Topic & Thesis & Outline

Topic: Working poor in Japanese society


Thesis statement:
This paper will argue that the working poor in Japan society is problem because it deprives people of human dignity, causes exploding cost of social insurance and forces the labor market to be inefficient.


Outline

1. Introduction
①Topic plus Thesis statement
-lose human dignity
- exploding cost of social insurance
-inefficiency of labor market
2. Current situation
②･poverty inherits from generation to generation
･Many working poor can’t have place to live
･No chance to escape from working poor
･Very weak labor relation (irregular worker)
③･unemployment insurance and livelihood protection weaken the incentive of looking for new job.
･some local government give financial support to working poor.
･these welfare press governmental finance
④･Japanese working population are decreasing
･regular workers work to much

3. Problems
⑤working poor lose human dignity
⑥exploding social insurance cost
⑦inflexible work arrangement, inefficiency of labor market

4. Possible solutions
⑧give public job and educational support to working poor
⑨reform social insurance schemes
⑩job sharing

5. Conclusion
⑪conclusion

Outline

Title: Working poor- working hard, earning a little money

Thesis statement: Working poor has no one clear solution. Combination of two measure, job sharing and reformation of social insurances can reduce the number of working poor.
Outline

1. introduction
2. definition of “working poor”
3. present condition of working poor in Japan
4. economic aspect- increasing social insurances cost
5. political aspect- working poor inherit generation to generation

Research Proposal

These days number of people who works hard but can’t earn enough money to live (what we call “working poor”) is increasing in Japan. This new type of poverty is caused by changing of working patterns. This paper will try to explain what is “working poor” and examine how it affect on Japanese society, at last, present possible solutions. It seems that combination of two measure, job sharing and reformation of social insurances can reduce the people who classed as working poor. AAP General News Wire introduces working poor in Australia, which is very useful for comparing case in Japan. Iwata;s research give us real examples of person who classed as working poor. Kadokura’s paper suggests that working poor are exist not only these days but also after the WW2.

Working Bibliography

"Fed: Three per cent of Australians classed as working poor. " AAP General News Wire 17 October 2007 1. Academic Research Library. ProQuest. ICU Library, Tokyo, Japan. 17 Jan. 2008 http://www.proquest.com/

Hayek, Friedrich A. von. The constitution of liberty. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1960.

Iwata, Masami. Poverty in today. Tokyo: Chikuma Shinsho, 2007.

Kadokura, Takahumi. Working Poor. Tokyo: Takarajima-sha, 2006.

Scratch Outline

What is the “working poor”?
When did it start?
Who are called “working poor”?
Why people come to “working poor”.
How this phenomenon expands?

How the “working poor” effects on the Japanese society?
Economic aspects
Globalization of labor markets
Increasing of temporary employment
Outsourcing
Politic aspect
Liberty and equality
Social insurance
Education gap

Is there any example of “working poor”?
Case1
Case2

What are possible solutions?
Job share
Review minimum wages
Unemployment insurance
Creation of employment