지방자치단체 민간위탁의 경쟁성 및 결정요인 분석 - 사회복지분야 민간위탁을 중심으로 -

Abstract

This study empirically analyzes competitiveness and its determinants of contracting-out of social welfare services in Korean local governments. First, as a result of HHI (Herfindhal-Hirschmann index), 119 local governments have possibility of competitiveness while 36 local governments tend to have monopoly. Based on this,rural areas are 3.09 HHI, urban areas is 1.01 HHI. It shows that the monopolies tend to be higher in rural areas than in urban areas. Second, the result of regression analysis for determinants of contracting-out in social welfare services is that a place where has a lot of social welfare officials and high social welfare budgets tends to avoid contracting-out. The main findings of this study are as follows. Local government officials are worried about the loss of control for social welfare services and their rights. Not only those but also it is related with social welfare budgets. For those reasons, we can imply the difficulty of decision contracting-out. But, there is difficulty to make theoretical generalization with this study. Because it is used a single statistical yearbook of local governments' data and it is not sufficient to explain of bureaucratic behavior.