Boockmann, Bernhard Thomson, Stephan L. Walter, Thomas Göbel, Christian Huber, Martin 2013 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 for a decentralized organization. We evaluate the relative success of both types in terms of integrating welfare recipients into employment. Com- pared to centralized organization, decentralized organization has a negative effect on employment chances of males. For women, no significant effect is found. These findings are robust to aspects of internal organization common to both types of agencies. application/pdf https://folia.unifr.ch/global/documents/307242 https://folia.unifr.ch/documents/307242/files/shouldwelfareadministrationbecentralizedordecentralizedgermaneconomicreview16113-422015.pdf eng info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1111/geer.12021 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess License undefined German economic review. - 2013, vol. 16, no. 1, p. 13-42 Welfare System Organization Decentralization Labor Market Integration info:eu-repo/classification/udc/33 Should Welfare Administration be Centralized or Decentralized? : Evidence from a Policy Experiment http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501