지방정부 보육예산 분석:4개 광역지자체를 중심으로

Abstract

This study analyzes the childcare budgets invested by the central government, education offices, and local governments based on the budgets of local governments in Seoul, Gyeonggi-do, Jeonnam-do, and Gyeongnam-do, where there are large differences in the number of children using facilities and the gap between urban and rural areas. The analysis confirmed that the total childcare budget, except for Gyeongnam-do, had little difference or slightly higher than the standard childcare cost. Additionally, the result of regression analysis for budgets of each local government represents that the input budget per child was significantly higher in areas where the proportion of public childcare centers is high, the capacity rate is low, and is the rural area. Based on the analysis regarding budget input gap among regional local areas, we suggest some of local programs need to be switched to the national level program to meet national minimum services. We also suggest to build an institution to collect the municipal childcare and toddler education data to see the nationwide childcare and kindergarten budget input including regional local and municipal government level.