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Liberalising Employment Services at the Regional Level: Implementation Lessons from an Italian Case

International Public Management Review

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Title Liberalising Employment Services at the Regional Level: Implementation Lessons from an Italian Case
 
Creator Trivallato, Benedetta
Martini, Mattia
 
Description This paper explores the functioning of a public-private networked system for employment services’ provision implemented by Italy’s Lombardy region, and inspired by the principle of horizontal subsidiarity. Analysis of its implementation shows a considerable effort to apply the principles of quasi-markets and horizontal subsidiarity, and the related conditions for effectiveness and efficiency. Horizontal subsidiarity is meant to provide better responsiveness to users’ needs compared to other systems, and emphasises users’ freedom of choice. However, features of the analysed system such as the dominant market position of certain service providers, the enticement of users towards certain programmes, and weaknesses within the evaluation structure show that these same dimensions deserve closer scrutiny, together with medium-term examination of the overall system’s impact on equity.
 
Publisher International Public Management Review
 
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Date 2016-05-12
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
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Identifier http://journals.sfu.ca/ipmr/index.php/ipmr/article/view/265
 
Source International Public Management Review; Vol 17, No 1 (2016); 40-58
1662-1387
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://journals.sfu.ca/ipmr/index.php/ipmr/article/view/265/261
 
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