Überblick
"(...) The contracting-out of public employment services is an international trend. At the moment,
only Australia and the Netherlands have gone the full way towards contracting-out all reintegration services. The United Kingdom has not chosen such a radical change but
implemented Employment Zones in some of the most deprived areas, in which private
providers are contracted to take care of long-term unemployed. This paper compares the
contracting-out experiences in Australia, the Netherlands and the UK Employment Zones.
(...) The paper is organised as follows. The next section will give a short overview over the
institutional set-up in the three countries. The governance mechanisms, in particular the role
of monetary incentives will be discussed in section 3. Section 4 will discuss the services
delivered by private providers and the work practices of the providers. In section 5, we will
present first quantitative evidence on the performance of private providers. The paper will
conclude with some general remarks on the use of private provider for the delivery of
reintegration Services. (...)"