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Identifying effekt heterogeneity to improve the effeciency of job creation schemes in Germany?
Caliendo, Marco (contributor); Hujer, Reinhard (contributor) - 2005
Previous empirical studies of job creation schemes in Germany have shown that the average effects for the participating … West Germany who benefit from participation in terms of higher employment rates. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002822067
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Evaluation der Eingliederungseffekte von Arbeitsbeschaffungsmaßnahmen in reguläre Beschäftigung für Teilnehmer in Deutschland
Caliendo, Marco (contributor); Huber, Reinhard (contributor) - 2004
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002137184
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Should welfare administration be centralized or decentralized? : Evidence from a policy experiment
Boockmann, Bernhard; Thomsen, Stephan L.; Walter, Thomas; … - 2010
The 2005 reform of the German welfare system introduced two competing organizational models for welfare administration. In most districts, a centralized organization was established where local welfare agencies are bound to central directives. At the same time, 69 districts were allowed to opt...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008796152
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The effects of short-term training measures on the individual unemployment duration in West Germany
Hujer, Reinhard (contributor);  … - 2006
on the individual unemployment duration in West Germany. By applying a multivariate mixed proportional hazards model, we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003369994
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Crowding out informal care? : evidence from a social experiment in Germany
Arntz, Melanie (contributor);  … - 2008
This paper evaluates the effects of a professionally assisted consumer-directed program (Personal Budgets) compared to the standard home care programs of the German long-term care insurance. The evaluation makes use of a long-run social experiment at seven different sites with a random...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003793884
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Reforming home care provision in Germany : evidence from a social experiment
Arntz, Melanie (contributor);  … - 2008
In a long-run social experiment, personal budgets have been tested as an alternative to the home care programs of the German long-term care insurance (LTCI). Due to extending the coverage beyond LTCI approved services and agencies, personal budgets may improve care outcomes compared to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003793896
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The social long-term care insurance in Germany : origin, situation, threats, and perspectives
Heinicke, Katrin; Thomsen, Stephan L. - 2010
This paper describes the Social Long-Term Care Insurance (SLTCI) in Germany. Based on a short review of the history of … long-term care organization and the preceding laws in Germany, the implementation of the SLTCI as a self-standing pillar … within the system of social insurances in Germany and its set-up with regard to eligibility criteria, service provision and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003941704
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Intensifying the use of benefit sanctions : an effective Tool to shorten welfare receipt and speed up transitions to employment?
Boockmann, Bernhard; Thomsen, Stephan L.; Walter, Thomas - 2009
Benefit sanctions imposed on non-compliant welfare recipients are a new element in the German welfare system. In practice, the sanction policy and the application of sanctions vary considerably across the 439 welfare agencies. Based on combined administrative and survey data, these differences...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003902960
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Temporary extra jobs for immigrants : merging lane to employment or dead-end road in welfare?
Thomsen, Stephan L.; Walter, Thomas - 2010
immigrants. -- Immigrants ; employment programs ; evaluation ; decomposition of effects ; Germany …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003961542
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Short-term training programs for immigrants : do effects differ from natives and why?
Aldashev, Alisher; Thomsen, Stephan L.; Walter, Thomas - 2010
welfare recipients in Germany. In particular, we investigate whether program effects differ between both groups and what might … ; decomposition ; matching ; Germany …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003954181