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References for Public or private job placement services — Are private ones more effective?
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Further reading
- Langenbucher, K., Vodopivec, M. " Paying for results: Contracting out employment services through outcome-based payment schemes in OECD countries" OECD Social, Employment and Migration Working Papers No.267, 2022.
- Petersen, O. H., Hjelmar, U., Vrangbæk, K. "Is contracting out of public services still the great panacea? A systematic review of studies on economic and quality effects from 2000 to 2014" Social Policy & Administration 52 (2018): 130-157.
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Key references
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Finn, D. Sub-Contracting in
Public Employment Services: Review of Research Findings and
Literature on Recent Trends and Business Models, 2011. Key reference: [1]
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Bartlett, W., Le
Grand, J. "The theory of
quasi-markets" In: Le
Grand, J., Bartlett, W. (eds). Quasi-Markets and
Social Policy. Basingstoke: Macmillan Press, 1993. Key reference: [2]
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Andersson, F., Jordahl, H., Josephson, J. "Outsourcing Public Services: Contractibility, Cost, and Quality" CESifo Economic Studies 65 (2019): 349-372. Key reference: [3]
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Behaghel, L., Crépon, B., Gurgand, M. "Private and public provision of counseling to job-seekers: Evidence from a large controlled experiment" American Economic Journals: Applied Economics 6 (2014): 142-174. Key reference: [4]
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Krug, G., Stephan, G. "Private and public
placement services for hard-to-place unemployed: An evaluation
of a randomized field experiment" ILR Review 69 (2016): 471–500. Key reference: [5]
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Bennmarker, H., Grönqvist, E., Öckert, B. "Effects of contracting out employment services: Evidence from a randomized experiment" Journal of Public Economics 98 (2013): 68-84. Key reference: [6]
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Laun, L., Thoursie, P. S. "Does privatisation of vocational rehabilitation improve labour market opportunities? Evidence from a field experiment in Sweden" Journal of Health Economics 34 (2014): 59-72. Key reference: [7]
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Rehwald, K., Rosholm, M., Svarer, M. "Do public or private providers of employment services matter for employment? Evidence from a randomized experiment" Labour Economics 45 (2017): 169-187. Key reference: [8]
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Homrighausen, P. Differential pricing and private provider performance IAB Discussion Paper No.25/2014, 2014. Key reference: [9]
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Koning, P., Heinrich, C. J. "Cream-skimming,
parking and other intended and unintended effects of
high-powered, performance-based contracts" Journal of Policy
Analysis and Management 32 (2013): 461–483. Key reference: [10]
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Koning, P., van de
Meerendonk, A. "The impact of
scoring weights on price and quality outcomes: An application to
the procurement of Welfare-to-Work contracts" European Economic
Review 71 (2013): 1–14. Key reference: [11]
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Koning, P. "Not-for-Profit Provision of Job Training and Mediation Services: An Empirical Analysis Using Contract Data of Job Training Service Providers" De Economist 156 (2018): 221-239. Key reference: [12]
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Lu, J. "The Performance of Performance-Based Contracting in Human Services: A Quasi-Experiment" Journal of Public Administration Research And Theory 26 (2016): 277-293. Key reference: [13]
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Finn, D. Sub-Contracting in
Public Employment Services: Review of Research Findings and
Literature on Recent Trends and Business Models, 2011.
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Additional References
- Carcagno, G., Cecil, R., Ohls, J. "Using private employment agencies to place public assistance clients in jobs" Journal of Human Resources 17 (1982): 132–143.
- Cockx, B., Baert, S. Contracting Out Mandatory Counselling and Training for Long-Term Unemployed. Private For-Profit or Non-Profit, or Keep it Public? CESifo Working Paper No.5587, 2015.
- Considine, M., O’Sullivan, S., McGann, M., Nguyen, P. "Locked-in or locked-out: Can a public services market really change?" Journal of Social Policy 49 (2020): 850-871.
- Courty, P., Marschke, G. "An empirical investigation of gaming responses to performance incentives" Journal of Labor Economics 22 (2004): 23–56.
- Heinrich, C. J., Choi, Y. "Performance-based contracting in social welfare programs" The American Review of Public Administration 37 (2007): 409–435.
- Heinrich, C. J. "Organisational Form and Performance: An Empirical Investigation of Nonprofit and For-Profit Job-Training Service Providers" Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 19 (2000): 233-261.
- Koning, P. "Contracting welfare-to-work services" Economics Letters 114 (2012): 349–352.
- Koning, P., Noailly, J., Visser, S. "Do Not-for-Profits Make a Difference in Social Services? A Survey Study" De Economist 155 (2007): 251-270.
- Knutsson, D., Tyrefors, B. "The Quality and Efficiency of Public and Private Firms: Evidence from Ambulance Services" Quarterly Journal of Economics 137 (2022): 2213-1262.
- Struyven, L., Steurs, G. "Design and redesign of a quasi-market for the reintegration of jobseekers: Empirical evidence from Australia and the Netherlands" Journal of European Social Policy 15 (2005): 211–229.
- Sund, K. "Did the introduction of private contractors improve turnover to employment in the Swedish labor market?" Journal of Labor Research 36 (2015): 389–408.
- Shleifer, A., Tyrefors, B. "State versus Private Ownership" Journal of Economic Perspectives 12 (1998): 2133-150.