The Markets for Children's Services

亚利桑那州大学SE-0241559 Joseph Galaskiewicz该项目继续对明尼阿波利斯-圣彼得堡的非营利部门进行研究。保罗大都会地区在过去的17年里。关于慈善组织、营利性组织、互惠性组织和公共组织之间的差异，学术界和政策界存在着漫长而激烈的争论，过去的一些研究发现了差异，另一些研究发现差异很小或没有差异。目前的研究调查了这样一种观点，即儿童服务的不同市场的提供者和消费者的匹配--广义地解释--并不总是遵循经济逻辑。在供应方面，许多供应商不能自由地对不断变化的市场状况做出反应，也不能对机会做出反应，因为法律规范和规则限制了他们可以做什么，如何做，以及他们可以为谁服务。简而言之，法律约束应该解释组织战略、服务组合、服务对象和绩效方面的差异。在需求方面，由于某些市场的“不完善”，公共、慈善和互惠组织享有比营利性组织更多的竞争优势，被消费者视为更有效和更可取的组织。研究结果应该会揭示慈善机构、会员组织和公共机构提供的儿童服务是否比营利性机构更好。调查者将从600个家庭收集数据，其中包括全职居民和5至12岁的儿童。调查人员将对400个家庭进行电话采访，并对另外200个家庭进行现场访谈。调查的目的是确定家庭使用的各种儿童服务的服务提供商。现场访谈将收集关于一项特定服务活动的更深入的信息(即质量、位置、价格、信任身份、社交网络在选择提供商方面所扮演的角色，以及对服务的满意度)。最后，将对服务提供者抽样(n=250)进行访谈，以收集关于其法律地位、使命/宗旨、服务、客户/客户、竞争对手、组织战略和机构联系的数据。这项研究涉及多个领域，包括组织社会学、市场行为学、制度经济学、公共管理和消费者研究。这项研究具有重要的公共政策含义，因为政府合同、慈善扣减、各种补贴和税收地位是以部门(例如，营利性、公共机构或非营利性)重要的假设为前提的。此外，这项研究还涉及了之前未被充分研究的人群。凤凰城-梅萨地铁人口中有很大一部分是西班牙裔(约25%)。因此，这项研究将对西南部拉美裔美国人的城市生活状况产生很大影响。

SES-0241559Joseph GalaskiewiczUniversity of ArizonaThis project continues a program of research conducted on the non-profit sector in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area over the past 17 years. There is a long and spirited debate in academic and policy circles about the differences among charitable, for-profit, mutual benefit, and public organizations, with some past research finding differences, other studies finding little or no differences. The current study investigates the thesis that the matching of providers and consumers in the various markets for children's services-broadly construed-does not always follow an economic logic. On the supply side, many providers are not free to respond to changing market conditions and to react to opportunities because of legal norms and rules that restrict what they can do, how they can do it, and who can they serve. In short, legal constraints should explain differences in organization strategies, service mix, people served and performance. On the demand side, because of "imperfections" in the marketplace in certain markets, public, charitable, and mutual benefit organizations enjoy competitive advantages over for-profits and are seen by consumers as more effective and desirable. Study findings should shed light on whether charities, membership organizations and public agencies provide children's services better than for-profits.The investigator will collect data from 600 households, with full-time residents and children between the ages of 5 and 12. Phone interviews will be conducted with 400 households and on-site interviews with an additional 200 households. The purpose of the survey is to identify service providers that households use for various kinds of children services. The on-site interviews will collect more in-depth information on one particular service activity (i.e., quality, location, price, trust identity, role social networks played in selecting a provider, and satisfaction with service). Lastly, a sample of service providers (n=250) will be interviewed to gather data on their legal status, mission/purpose, services, clients/customers, competitors, organizational strategy and institutional ties. The research contributes to several fields, including organizational sociology, market behavior, institutional economics, public administration, and consumer research. The research has important public policy implications in that government contracts, charitable deductions, various subsidies and tax status are premised on the assumption that sector (e.g., for-profit, public agencies, or non-profit) matters. Also, the research involves a population that has previously been understudied. A large percentage of the Phoenix-Mesa metro population is Hispanic (about 25%). Thus, the research will have much to say about the urban living conditions of Hispanics in the Southwest.