Social Investment, Employment and Policy and Institutional Complementarities: A Comparative Analysis across 26 OECD Countries

被引:11
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作者
Bakker, Vincent [1 ]
Van Vliet, Olaf [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] Leiden Univ, Dept Econ, Leiden, Netherlands
[2] Leiden Univ, Inst Publ Adm, Leiden, Netherlands
关键词
employment; social investment; policy complementarity; institutional complementarity; diminishing marginal returns; comparative welfare state analysis; PARENTAL LEAVE; CHILD-CARE; WELFARE; POVERTY; ELASTICITIES; UNEMPLOYMENT; EUROPE; REFORM; STATES;
D O I
10.1017/S0047279421000386
中图分类号
C93 [管理学]; D035 [国家行政管理]; D523 [行政管理]; D63 [国家行政管理];
学科分类号
12 ; 1201 ; 1202 ; 120202 ; 1204 ; 120401 ;
摘要
Raising employment has been at the heart of EU strategies for over twenty years. Social investment, by now a widely debated topic in the comparative welfare state literature, has been suggested as a way to pursue this. However, there are only a couple of systematic comparative analyses that focus on the employment outcomes associated with social investment. Analyses of the interdependence of these policies with regard to their outcomes are even more scarce. We empirically analyse the extent to which variation in employment rates within 26 OECD countries over the period 1990-2010 can be explained by effort on five social investment policies. We additionally explore the role of policy and institutional complementarities. Using time-series cross-section analyses we find robust evidence for a positive association between effort on ALMPs and employment rates. For other policies we obtain mixed results. ALMPs are the only policies for which we observe signs of policy interdependence, which point at diminishing marginal returns. Additionally, our analysis demonstrates that the interdependence of social investment policies varies across welfare state regimes. Together, this indicates that the employment outcomes of social investment policies are also contingent on the broader framework of welfare state policies and institutions.
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页数:23
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