Devolution and Policy Implementation in Local Government: Empirical Analysis of Ex Post Controls on Care-Service Providers

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  • 権限移譲と地方政府の政策実施――介護サービス事業者に対する事後コントロールの実証分析――
  • ケンゲンイジョウ ト チホウ セイフ ノ セイサク ジッシ : カイゴサービス ジギョウシャ ニ タイスル ジゴ コントロール ノ ジッショウ ブンセキ

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<p>How has local government behavior changed since delegation of authority, and what factors have influenced it? For a better understanding of the impact of decentralization, it is important to analyze changes in local government performance. This is also a crucial factor in the quality of local welfare services. However, these issues have been ignored in previous studies of decentralization focusing on welfare expenditure or policy outcomes, as well as on studies of longterm care policies that emphasize socioeconomic background.</p><p>This article analyzes the ex post controls implemented by each government designated city in Japan (seireishiteitoshi) on service providers before and after devolution (2012), using Japanese long-term care as the empirical setting. After confirming the actual situation of each city before and after the transfer of authority, this article examines the relationship between organizational restructuring and the result of the ex post control using the difference-in-difference estimation method. This allows us to examine the changes in local government that previous studies have overlooked. In addition, focusing on observable aspects other than government expenditures, such as administrative behavior, is also expected to overcome case selection bias.</p><p>Analysis based on the original panel data of each city for a 10-year period (2007-2017) shows that local governments that underwent internal reorganization are more active than those in other cities. This finding suggests one aspect of the missing link between macro-level institutional change and micro-level policy outcomes, and provides some clues on the impacts of long-term care insurance reform.</p>

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