO-2614 JUNE

Sang-A, Lee; Kyoungha Sung, KDISSWThe Changes of Self-sufficiency Program in Korea

Yuka Ozawa, Kanazawa University
Exploring the Role of Intermediate Support in Work Integration Social Enterprises: A Study of SIAEs in France
Fitria Noriza, Chiba University
Indonesian Technical Intern Trainee (TITP) Care Workers in Japan: Relative Deprivation and Career Choice51

Conference Site Map

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Conference Rooms & Facilities

Room B-1

Room J

Room 553
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Lunch & Dinner

SAKURA

The Prince Hotel Takaragaike

SWAN
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Getting to the Venue
The easiest way to get to the conference venue is totake a subway (Karasuma-Line) from JR Kyoto
Station.
The last stop on the line is "Kyoto International
Conference Centre". From the subway station, go to
Exit 4-2, and the venue is directly connected to thisexit. The journey takes about 20 minutes. You canalso take a taxi from Kyoto Station or anywhere elsein Kyoto.

If you are coming from Kansai International Airport,
you may take a train (JR) or bus, directly to the Kyoto
JR station.

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Getting to the Prince Hotel Takaragaike

The circular building you can see in the distance from the venue is the Prince Hotel Takaragaike.
It is approximately a 5-minute walk from the venue.
We have marked the walking route with a red line along the way. After crossing the road, you need to walkthrough a covered walkway to reach the hotel entrance.

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2024 EASP/FISS Joint Conference Organizing Committee
Aya Abe, Tokyo Metropolitan University​
阿部彩 東京都立大学
Kiwako Endo, Kinjo Gakuin University
遠藤希和子 金城学院大学
Yuko Tamiya, Kobe Gakuin University
田宮遊子 神戸学院大学(Assistants)​

Wenshuo Zhai, Tokyo Metropolitan University​翟文朔 東京都立大学
Akira Matsubara, Tokyo Metropolitan University
松原祥 東京都立大学

We thank all those who helped us to make the conference possible.