Germany's 2005 Welfare Reform Evaluating Key Characteristics with a Focus on Immigrants /

• Main Author: Walter, Thomas. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Physica, 2013.
• Series: ZEW Economic Studies, 46
• Subjects: Economics.; Econometrics.; Economic policy.; Labor economics.; Microeconomics.; Finance.; Social policy.; Economics/Management Science.; Labor Economics.; Public Finance & Economics.; Social Policy.; Economic Policy.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7908-2870-2
• Physical Description: XI, 264 p. 32 illus., 6 illus. in color. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783790828702
• ISSN: 1615-6781

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.