Based on the ideas developed in the literature on the evaluation of active labor market policy, this paper provides a framework for the evaluation of key elements of immigration policy. To this end, the fundamental ingredients of evaluating policy interventions are explained and the specific...

Based on the ideas developed in the literature on the evaluation of active labor market policy, this paper provides a framework for the evaluation of key elements of immigration policy. To this end, the fundamental ingredients of evaluating policy interventions are explained and the specific...

This chapter summarizes the literature on the evaluation of immigration policies. It brings together two strands of the literature dealing with the evaluation of labor market programs and with the economic integration of immigrants. Next to immigrant selection and settlement policies, there are...

In der bundesdeutschen Debatte über ein wünschenswertes Finanzausgleichssystem werden Effizienzaspekte weitgehend vernachlässigt. Es läßt sich jedoch zeigen, daß Finanzausgleichsregelungen Allokationsstörungen hervorrufen. Dies wird in dieser Arbeit anhand einer theoretischen Analyse...