보충성 원리 적용 여부에 따른 기초연금의 소득재분배 및 빈곤 개선효과 비교분석

Abstract

This study analyzed the income redistribution and poverty reduction effects of the basic pension according to the application of the subsidiarity applied to the basic pension when calculating livelihood benefits. Our results are as follows; first, current basic income system which applied the subsidiarity is effective to improve the income distribution and to reduce the absolute and relative poverty ratio and poverty gap ratio. second, not applying the subsidiarity increase the effect of the basic pension system on improving income redistribution and alleviating absolute poverty, but the additional effects is not large. Third relative poverty rarely affected by the application of subsidiarity. These results implies that it would be prudent not to apply the subsidiarity to the basic pension entirely, because additional effects of not applying the subsidiarity is not large. However, further measures such as strengthening the basic pension, as well as a method of temporarily easing the subsidiarity of providing additional livelihood benefits to basic pension recipients are still needed to alleviate the elderly poverty, given the still high elderly poverty rate.