Disclosed is a monomer having an electron-withdrawing substituent and a lactone skeleton, represented by following Formula (1), wherein Ra represents, e.g., a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms; R1 represents, e.g., a halogen atom or an alkyl or haloalkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms; “A” represents an alkylene group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, oxygen atom, sulfur atom, or nonbonding; “m” denotes an integer of 0 to 8; Xs each represent an electron-withdrawing substituent; “n” denotes an integer of 1 to 9; and Y represents a bivalent organic group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms.The monomer is useful typically as a monomer component typically for a highly functional polymer, because, when the monomer is applied typically to a resist resin, the resin is satisfactory stable and resistant typically to chemicals, is highly soluble in organic solvents, and has improved hydrolyzability and/or solubility in water after hydrolysis.