社会保障制度源于西方,主要有以下四种模式
* social insurance, where people receive benefits or services in recognition of contributions to an insurance scheme. These services typically include provision for retirement pensions, disability insurance, survivor benefits and unemployment insurance.
社会保险。指的是符合一定的保险制度的人能够享受。这些服务突出表现为退休金、伤残保险、抚恤金和失业保险。
* income maintenance—mainly the distribution of cash in the event of interruption of employment, including retirement, disability and unemployment
收入补贴。主要是指对工作中断时的资金分配,包括退休、伤残和失业。
* services provided by administrations responsible for social security. In different countries this may include medical care, aspects of social work and even industrial relations.
由管理者(雇佣方)出于社会福利的责任而提供的各项服务。在不同的国家这一项服务包括医疗、社会工作甚至劳资关系。
* More rarely, the term is also used to refer to basic security, a term roughly equivalent to access to basic necessities—things such as food, clothing, shelter, education and medical care.
比较少的一种定义是,社会保障同样会与基本保障相联系。粗略地能与日常基本必需品保障等同,如食品、衣服、住房、教育和医疗。
参考资料:维基百科。英文版