Free, free, set them free? Are programmes effective that allow job centres considerable freedom to choose the exact design?

Autor/inn/en	Harrer, Tamara; Moczall, Andreas; Wolff, Joachim
Titel	Free, free, set them free? Are programmes effective that allow job centres considerable freedom to choose the exact design? Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Lass ihnen die Freiheit? Sind die Programme effektiver, die den Jobcentern erhebliche Entscheidungsfreiheit über die exakte Ausgestaltung geben?
Quelle	In: International journal of social welfare, 29 (2020) 2, S. 154-167 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1369-6866; 1468-2397
DOI	10.1111/ijsw.12405
Schlagwörter	Aktivierung; Arbeitslosengeld; Arbeitsmarktpolitik; Handlungsspielraum; Aktivierung; Beschäftigungseffekt; Einkommenseffekt; Hartz-Reform; Arbeitslosengeld; Arbeitsmarktpolitik; Private Arbeitsvermittlung; Dezentralisierung; Handlungsspielraum; Trainingsmaßnahme; Agentur für Arbeit
Abstract	"Active labour market programmes are expected to be quite effective if job centres have a substantial degree of freedom to deliver tailor'made individual services. For Germany, we studied the effectiveness of Schemes for Activation and Integration (SAI), which were introduced in 2009 to grant such freedoms to implement short training and private placement services. We estimated SAI participation effects on welfare recipients' earnings and employment rate using propensity score matching and rich administrative data. We distinguished between participation in in'firm training or training in other settings, and considered effect heterogeneity by gender, region and non'employment duration. Participation substantially improved the participants' earnings and employment rate, in'firm training more so than training in other settings. Our employment effect estimates were not considerably larger than those previously found for comparable pre'reform programmes. A lack of experience with SAI and a still inadequate client focus in the period studied might explain this." (Author's Abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2020/3