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CANNOT OF COURSE BE APPLIED TO RETIREMENT BENEFITS). AS TO THE CONTRIBUTION STRUCTURE, EMPLOYERS' CONTRIBUTIONS OFTEN EXCEED EMPLOYEES' CONTRIBUTIONS, BUT THIS IS BY NO MEANS ALWAYS SO. FOR EXAMPLE, IN JAPAN THE SOCIAL INSURANCE CONTRIBUTIONS (APART FROM
THOSE FOR UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE) ARE ON THE SAME BASIS FOR EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES,
4. THE TIMING OF THE SCHEME IS OF COURSE PROVISIONAL. WE NATURALLY
WANT TO ALLOW FOR ADEQUATE CONSULTATION ON THE PRINCIPLE AND OPERATIONAL DETAILS OF THE SCHEME, PARTICULARLY WITH EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES. BUT WE WILL CERTAINLY TRY TO BRING FORWARD THE DATE OF INTRODUCTION OF THE SCHEME TO THE END OF 1980.
5. IN ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF OUR PROPOSALS, THE SCOPE OF OUR PUBLIC ASSISTANCE SCHEME IS, OF COURSE, VERY RELEVANT. THERE IS NO SCHEME IN S.E ASIA THAT PROVIDES REMOTELY COMPARABLE PROTECTION.
NOR DOES ANY S.E ASIAN COUNTRY PROVIDE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE. ONLY JAPAN DOES THIS AND EVEN THERE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE BEGAN
IN 1947, 25 YEARS AFTER SOCIAL INSURANCE WAS STARTED IN 1922.
6. THE ESTIMATED COSTS (DOLLARS MILLION) OF THE ADDITIONAL EXPENDITURE ON CASH PAYMENTS AND SERVICES RECOMMENDED IN THE WHOLE REVIEW ARE SUBSTANTIAL, AS THE TABLE BELOW MAKES CLEAR
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SOCIAL SECURITY (CASH
ELDERLY
PAYMENTS.
SERVICES
FOR YOUTH (INC-
LUDING FAMILY LIFE
EDUCATION.
REHABILITATION TOTALS
1978/79
RECURRENT
53.00
7.00
20.00
19.00
99.00
CAPITAL
0.10
1.60
19.00
20,70
1979/80
RECURRENT
102.00
13.00
25.00
37.00
177.00
CAPITAL
0.33
25.00
25.33
1980/81
RECURRENT 134.00
19.00
33.00
51.00
237.00
CAPITAL
0.38
0.20
18.00
18.58
1981/82
RECURRENT 158.00
28.00
34.00
63.00
283.00
CAPITAL
0.77
0.20
14.00
14.97
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1982/83.
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