Germany's 2005 Welfare Reform: Evaluating Key Characteristics with a Focus on Immigrants

by Thomas Walter

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3642428568
• ISBN13: 9783642428562
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: Physica-Verlag
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"