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KMID : 1124020140300020001
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Korean Social Security Studies
2014 Volume.30 No. 2 p.1 ~ p.34
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A study on the determinants of welfare spending on primary local government`s own program
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Ko Hye-Jin
Ryu Yun-Kyu
Ahn Sang-Hoon
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Abstract
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This study aims to examine empirically the political and institutional mechanism of welfare spending on primary local governments as welfare providers based on theoretical backgrounds. This study is differentiated in a number of ways from previous studies. First of all, the subjects of analysis are limited to the primary local governments whose fiscal self-reliance is enough to manage their own program. And besides, the time period of analysis includes the year 2005 when the welfare decentralization is consolidated by fiscal decentralization and lastly the range of welfare spending is specified by local governments` own programs. It was empirically analyzed that the determinants of welfare spending on primary local governments` own programs are mainly fiscal factors and that institutional and political factors hardly affect the welfare spending of local governments. Those results identifies that primary local governments don`t exert autonomy in welfare spending even after welfare decentralization, although primary local governments as main welfare providers are appropriate administrative agency to respond to citizen`s needs. The local governments should be prepared to secure fiscal resources to maintain their own social service programs and provide the services to satisfy the citizen`s needs.
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KEYWORD
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Welfare spending, decentralization, primary local government, own program
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