【学会発表】坂本隆幸教授 “Do Social Investment Policies Promote Employment among the Vulnerable?: A Case of Single Mothers.”｜中西部政治学会（米国）

坂本隆幸教授が2023年4月16日に米国中西部政治学会（米国・シカゴ/2023年4月13日〜16日/ハイブリッド開催）にて論文を発表しました。

学会論文のタイトル： “Do Social Investment Policies Promote Employment among the Vulnerable?: A Case of Single Mothers.”

要旨：
Social investment (SI) policies have been implemented by governments of industrial countries in hopes of safeguarding against new social risks and mitigating social exclusion by encouraging employment and making it easier for parents to balance work and family. Governments hope that human capital investment and activation will prepare workers for jobs, promote their employment and social inclusion, and reduce poverty. This paper analyzes the potential effects of SI policies on vulnerable individuals and workers at the macro level by using the employment position of single mothers as a dependent variable. Time-series cross-national data from 18 OECD countries between 1998 and 2017 are analyzed. I find that public spending on education and family support is positively associated with the employment rates of single mothers. In contrast, ALMP spending is negatively associated. ALMP’s negative effects stand out particularly with public spending on job training. Of all family support policies, family allowances are positively associated with single mothers’ employment, which runs counter to the conventional argument that family allowances are a disincentive for women’s or mothers’ employment. Paid leave (length and generosity) is also associated with higher employment for single mothers. Public spending on maternity leave (spending level) and ECEC is, however, not associated with single mothers’ employment.

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日本語訳：
タイトル：社会投資政策はシングルマザーの雇用を促すことができるのか

要旨：
統計分析によって次のような結果が出た。家族支援政策、手当が付いた育児休暇、児童手当、教育支出はシングルマザーの雇用率を上げる。しかし、幼児教育支出、積極的労働市場政策がシングルマザーの雇用率を上げるというデータはなかった。