Germany's 2005 Welfare Reform

Evaluating Key Characteristics with a Focus on Immigrants

Thomas Walter author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG

Published:28th Aug '12

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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 administration is more successful to integrate welfare recipients into employment. Moreover, it analyzes the employment effects of an intensified use of benefit sanctions and evaluates the effectiveness and efficiency of the most frequently assigned Active Labor Market Programs. The analyses have a focus on immigrants, who are highly over-represented in the German welfare system.​

ISBN: 9783790828696

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 582g

264 pages

2013 ed.