Details of a Researcher - Shinohara, Shugo

Shinohara, Shugo

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Affiliation: Faculty of Policy Management （Shonan Fujisawa）

Position: Associate Professor

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Career 【 Display / hide 】

2021.04

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Present

Keio University, Faculty of Policy Management, Associate Professor
2020.09

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2021.03

International University of Japan, Graduate School of Internal Relations, Associate Professor
2018.04

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2020.08

International University of Japan, Graduate School of Internal Relations, Assistant Professor
2016.07

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2017.06

Rutgers School of Public Affairs and Administration, Lecturer
2010.10

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2012.06

The Embassy of Japan in Uganda, Coordinator for Economic Cooperation

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2012.09

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2016.05

Rutgers University - Newark, School of Public Affairs and Administration

Completed, Doctoral course
2009.06

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2010.07

Syracuse University, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs

Completed, Master's course
2000.04

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2002.03

Yokohama National University, International Graduate School of Social Sciences

Completed, Master's course
1996.04

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2000.03

Dokkyo University, Department of Law

Graduated

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総合政策学の方法論的展開

桑原武夫、清水唯一朗、篠原舟吾他, Keio University Press, 2023

Scope: 第6章分野横断型研究の方法論
Shushin Koyo

Shugo Shinohara, John Wiley & Sons, 2020

Scope: In The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology, ed. George Ritzer and Chris Rojek
Gender in Japanese public administration

Shugo Shinohara, Springer, 2018

Scope: In Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance, ed. Ali Farazmand
Paying the shadow workforce: The case of health care

Shugo Shinohara, Frank J. Thompson, Routledge, 2017

Scope: Chapter 7, Public Personnel Management: Current Concerns, Future Challenges 6th Edition, ed. Norma M. Riccucci
History of organizations

Shugo Shinohara, Springer, 2016

Scope: In Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance, ed. Ali Farazmand

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Bad government performance and citizens’ perceptions: A quasi-experimental study of local fiscal crisis

Shugo Shinohara

International Review of Administrative Sciences 89 （ 3 ） 722 - 740 2023

Research paper (scientific journal), Single Work, Accepted

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The link between actual government performance and citizens’ performance perceptions has been controversial. Given the prevalence of negativity bias, however, the link between bad performance and citizens’ perceptions could appear to be strong. To explore this theoretically unconfirmed link, this study uses a quasi-experiment that contrasts a Japanese town in fiscal crisis, involving tax increases and service cuts, with a control village not in fiscal crisis. Using a difference-in-differences analysis with a careful retrospective pretest, it finds negative effects of the fiscal crisis on citizens’ process perception, while it shows no effects on citizens’ service satisfaction and trust in the mayor, council, and administrators. The study further finds positive associations between citizens’ performance perceptions and civic engagement. It discusses these findings to identify the boundary conditions in which a bad performance–negative perception link is likely to appear.
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行政学における方法論の厳密化と多元的共存 [Methodological Rigor and Pluralistic Concomitance in Japanese Public Administration]

Shugo Shinohara, Yuta Kobayashi, Koichiro Shiratori

年報行政研究 56 145 - 164 2021

Research paper (scientific journal), Joint Work, Accepted

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行政学者が統一されたパラダイムを志向するのではなく、行政の多様性を受容するとき、方法論の多様性も受け入れることになる。行政学における方法論の中心的命題は、学際的な研究主題に伴う手法の多様性を受容しつつ、如何にそれぞれの手法を厳密化させるかにある。本稿の目的は、日本の行政研究における方法論の現状を分析し、方法論の厳密化と多元的共存に向けた提言を行うことである。本稿は和文行政学術誌２誌に過去10年掲載された論文139本と、英文学術誌主要2誌に過去5年掲載された論文503本の方法論の傾向を、議論、概念・測定、分析の分類を用いて内容分析する。分析結果は、和文学術誌において議論を目的とする論文が73%を占めるのに対し、英文学術誌においては分析を目的とする論文が80%を占める対照的な傾向を示した。また、日本において、著者の年代が高いほど議論の割合が高く、査読有の論文である場合議論の割合が低くなることも明らかになった。これらの結果をもとに、本稿は、日本の行政学における議論と分析の相互補完の必要性を論じ、 (1)測定を可能にする概念の明確化、(2)分析手続きの透明化、(3)方法論及び手法に関する研究の促進、の３つを提言する。
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Using large scale social media experiments in public administration: Assessing charitable consequences of government funding of nonprofits

