The study of effects of employment assistance programs and educational assistance programs on poor people

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26512016
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: 公共政策
• Research Institution: Kwansei Gakuin University
• Principal Investigator: SHIKATA MASATO 関西学院大学, 総合政策学部, 准教授 (70526441)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 田中 聡一郎 関東学院大学, 経済学部, 講師 (40512570)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 生活保護 / 生活困窮者 / 就労支援 / 教育支援 / 政策評価

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study aimed to investigate ways of ameliorating employment difficulties and poverty, and using data from Saitama Prefecture’s Comprehensive Support Program for Welfare Recipients (the Asuport Project), evaluate the effects of employment assistance programs and educational assistance programs on poor people. The main results are summarized as follows. First, we demonstrate how the attributes of welfare recipients and the type of support program affect employment rates. Second, we show that the high school matriculation rates for students who participated in educational assistance programs are higher. Third, we advocate for the promotion of these types of educational programs and programs that reduce high school dropout rates.

Free Research Field

社会政策