Policy Choices Of The Government In The Process Of Improvement Of The Existing Unemployment Insurance System

Since we entered the industrial society, the development of mass production had brought more employment opportunities, but at the same time, the unemployment risk people face has increased gradually too. Therefore, the unemployment insurance system has been established as a kind of income indemnification measure for the unemployment risk under market economy conditions. In the second half of the 20th century, western countries experienced serious social security crisis. As a result, the unemployment insurance system has changed from stressing after-event compensation to actively promoting employment. This transition means great to the development of the unemployment insurance policy, which is also the development trend of the unemployment insurance system in China. Regretfully, in the field of social policy study in China, the research about how to connect the innovation in the unemployment insurance system with employment and how to promote employment through the implementation of policy is still, to some extent, fairly deficient.The thesis, combining literature research and factual demonstration, and taking the alteration and transition of economic system in Shandong's economy development from 1999 to 2003 as the background, makes a positive analysis of unemployment state and implementation of unemployment insurance system in Shandong Province, and tentatively explores the perfection of the current unemployment insurance policy in Shandong in order to offer the government some consultation in making policy.The thesis involves six parts as follows.In " preface ", a concern, resulted from a second study of current unemployment policy, for the unemployment insurance system is expressed, on the basis of which, the author puts forward the problems this thesis aims to resolve: In the perfection of current unemployment insurance policy, what kind of policy should the government choose? Meanwhile, the author gives a literal review of the relevant studies concerned in China.In the part of "historical evolution of China's unemployment insurance policy ", government's duty in social policy—choosing policy—is probed into from the angle of social policy. Afterwards, the author makes a macroscopic description about the changes in the insurance policy of unemployment in China. Finally it is pointed out that the policy is to be adjusted and improved with the change of the social issues constantly.In the part of "challenges facing the current unemployment insurance system in Shandong Province", the author carries out a positive analysis of the present state ofunemployment, the implementation of the unemployment insurance system in Shandong and points out the problems existing among them and proposes the solution, namely setting up the " Employment-orientated" system of unemployment insurance .In the part of ""the Employment-orientated" unemployment insurance system mode -Policy choice of Shandong Government", the author proposes the mode of the "Employment-orientated" system of unemployment insurance .in Shandong and makes exhaustive explanations in such respects as the beneficiary scope, the sources of the funding, standard of premium payment ,the beneficiary qualifications, the reference system that counts treatment and grants issue duration, the use of unemployment insurance premium, the combination between unemployment insurance and employment service, etc .In the part of "the enlightenments to China's policy making from the foreign unemployment insurance system reforms", the author makes a brief introduction to the trend of foreign unemployment insurance system reform and concrete methods seeking the enlightenments to the decision-making of Chinese government.In the conclusion, the author summarizes the thesis and points out that the "employment-orientated " system of unemployment insurance is what Chinese government should choose to improve the current unemployment insurance system.