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Structural reform of regional social welfare
Rüdiger Parsche, Thomas Hanfstingl, Korbinian Leitner
ifo Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, München, 2004
in: ifo Schnelldienst, 2004, 57, Nr. 06, 25-30
ifo Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, München, 2004
in: ifo Schnelldienst, 2004, 57, Nr. 06, 25-30
The drifting apart of implementation and financing responsibilities in the organisational structure of some regional social welfare providers in Germany creates little incentive for an economical use of funds. In this article a structural reform is proposed that is based on the connexity principle and that can lead to considerable gains in efficiency.
JEL Classification: I380
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ifo Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, München, 2004