2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Design of Adequate Administrative and Fiscal Relationship between The Government and The Third Sector

Research Project

Project/Area Number	22530302
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	Public finance/Monetary economics
Research Institution	Tohoku University
Principal Investigator	SASAKI Norio 東北大学, 大学院・経済学研究科, 准教授 (10263550)
Project Period (FY)	2010 – 2012
Keywords	政府 / 第三セクター / 社会サービス
Research Abstract	This research investigated characters and developments of the “Third Sector" with respect to the role of providing public services. From a viewpoint of theories, institutional setting and the historical development, this research compared Japanese Third Sector including nonprofit organizations to European and American ones. As a result, it is found that the behavioral principle of the Third Sector is characterized “altruistic" and the character can be seen often in insurance organizations. In the field of social security Japanese government made institutions, organizations of pensions and social services in contrast to European countries, where these institutions were established originally by the Third Sector themselves and admitted by the governments afterwards.

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