abstract: 'This study, adopting a secondary analysis from the Low-income and

  Middle-income Family Living Condition Survey 2018, aims to investigate

  the magnitude, the basic characteristics, the working conditions of the

  working poor in Taiwan as well as to assess the government''s policy

  responses. This study found that the working poor are a group of people

  who are mainly 26 to 45 years old, high school graduates, technical or

  service workers. Approximately 70\% of the working poor work full-time

  but still have a family income below the poverty line, indicating that

  the typical situation of the working poor is ``long working hours and

  low wages{''''}. In recent years, Taiwan has developed policies to respond

  to it, including expanding the scope of social assistance and doubling

  the beneficiaries, raising the minimum wage, protecting the employment

  rights of atypical workers, providing child allowances, promoting the

  employment of the disadvantaged, and expanding childcare and long term

  care services. These policies all have resulted in significant progress.

  However, the main issue remaining to be addressed is the strict criteria

  employed in the poverty screening process. These criteria urgently need

  to be modified to allow more working poor to enter into the social

  assistance system and obtain assistance. Additionally, reforms in the

  distribution of social assistance resources and in an aspect of the tax

  system are suggested.'
affiliation: 'Li, SJ (Corresponding Author), Soochow Univ, Dept Social Work, Taipei,
  Taiwan.

  Li, Shu Jung, Soochow Univ, Dept Social Work, Taipei, Taiwan.'
author: Li, Shu Jung
author-email: shujungli07@gmail.com
author_list:
- family: Li
  given: Shu Jung
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1080/17516234.2021.1920327
earlyaccessdate: JUL 2021
eissn: 1751-6242
files: []
issn: 1751-6234
journal: JOURNAL OF ASIAN PUBLIC POLICY
keywords: 'working poor; low wages; informal employment; work atypical; social

  assistance'
keywords-plus: PRECARIOUS WORK; POVERTY RISKS; EMPLOYMENT
language: English
month: JAN 2
number: 1, SI
number-of-cited-references: '49'
pages: 43-59
papis_id: 81aadf552a1fd28449342d811b0692db
ref: Li2022workingpoor
times-cited: '2'
title: 'Working poor in Taiwan: profile and policy response'
type: article
unique-id: WOS:000673250100001
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usage-count-since-2013: '19'
volume: '15'
web-of-science-categories: Area Studies
year: '2022'