... decentralised social policies. The authors analysed the 2018 wave of the Dutch Local Election Studies, which includes a novel survey item asking respondents whether they prefer local social policies to be primarily: (1) protection-based, (2) cohesion-building or (3) activation-based. The authors appended...

... subsidies), because working in temporary, subsidized jobs could be a first success. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Disadvantaged groups Unemployment Welfare Germany Activation Decentralisation Effect evaluation Implementation Welfare recipients In Great Britain's benefit...

.... In the early 1970s local “Occupational Medicine Services” were voluntarily established in many regions. The entire health care system was decentralised in 1978, giving regions exclusive authority to implement occupational safety and health standards within Local Health Units (USLs). The concrete results...