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

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 administ...

Table of Contents:

• 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.