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Should welfare administration be centralized or decentralized? Evidence from a policy experiment
Boockmann, Bernhard; Thomsen, Stephan L.; Walter, Thomas; … - 2010
. 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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010281607
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Should welfare administration be centralized or decentralized? : Evidence from a policy experiment
Boockmann, Bernhard; Thomsen, Stephan L.; Walter, Thomas; … - 2010
System ; Organization ; Decentralization ; Labor Market Integration …. 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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008796152
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Should welfare administration be centralized or decentralized? : Evidence from a policy experiment
Boockmann, Bernhard; Thomsen, Stephan L.; Walter, Thomas; … - 2010
System ; Organization ; Decentralization ; Labor Market Integration …. 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 …
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; Thomsen, Stephan L.; Walter, Thomas; … - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2010
. 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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008804641
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Should Welfare Administration be Centralized or Decentralized? Evidence from a Policy Experiment
Boockmann, Bernhard; Thomsen, Stephan L.; Walter, Thomas; … - Institut für Angewandte Wirtschaftsforschung (IAW) - 2010
. 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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011093717
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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; Thomsen, Stephan L.; Walter, Thomas - 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 combined administrative and survey data, these differences...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003902960
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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; Thomsen, Stephan L.; Walter, Thomas - 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 combined administrative and survey data, these differences...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003920164
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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 agencies resulting in considerable regional variation, expressed in milder and stricter sanction regimes. Findings from international studies show, that benefit sanctions can...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010417203
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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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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 combined administrative and survey data, these differences...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013153503