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

Germany's 2005 welfare reform evaluating key characteristics with a focus on immigrants

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Walter, Thomas, 1982- (-)
Format: Thesis
Language:Inglés
Published: Heidelberg : Physica Verlag c2013.
Edition:1st ed. 2013.
Series:ZEW economic studies ; 46.
Subjects:
Public welfare > Law and legislation > Germany.
Public welfare > Germany.
Germany > Economic policy > 21st century.
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009468511306719
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.

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