INEQUALITY IN SINGAPORE

by Faizal Bin Yahya (Editor)

Overview

Income inequality has become a global phenomenon. Rapid technological advancement and an expanding global workforce will continue to place huge pressure on wages all over the world, including Singapore. This edited volume is the product of the robust exchanges that took place in a series of closed-door discussions (CDDs) on inequality that the Institute of Policy Studies organised in the first half of 2012. The essays provide a range of views on the multi-faceted nature of inequality in Singapore, discuss candidly the specific challenges we face, and offer some policy recommendations.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789814623858
Publisher:	World Scientific / Inst Of Policy Studies, S'pore
Publication date:	12/30/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	184
File size:	6 MB

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction 1

Is Life Getting Better in Singapore?: Issues on Social Inequality Professor Paul Cheung 1

Chapter 2 Inclusive Growth 13

Growing Inclusivity, Addressing Labor Market Shortfalls and Enhancing International Competitiveness

Speaker Associate Professor Tan Khee Giap

Discussant Mr Yeoh Lam Keong

Chapter 3 Education and Social Mobility 25

Education and Intergenerational Mobility

Speaker Associate Professor Irene Ng

Discussant Associate Professor Tan Ern Ser

Chapter 4 Retirement Funding and Adequacy 51

Retirement Funding Adequacy in Singapore

Speaker Associate Professor Hui Weng Tat

Discussant Mr Chan Beng Seng

Chapter 5 Foreign Talent and Their Impact on the Singapore Economy 77

Impact of Foreign Workers on Economic Growth of Singapore Economy

Speaker Associate Professor Shandre M Thangavelu

Discussant Ms Wong Su-Yen

Chapter 6 Health Care and Long-term Care 111

Health and Long-term Care for the Aging Population in Singapore

Speaker Associate Professor Phua Kai Hong

Discussant Ms Lim Sia Hoe

Chapter 7 Housing Affordability 133

Is Housing Still Affordable?: New Disaggregated Indicators

Speaker Associate Professor Lum Sau Kim Ms Zhou Xuefeng

Discussant Mr Christopher Gee

About the Speakers 165

About the Discussants 171

Index 175