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

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ZEW Economic Studies ; 46

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Germany's 2005 Welfare Reform; Preface; Table of Contents; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Background for the Empirical Analyses: Institutional Details and Data; 2.1 The German Welfare System and Its 2005 Reform; 2.2 Selected Indicators on Macroeconomic Conditions and the Welfare System in Germany from 2000 to 2009; 2.3 Data Sources; 2.3.1 Data Base Used in Chapters 3 and 4; 2.3.2 Data Base Used in Chapters 5 and 6; Chapter 3 Centralized versus Decentralized Welfare Administration; 3.1 Introductory Remarks; 3.2 Estimation Sample; 3.3 Estimation Approach

3.3.1 Estimation of the Average Effect of Treatment on the Treated3.3.2 Plausibility of the Conditional Independence Assumption and Specification of the Propensity Score; 3.3.3 Common Support and Balancing Quality of the Matching Estimator; 3.4 Empirical Results; 3.5 A Closer Look at the Black Box of Welfare Administration; 3.6 Summary; Chapter 4 The Employment Effects of an Intensified Use of Benefit Sanctions; 4.1 Introductory Remarks; 4.2 Data Preparation and Estimation Sample; 4.3 Estimation Approach; 4.4 Empirical Analysis; 4.4.1 Descriptive Evidence; 4.4.2 Estimation Results

4.5 SummaryChapter 5 The Effectiveness of Temporary Extra Jobs and Short-Term Training Programs; 5.1 Introductory Remarks; 5.2 Related Literature; 5.3 Institutional Background; 5.3.1 Temporary Extra Jobs; 5.3.2 Short-Term Training Programs; 5.4 Data for Empirical Analysis; 5.4.1 Estimation Sample and Available Information; 5.4.2 Characterization of the Sampled Immigrants and Natives; 5.5 Evaluation Approach; 5.5.1 Estimation of Treatment Effects; 5.5.2 Plausibility of the Dynamic Conditional Independence Assumption and Implementation of the Matching Estimator

5.5.3 Estimation of the Immigrant Fixed Effect5.6 Empirical Results; 5.6.1 Quality of the Estimates; 5.6.2 Program Effects; 5.6.2.1 Effects of Temporary Extra Jobs; 5.6.2.2 Effects of Short-Term Training Programs; 5.6.3 Immigrant Fixed Effects; 5.6.4 Effects for Subgroups of Immigrants; 5.7 Summary; Chapter 6 Fiscal Cost-Benefit Analyses for Temporary Extra Jobs and Short-Term Training Programs; 6.1 Introductory Remarks; 6.2 Conceptual Framework; 6.3 Determination of Fiscal Costs and Benefits; 6.3.1 Fiscal Costs; 6.3.2 Fiscal Benefits; 6.4 Comparison of Fiscal Costs and Benefits; 6.5 Summary

Chapter 7 ConclusionsAppendices; Appendix to Chapter 2; Appendix to Chapter 3; Appendix to Chapter 4; Appendix to Chapter 5; Appendix to Chapter 6; List of Abbreviations; List of Figures; List of Tables; References

10.1007/978-3-7908-2870-2 [DOI]

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