Measuring the Effectiveness of Public Employment Service (PES) Workers An Empirical Analysis Based on the Performance Outcomes of Regional Employment Offices

In this paper, we measure the effectiveness of the Dutch public employment service (PES) for various performance measures, ranging from outflow rates to the timeliness of the benefits allocation. Using unique administrative monthly data from local PES offices during 2004, we exploit the fact that the number of PES workers per job seeker varies...

Team incentives in public organisations; an experimental study

Using a simple production game, we investigate whether public firms perform better when they increase the power of their workers¿ incentive schemes. In a laboratory experiment, subjects choose between a `public firm¿ and a `private firm¿ with team and individual incentives, respectively. When exposed to individual incentives, workers in the...

Do non-profits make a difference?: Evaluating non-profit vis-à-vis for-profit organisations in social

This CPB Document provides a framework for the evaluation of non-profit organisations. This framework addresses the question under which conditions, and, if so, in what way non-profits should be stimulated. Essentially, in order to answer these questions, three steps can be followed: (i) identifying potentially relevant market failures that non...

Do Financial Bonuses to Employees Reduce their Absenteeism? Outcome of a Lottery

In this paper, we present evidence on the effect of greater numbers of police personnel on victimisation of crime and experience of nuisance. We make use of individual data from a Dutch victimisation survey unique in its size, duration and scope. By using individual victimisation data we provide evidence on the effects of police on nuisance...

Estimating police effectiveness with individual victimisation data

In this paper, we present evidence on the effect of greater numbers of police personnel on victimisation of crime and experience of nuisance. We make use of individual data from a Dutch victimisation survey unique in its size, duration and scope. By using individual victimisation data we provide evidence on the effects of police on nuisance...

De aansturing van casemanagers en uitvoeringskantoren bij re-integratie. Position paper

Onderzoek in opdracht van UWV Amsterdam. Sturing op een zo effectief mogelijk re-integratiebeleid omvat een breed pallet aan methoden, waarbij twee sturingsmechanismen kunnen worden onderscheiden: nadruk op de werkwijze van casemanagers of nadruk op prestatie-indicatoren. Het eerste gebruikt richtlijnen voor wie wanneer welke type interventie...

Hidden unemployment in disability insurance in the Netherlands; an empirical analysis based on employer data

In this paper, we construct and estimate a (semi-) structural model, so as to uncover the fraction of hidden unemployment in the Disability Insurance (DI) enrolment rate. For this purpose, we use longitudinal administrative data of Dutch employers for 1994-2003. We find the (average) fraction of hidden unemployment in DI enrolment to amount to...

Disability Insurance and Unemployment Insurance As Substitute Pathways: An Empirical Analysis Based on Employer Data

In this paper, we estimate the degree of substitution between enrolment into Disability Insurance (DI) and Unemployment Insurance (UI) in the Netherlands. Starting in the 1990s many policy measures aimed at reducing DI enrolment, and increase labour force participation. We quantify whether these policy measures have led to a reduction in hidden...

Productiviteit en effectiviteit van de collectieve sector: Kansen voor beleidsrenderend onderzoek

Al geruime tijd staat verbetering van de productiviteit en effectiviteit van de overheid op de politieke agenda. Door de snel oplopende vergrijzing is het beslag op arbeid door de overheid kostbaarder dan voorheen. Ook is het de vraag of allerlei recente systeemwijzigingen, zoals in de zorg, politie en sociale zekerheid, de komende jaren hun...