Human-centered social security administrations keep the human dimension in control of decision-making. This is made possible through the insight to be gained from digital data-driven innovation in policy and governance and managerial reforms. Moreover, there are risks associated with collecting...

Why is in-kind aid a prominent feature of welfare systems? We present a lab-in-the-field experiment involving members of the general U.S. population and SNAP recipients. After documenting a widespread desire to limit recipients' choices, we quantify the relative importance of (i) welfarist...

The American social welfare system was transformed during the 1930s. Prior to the New Deal public relief was administered almost exclusively by local governments. The administration of local public relief was widely thought to be corrupt. Beginning in 1933, federal, state, and local governments...

We study the effect of application costs on the targeting of disability programs. We identify these effects using the closings of Social Security Administration field offices, which provide assistance with filing disability applications. Closings lead to a persistent 16 percent decline in the...

Perspektiv på samverkan behandlar samverkan utifrån fyra olika teman: brukare, profession, organisering och styrning. Författarna ger både bredd och djup i diskussionen och problematiseringen av samverkan när det kommer till frågor om organisering och ledning av offentlig sektor

In this paper we focus on the role of caseworkers in the assignment and take-up of welfare-to-work programs. We conduct a field experiment that generates exogenous variation in the assignment to different policy regimes to caseworkers. The experiment allows us to provide evidence on the...

In this paper we focus on the role of caseworkers in the assignment and take-up of welfare-to-work programs. We conduct a field experiment that generates exogenous variation in the assignment to different policy regimes to caseworkers. The experiment allows us to provide evidence on the...

The world is going through a period of change. Volatile economic growth, climate change, the technological revolution, migration and the demographic transition all reflect this, as do the impacts these changes are having on society and the challenges they pose for public policies. Continuing the...

Sozial 4.0 ist ein Quantensprung auf dem Weg zum Grundeinkommen. Mit Hilfe der Digitalisierung gelingt schrittweise die Revolution: Ein einfaches, integriertes und motivierendes System. Ulrich Bode vermittelt einen kompakten Überblick und entwickelt die Roadmap für ein Grundeinkommen. Sozial...

In the spirit of new public management and new governance concepts, states have shifted from hierarchical and bureaucratic models of welfare administration to more flexible and market-oriented arrangements. As part of this transformation, states designed new accountability structures to cope...

The application process is critical to the targeting of disability programs because disability, relative to other tags, is difficult to observe and costly to verify. We study the effect of application costs on the targeting of disability programs using the closings of Social Security...

The application process is critical to the targeting of disability programs because disability, relative to other tags, is difficult to observe and costly to verify. We study the effect of application costs on the targeting of disability programs using the closings of Social Security...

This report assesses the impact on citizens and businesses of the administrative simplification measures carried out by the Mexican Social Security Institute. Administrative burdens are measured in the time it takes citizens and businesses to complete forms and wait in line to request or deliver...

This article explores the relationship of globalization to domestic law in the context of privatized welfare services in Indiana. It examines the ways that privatization can affect vulnerable populations such as welfare recipients by, in effect, partially dis-embedding the market from the state....

Mothers' Pensions programs swept the nation during the Progressive era, part of a widespread state-based policy movement targeting the needs of children. This paper examines and describes the social and political forces that both impeded and facilitated the enactment of mothers' pensions in...

In dieser Einführung werden die Arbeitsfelder und Organisationen der Sozialen Arbeit systematisch und praxisbezogen vorgestellt. Das Buch ist als Überblick konzipiert und vermittelt kompakt und verständlich Basiswissen, insbesondere für Studierende der Sozialen Arbeit und angrenzender...

Das Buch bietet eine kompakte Einführung in die Steuerungs- und Gestaltungsansätze der kommunalen Sozialverwaltung. In einer kompakten und strukturierten Übersicht werden die ‚top down‘ Steuerungsmechanismen des Bürokratiemodells und des Neuen Steuerungsmodells vorgestellt und...

The world is going through a period of change. Volatile economic growth, climate change, the technological revolution, migration and the demographic transition all reflect this, as do the impacts these changes are having on society and the challenges they pose for public policies. Continuing the...

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...

Hartz IV steht als Chiffre für eine Sozialrechtsreform, mit der 2005 die Grundsicherung für Arbeitsuchende auf ein neues Fundament gestellt wurde. Die Reform war von Anbeginn umstritten. Streitpunkte waren sowohl die organisationsrechtliche Zuordnung der Trägerschaft (ARGE, Optionskommunen)...

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...

Hartz IV steht als Chiffre für eine Sozialrechtsreform, mit der 2005 die Grundsicherung für Arbeitsuchende auf ein neues Fundament gestellt wurde. Die Reform war von Anbeginn umstritten. Streitpunkte waren sowohl die organisationsrechtliche Zuordnung der Trägerschaft (ARGE, Optionskommunen)...

A great deal of attention has been paid in the literature to estimating the impacts of training programs. Much less attention has been devoted to how training agencies assign participants to training programs, and to how these allocation decisions vary with agency resources, the initial skill...

Die Arbeitslosigkeit von Geringqualifizierten ist außergewöhnlich hoch. Viele der Betroffenen haben aufgrund ihrer vergleichsweise niedrigen Chancen resigniert und leiden unter ihrer Ausgrenzung aus der Gesellschaft. Und sollte es den Geringqualifizierten doch gelingen, auf dem Arbeitsmarkt...

In seiner 50. Studie präsentiert der Kronberger Kreis, der wissenschaftliche Beirat der Stiftung Marktwirtschaft, ein Konzept zur Förderung der produktiven Arbeit von gering qualifizierten Arbeitslosen. Die Schriftenreihe erscheint mit dieser Ausgabe in einem neuen Design. In dem vorgestellten...

A/lOg Beschäftigung gering qualifizierter Arbeitsloser Kronberger Kreis Juergen B. Donges, Johann Eekhoff, Lars P. Feld, Wernhard Möschel, Manfred J. M. Neumann Inhalt I. Das Problem 4 ...