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School Research Seminar

COVID-19 Social Policy Response in East Asia : Tracking the Productivist Welfare Regime

This panel tracks the changes in the social policy response in East Asia (Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan) during the COVID-19 pandemic and their relationships with productivist welfare capitalism. Using data from a publicly accessible online policy tracker, known as COVID-19 Policy Response in East Asia, the speakers will show how COVID-19 policies in East Asia interact with the economic priorities, governance capacities, and politics in each of these societies.

The aims of this panel are to characterise the approach of these East Asian welfare states during the pandemic, to evaluate divergence or convergence from their productivist features, and to discuss the vulnerabilities and strengths of existing welfare state systems in responding to the various social risks posed by COVID-19 and other global and domestic threats.

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Oei Tiong Ham Building, 
Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy,
469C Bukit Timah Road
Singapore 259772 
Tue 11 October 2022
03:15 PM - 04:45 PM

Ms Wong Yee Lok

Ms Wong Yee Lok

Research Associate, Social Inclusion Project, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy

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Mr Mohnish Kedia

Mr Mohnish Kedia

PhD Candidate, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy

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Ms Kim Soyoung

Ms Kim Soyoung

PhD Candidate, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

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Dr Ng Kok Hoe

Dr Ng Kok Hoe

Senior Research Fellow; Head, Case Study Unit and Social Inclusion Project, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy

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