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Decentralization and the Determinants of Welfare Spending for the Disabled -Focus on Local Governments in Daegu & Gyeongsangbuk-Do-

  • Korean Society and Public Administration
  • Abbr : KSPA
  • 2010, 20(4), pp.479-497
  • Publisher : Seoul Association For Public Administration
  • Research Area : Social Science > Public Administration

Kim, Byung-kyu 1 이곤수 2

1대구대학교
2동아시아연구원

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ABSTRACT

The increasing demand for welfare of the disabled requires elaborated policy design and adequate budget. This financial aspect of welfare for the disabled received unprecedented attention in recent years as authority and budget for welfare policy decentralized. However, the empirical analysis of welfare spending for the disabled remains understudied despite the increasing importance of the issue. The primary purpose of this article is to identity key variables in determining welfare budget for the disabled and its policy implications. This study explores what factors should affect welfare spending for the disabled with penal data comprising 30 local governments in Daegu metropolitan City and Gyeongsangbuk-Do. We find self-finance capacity negatively affects welfare spending for the disabled in contrast to its positive impacts on economic development. Female share in a local assembly influences welfare positively, and devolution tends to have positive relationship with welfare spending for the disabled.

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This paper was written with support from the National Research Foundation of Korea.