Research on the function of social security system in change of employment stability model in Japan

• Project/Area Number: 26380833
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Social welfare and social work studies
• Research Institution: National Institute of Population and Social Security Research
• Principal Investigator: NISHIMURA Yukimitsu 国立社会保障・人口問題研究所, 社会保障応用分析研究部, 第2室長 (80334267)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 酒井 正 法政大学, 経済学部, 教授 (00425761)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
• Budget Amount: ¥3,770,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥870,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
• Keywords: 自治体とハローワークの一体的支援 / 生活保護 / 生活困窮者 / 失業者 / 制度と運用 / 生活困窮者の支援 / 失業者の支援 / 就労・自立支援 / ハローワークと自治体の連携 / サービスの直営・委託 / ハローワーク / 自立支援

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Since the middle of the 1990s, employment polarization has progressed. Employment became unstable, expectations also increased for job matching functions for the poor and the unemployed, and collaboration between local governments and Public Employment Security Office for potential unemployed and poor people.
As a result of the survey of the support staff, there was room for improvement in the support system and actual operation. Public assistance recipients have a small time constraint, a minimum life, and low motivation for employment. Unemployed people are highly motivated to re-employ, mostly getting employed without relying on the employment insurance system. For those who are poorly close to unemployed people, despite their high willingness to find employment, their lives are unstable and come to consult with them. Integral support for livelihood protection, assistance for independence of needers and employment insurance system are not sufficient for urgency.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] 管理職の選択 (2017)
  • Author(s): 西村幸満・藤間公太
  • Journal Title: 国立社会保障・人口問題研究所所内研究報告 Volume: 72 Pages: 31-47
• [Journal Article] 若者の第2職の重要性－「初職からの移行」における現代の課題 (2015)
  • Author(s): 香川めい・西村幸満
  • Journal Title: 季刊社会保障研究 Volume: 51 Pages: 29-43
  • Open Access
• [Presentation] 管理職の選択 (2016)
  • Author(s): 西村幸満・藤間公太
  • Organizer: 社会政策学会
  • Place of Presentation: 同志社大学今出川キャンパス(京都府）
  • Year and Date: 2016-10-15
• [Presentation] 自治体が事業主体となる生活支援の直営・委託選択-ヒアリング調査と厚生労働省調査の再分析の照合による支援サービスの三極化 (2016)
  • Author(s): 西村幸満
  • Organizer: 社会福祉学会
  • Place of Presentation: 佛教大学紫野キャンパス(京都府）
  • Year and Date: 2016-09-10
• [Presentation] 福祉サービスの連携の類型化 (2015)
  • Author(s): 西村幸満
  • Organizer: 社会政策学会
  • Place of Presentation: 西南学院大学（福岡県福岡市）
  • Year and Date: 2015-10-31
• [Presentation] 社会保障のサービス窓口業務多機関連携との関係-福祉サービス提供の担い手に対する調査に基づいて (2015)
  • Author(s): 西村幸満・黒田有志弥・泉田信行・白瀬由美香
  • Organizer: 社会福祉学会
  • Place of Presentation: 久留米大学（福岡県久留米市）
  • Year and Date: 2015-09-19