Noh Hye Sang, Han Seon-Hoe, Choi Young Jun
Institute for Welfare State Research Yonsei University Seoul Republic of Korea.
Department of Public Administration Yonsei University Seoul Republic of Korea.
Int J Soc Welf. 2022 Apr 20. doi: 10.1111/ijsw.12535.
COVID-19 has gone beyond a public health crisis and poses a serious threat to people's livelihoods. In response to the growing employment and income crisis, most OECD countries have introduced various policies and programs to alleviate rapidly rising social risks and stabilise people's livelihoods. However, these measures vary, with some governments spending only 1% of GDP in 2020, while others spent more than 10%. We conducted a multiple regression analysis to examine factors associated with the level of additional social spending in 31 OECD countries. The results indicate that lower generosity of unemployment benefits was associated with additional social policy spending. However, contrary to the hypothesis, higher additional spending was found among countries with higher levels of government debt. We ended with policy recommendations.
新冠疫情已不再仅仅是一场公共卫生危机，还对人们的生计构成了严重威胁。为应对日益严重的就业和收入危机，大多数经合组织国家出台了各种政策和计划，以迅速缓解不断上升的社会风险并稳定民生。然而，这些措施各不相同，一些政府在2020年的支出仅占国内生产总值的1%，而其他政府的支出则超过了10%。我们进行了多元回归分析，以研究与31个经合组织国家额外社会支出水平相关的因素。结果表明，失业救济金慷慨程度较低与额外的社会政策支出相关。然而，与假设相反的是，在政府债务水平较高的国家中发现了更高的额外支出。我们最后提出了政策建议。
