Mixes of public and private organizations have become major elements of contemporary public policy reform, with governments in many developed countries utilizing private sector organizations to provide funds or delivery options for public services. In particular,the private sector is...

Expenditures on job placement and related services make up a substantial share of many countries’ GDP. Contracting out to private providers is often proposed as a more efficient alternative to the state provision of placement services. However, the responsible state agency has to design and...

This article explores the European Parliament’s July 2018 non-legislative resolution proposing to the European Commission a directive for facilitating social enterprise companies’ cross-border activities. The proposal is first situated within the context of the social economy and how the...

Greek Abstract: ΠΕΡΙΛΗΨΗΤο κεφάλαιο είναι το εισαγωγικό κεφάλαιο του εγχειριδίου που δημοσιεύτηκε με την επιμέλεια του Θοδ.Σακελλαρόπουλου κ.α με τίτλο "Κοινωνική...

The present paper consists of a modest attempt at tracing the trajectory of the post-war dominance of neo-liberal economic perspective on higher educational policy and finance with its far-reaching ramifications with respect to contemporary trends in educational outcomes and standard. It is...

This report sets out the findings for the Western Australian Council of Social Services’ (WACOSS) Sustainable Funding Survey.48% of WACOSS’ social service organisation members responded to the survey held in October and November 2022. The key findings from survey responses include:1....

This report was commissioned by the Queensland Council of Social Service (QCOSS) using funding provided by the Department of Communities, Housing and Digital Economy under its peak services contract and workplan with QCOSS.It is focused on building our understanding of the Queensland Social...

Due to the size and complexity of the NDIS reform, there has been a wealth of commentary andanalysis developed by the government, academia and industry groups; sometimes incollaboration. In this document we identify and summarise 84 reports representinggrey literature developed up to 2020 and...

This paper explores the capability of the state to affect the individual's decision to work for free. For this purpose we combine individual-level data from the European and World Values Survey with macroeconomic and political variables for OECD member countries. Empirically we identify three...

The scope of public human resource policy is outlined. Motivation for the need of transparency in this policy is provided in terms of informational asymmetries, human capital externalities, and long planning horizons. Transparency is defined both along a time dimension – ex ante and ex post...