Study Of Social Assistance Spending Efficiency

Degree of social assistance in social security system as an important component of the social security of the final "safety net." It is to protect the basic living of urban and rural residents, the distribution of income has a significant gap. Social assistance as the bounden duty of the government, spending most of its funding comes from comes from China's fiscal expenditure, the level of money expenditure efficiency, greatly related to the social assistance system, the level of operating efficiency. However, the current income gap between China's regional economic development is uneven, and thus the efficiency of social assistance expenditures are rarely mentioned, that only knew inputs But I do not know the status of output efficiency, a serious impact on improving the system of social assistance rate.Through analysis of the 31 provinces and cities,2005-2007 Social Assistance expenditure data, using stochastic frontier model, estimates the Chinese province and the efficiency of social assistance spending, and then from year to year through the east central and western provinces and between Comparison between the City, to analyze the efficiency of social assistance expenditure status, and identify its causes, which improve the efficiency of social assistance spending, the promotion of backward areas to learn from advanced areas, improve the social assistance system, has important practical significance.The conclusions from this paper is as follows:First, by using principal component analysis, the indicators involved in screening, ultimately come to affect the efficiency of social assistance expenditures for medical assistance the main target output level, the urban population the incidence of poverty, the total relief spending accounts for more than civil charges, the Home Expenses total financial expenditure ratio, per capita recipients of crowd management costs, the per capita expenditure of urban subsistence allowances, per capita expenditure of rural subsistence allowances, five guarantees to support the per capita expenditure, per capita amount of disaster relief. Second, by 2005-2007, China's 31 provinces measure the efficiency of social assistance spending,Come to the overall efficiency of social assistance spending is low, the highest efficiency and the eastern region the lowest in the western region, in various provinces and cities to Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, Zhejiang and Liaoning, the most efficient. Finally, comparative analysis of various factors, come to affect the efficiency of social assistance expenditures due mainly to lower the total cost for social assistance; some relief project expenditure inefficiency, affecting the efficiency of overall expenditure, such as disasters, five guarantees assistance expenditures; urban and rural low-income groups the level of assistance is still low; work of social assistance management and operation of high cost.According to the conclusions of this analysis, presented in the following six areas to improve the efficiency of social assistance expenditures:emphasis on fiscal expenditure on social assistance to support the efforts; appropriate to raise the minimum subsistence level of assistance; specific aid projects to improve the efficiency of expenditure; raise relief funds management expenses level; positive social forces play a role in social assistance; raise social assistance law, the legislative level.