Konferenzbeitrag

Public employment services under decentralization: Evidence from a natural experiment

We study whether decentralizing public employment services impacts job finding positively, as is suggested by the classic decentralization theorem, or negatively, as is suggested by political economy considerations. Our difference-in-difference estimates for a German reform in 2012 point to negative effects: Decentralization decreased job finding by 10% and increased the use of inefficient job creation programs that likely reduce local but increase federal public expenditures.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: Beiträge zur Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik 2017: Alternative Geld- und Finanzarchitekturen - Session: Unemployment I ; No. B05-V3

Classification
Wirtschaft
Structure, Scope, and Performance of Government
State and Local Government: Health; Education; Welfare; Public Pensions
Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty: Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
Particular Labor Markets: Public Policy

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Weber, Michael
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
ZBW - Deutsche Zentralbibliothek für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft
(where)
Kiel, Hamburg
(when)
2017

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  • Konferenzbeitrag

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  • Weber, Michael
  • ZBW - Deutsche Zentralbibliothek für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft

Time of origin

  • 2017

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