Should welfare administration be centralized or decentralized? Evidence from a policy experiment

Arbeitspapier

The 2005 reform of the German welfare system introduced two competing organizational models for welfare administration. In most districts, a centralized organization was established where local welfare agencies are bound to central directives. At the same time, 69 districts were allowed to opt for a decentralized organization. We evaluate the relative success of both types of organizations. Compared to centralized organization, decentralized organization of welfare administration has a negative effect on the transition of male welfare recipients to self-sufficient employment, but it does not affect employment in combination with continuing welfare support. No significant effects were found for women.

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• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: IAW Diskussionspapiere ; No. 69

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty: Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs ; Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search ; Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models: Cross-Sectional Models; Spatial Models; Treatment Effect Models; Quantile Regressions; Social Interaction Models
• Thema: Welfare System ; Organization ; Decentralization ; Labor Market Integration ; Sozialverwaltung ; Arbeitsverwaltung ; Dezentrale Organisation ; Wirkungsanalyse ; Berufliche Integration ; Schätzung ; Deutschland

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Boockmann, Bernhard ; Thomsen, Stephan L. ; Walter, Thomas ; Göbel, Christian ; Huber, Martin
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Institut für Angewandte Wirtschaftsforschung (IAW)
• (wo): Tübingen
• (wann): 2010

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/56773
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