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Spatial concentration of local government expenditures on family foster care in Poland
Spatial concentration of local government expenditures on family foster care in Poland

Author(s): Dorota Łochnicka, Katarzyna Miszczyńska, Piotr Miszczyński
Subject(s): Public Administration, Welfare systems, Public Finances
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: local government; foster care; public expenditures; childcare

Summary/Abstract: This article presents local government expenditures on family foster care in terms of their spatial concentration. The main aim of the study is to capture regional differences in the financing of family foster care in Poland. The location quotient and the shift-share analysis were applied in the study. The spatial disparities in the functioning of social assistance, in terms of foster family care, in Poland have been detected. These differences are caused by higher revenues for budgets, resulting in major additions to social benefits.

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 34
  • Page Range: 112-129
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: English