Cash benefits
; COVID-19 stimulus payments
; income-related health inequalities
Publication Year
2022
Publisher
Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs
Abstract
As the government's role expanded during the pandemic, social security services have widened rapidly not only by the central government but also by the local governments. In particular, the experience of unconditional cash transfers in response to COVID-19 was an opportunity for the local governments to draw attention as a supplementary role to the central government’s basic social security in the era of decentralization. In other words, the welfare programs of local governments are increasing as there is a limit what the central government alone can do in resolving the blind spots under the economical impact. However, there are many cases of regional programs where the beneficiaries or the purpose of the projects are similar to those of the central government’s. This study investigates whether such regional welfare programs were effective for the resident’s well-being. We examine the impacts of direct cash transfers by the local governments on residents’ health and income-related health inequalities, employment, and perceptions of welfare. As a result, at least, it seems that the local governments’ expenditures for complementary benefits for the national program had a significant effect on improving the residents’ health and reducing inequalities. On the other hand, there was no effect on health improving in the case of overlapped or duplicated programs among the governments, and unconditional cash transfers including COVID-19 stimulus payments. The unconditional cash benefits had a positive effect on social solidarity and trust in the local governments, which, however, did not lead to get support for universal welfare. In building the welfare state of our own, it is necessary to establish a desirable role of the local governmentsasthe problem is not confined to the financial structures. And it is meaningful as a realistic alternative to strictly check the effectiveness of the regional programs to induce improvement of efficiency of their expenditures.
Table Of Contents
Abstract 1 요 약 3
제1장 서 론 7 제1절 연구배경 및 목적 9 제2절 연구내용 및 방법 10
제2장 사회보장에 대한 정부간 관계와 역할 13 제1절 정부간 재정관계와 복지지출 15 제2절 규범적 차원의 정부간 관계와 역할 31 제3절 사회보장에서 정부간 관계와 역할에 관한 인식 51
제3장 지역 사회보장사업의 현황 및 효과평가 방안 65 제1절 지역 사회보장사업의 검토 및 유형화 67 제2절 지자체 사회보장사업 효과평가 개요 89
제4장 지자체 현금복지사업의 주민 건강수준에의 영향 95 제1절 배경 및 현황 97 제2절 분석방법 119 제3절 분석 결과 123
제5장 지자체 코로나19 대응 긴급지원사업의 노동시장에의 영향 131 제1절 지자체 코로나19 대응 긴급지원사업의 노동시장에의 영향 133 제2절 분석개요 137 제3절 분석결과 151
제6장 지자체 코로나19 대응 긴급지원사업의 복지인식에의 영향 169 제1절 코로나19 대응 긴급지원사업과 개인의 복지태도 간의 관계 171 제2절 분석개요 178 제3절 분석결과 186