Sebastian Jike, Jiahuan Lu, Chengxin Xu, Shugo Shinohara

Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 29 （ 4 ） 627 - 639 2019

Research paper (scientific journal), Joint Work, Accepted

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In this article, we introduce and showcase how social media can be used to implement experiments in public administration research. To do so, we pre-registered a placebo-controlled field experiment and implemented it on the social media platform Facebook. The purpose of the experiment was to examine whether government funding to nonprofit organizations has an effect on charitable donations. Theories on the interaction between government funding and charitable donations stipulate that government funding of nonprofit organizations either decreases (crowding-out), or increases (crowding-in) private donations. To test these competing theoretical predictions, we used Facebook’s advertisement facilities and implemented an online field experiment among 296,121 Facebook users nested in 600 clusters. Through the process of cluster-randomization, groups of Facebook users were randomly assigned to different nonprofit donation solicitation ads, experimentally manipulating information cues of nonprofit funding. Contrary to theoretical predictions, we find that government funding does not seem to matter; providing information about government support to nonprofit organizations neither increases nor decreases people’s propensity to donate. We discuss the implications of our empirical application, as well as the merits of using social media to conduct experiments in public administration more generally. Finally, we outline a research agenda of how social media can be used to implement public administration experiments.
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Trump and the Affordable Care Act: Congressional repeal efforts, executive federalism, and program durability

Frank J. Thompson, Michael K. Gusmano, Shugo Shinohara

Publius: The Journal of Federalism 48 （ 3 ） 396 - 424 2018

Research paper (scientific journal), Joint Work, Accepted

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This article assesses the politics and partial success of Congress in repealing the Affordable Care Act (ACA), known as Obamacare, with particular attention to lobbying by governors. Most Republican governors behaved as members of a vertical partisan coalition supporting the national party rather than defending insurance coverage in their states. But the activities of a significant minority of these governors impeded ACA retrenchment. We also examine the role of executive federalism, highlighting how state responses to Trump administrative initiatives affected ACA durability. The Trump administration drew on waivers, executive orders, funding decisions, administrative rules, the social media, and other executive branch tools to sabotage the health insurance exchanges and undercut Medicaid. As of 2018, the Trump administration actions had contributed to some erosion in exchange coverage, but far less than many had anticipated. The degree to which Medicaid waivers encouraged by the Trump administration will precipitate enrollment declines in that program remains to be seen.
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What prevents public and private workers in Japan from recognizing gender inequality?

Shugo Shinohara, Yahong Zhang, Norma M. Riccucci

International Review of Administrative Sciences 84 （ 4 ） 711 - 728 2018

Research paper (scientific journal), Joint Work, Accepted

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Although the percentage of women in Japan’s workforce has increased substantially over the last 30 years, gender inequality in terms of income and position has persisted. A major problem is the lack of consciousness around gender inequality in society. Our study aims to explore the factors, particularly the Japanese style of management and cultural norms, that prevent workers in the public and private sectors from recognizing gender inequality. The Working Life Survey data collected from 1999 to 2011 were used for empirical analysis. The research finds that while there are no significant differences in the perceptions of gender inequality between public workers and their private counterparts, the factors influencing their consciousness of gender inequality do differ. The article also discusses the implications of our findings for efforts to promote gender equality throughout the Japanese workforce.
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Reviews, Commentaries, etc. 【 Display / hide 】

野田遊『自治のどこに問題があるのか　実学の地方自治論』（日本経済評論社、2021年）

篠原　舟吾

年報行政研究 57 2022.05

Book review, literature introduction, etc., Lead author

Research Projects of Competitive Funds, etc. 【 Display / hide 】

Legacy effects of the Tokyo Olympics 2020 on civic engagement: A quasi-experimental study

2019.04

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2023.03

Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science, Shugo Shinohara, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), Principal investigator
Legacy effects of the Tokyo Olympics 2020 on civil society: A quasi-experimental study

2018.08

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2020.03

Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science, Shugo Shinohara, Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up, Principal investigator

Courses Taught 【 Display / hide 】

SEMINAR B

2024
METHODOLOGY STUDY

2024
MASTER SEMINAR

2024
INDEPENDENT RESEARCH

2024
GRADUATION PROJECT 2

2024