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Record Nr.

UNINA9910438092603321

Autore

Walter Thomas <1982->

Titolo

Germany's 2005 welfare reform : evaluating key characteristics with a focus on immigrants / / Thomas Walter

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Heidelberg, : Physica Verlag, c2013

ISBN

1-283-91050-0

3-7908-2870-X

Edizione

[1st ed. 2013.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (268 p.)

Collana

ZEW economic studies, , 1615-6781 ; ; v. 46

Disciplina

361.680943

Soggetti

Public welfare - Law and legislation - Germany

Public welfare - Germany

Germany Economic policy 21st century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-264).

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Background for the Empirical Analyses: Institutional Details and Data -- Centralized versus Decentralized Welfare Administration -- The Employment Effects of an Intensified Use of Benefit Sanctions -- The Effectiveness of Temporary Extra Jobs and Short-Term Training Programs -- Fiscal Cost-Benefit Analyses for Temporary Extra Jobs and Short-Term Training Programs -- Conclusions -- Appendices.

Sommario/riassunto

In January 2005, the German government enacted a substantial reform of the welfare system, the so-called Hartz IV reform. This book evaluates key characteristics of the reform from a microeconometric perspective. It investigates whether a centralized or decentralized organization of welfare administration is more successful to integrate welfare recipients into employment. Moreover, it analyzes the employment effects of an intensified use of benefit sanctions and evaluates the effectiveness and efficiency of the most frequently assigned Active Labor Market Programs. The analyses focus on immigrants, who are highly over-represented in the German welfare system.