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Social insurance networks
Markussen, Simen; Røed, Knut - 2012
Based on administrative panel data from Norway, we examine how social insurance dependency spreads within neighborhoods, families, ethnic minorities, and among former schoolmates. We use a fixed effects methodology that accounts for endogenous group formation, contextual interactions, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009534954
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Effectiveness of sequences of One-Euro-Jobs : is it better to do more One-Euro-Jobs or to wait?
Dengler, Katharina - 2013
Many studies have analysed the effectiveness of single active labour market programmes (ALMPs) for welfare recipients … in different countries. As empirical evidence reveals that welfare recipients in Germany often participate in multiple …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010198072
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Intensifying the use of benefit sanctions : an effective tool to increase employment?
Boockmann, Bernhard; Thomsen, Stephan L.; Walter, Thomas - In: IZA journal of labor policy 3 (2014), pp. 1-19
In Germany, imposition of benefit cuts for non-compliant welfare recipients depends on the policy of the local welfare …. A tighter sanction policy can be quite effective for non-compliant welfare recipients. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010417203
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Should welfare administration be centralized or decentralized? : Evidence from a policy experiment
Boockmann, Bernhard; Thomsen, Stephan L.; Walter, Thomas; … - 2010
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 … of both types of organizations. Compared to centralized organization, decentralized organization of welfare …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009515680
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Should Welfare Administration Be Centralized or Decentralized? Evidence from a Policy Experiment
Boockmann, Bernhard - 2011
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 … of both types of organizations. Compared to centralized organization, decentralized organization of welfare …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013131526
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Poverty, Undernutrition and Vulnerability in Rural India : Public Works Versus Food Subsidy
Jha, Raghbendra - 2011
This paper analyses the effects of access to Rural Public Works (RPW) and the Public Distribution System (PDS), a public food subsidy programme, on consumption poverty, vulnerability and undernutrition in India drawing, on the large household datasets constructed with National Sample Survey...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013134032
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Should Local Public Employment Services Be Merged with the Local Social Benefit Administrations?
Holzner, Christian - 2011
The German Federal government has allowed some regions (Approved Local Providers) to be solely responsible for the care of long-term unemployed. The remaining regions had to form Joint Local Agencies, where the local social benefit administrations work together with the local public employment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013124387
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Social Insurance Networks
Markussen, Simen - 2012
Based on administrative panel data from Norway, we examine how social insurance dependency spreads within neighborhoods, families, ethnic minorities, and among former schoolmates. We use a fixed effects methodology that accounts for endogenous group formation, contextual interactions, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013107729
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Intensifying the Use of Benefit Sanctions : An Effective Tool to Shorten Welfare Receipt and Speed Up Transitions to Employment?
Boockmann, Bernhard - 2009
Benefit sanctions imposed on non-compliant welfare recipients are a new element in the German welfare system. In … practice, the sanction policy and the application of sanctions vary considerably across the 439 welfare agencies. Based on … sanctions on the drop-out from welfare and the transition to employment. The estimated local average treatment effect (LATE) is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013153503
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Estimating Impact of Austerity Policies in COVID-19 Fatality Rates : Examining the Dynamics of Economic Policy and Case Fatality Rates (CFR) of COVID-19 in OECD Countries
Sherpa, Dawa - 2020
The paper will attempt to estimate factors which determine the variability of case fatality rates of COVID-19 (Coronavirus) across OECD countries in the recent time. The objective of the paper is to estimate the impact of government health policies on fatality rates (Case fatality rates) of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012836310