(De-)centralised Social Transfers and Services in Germany: Between Central Regulation and Efficient Local Allocation
- According to public finance theory, both the central and the local governments are respon-sible for the allocation of public goods, while redistribution is assigned to the central govern-ment only. However, the provision of social services includes intentionally allocative and redistributive aspects. The conflict arising from Musgrave’s ‘three functions theory’ will be illustrated on the basis of three social tasks assigned to the local level in Germany. Beyond this, the article illustrates that the social services provided on a local level have a similar effect as a fiscal equalisation mechanism, which the tax-sharing system itself is not able to meet.
| Author: | Gisela Färber, Marco Salm |
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| URL: | https://larseb.folk.ntnu.no/copenhagen_workshop_2015_pdfa.pdf |
| ISBN: | 978-87-999601-2-5 (print) ; 978-87-999601-3-2 (e-book) |
| Parent Title (English): | Decentralisation of education, health and social protection: issues and challenges; the Copenhagen workshop 2015 |
| Publisher: | The Danish Ministry for Economic Affairs and the Interior |
| Place of publication: | Copenhagen |
| Editor: | Junghun Kim, Niels Jorgen Mau Pedersen |
| Document Type: | Part of a Book |
| Language: | English |
| Year of Completion: | 2017 |
| Publishing Institution: | Deutsche Universität für Verwaltungswissenschaften |
| Contributing Corporation: | The Korea Institute of Public Finance |
| Release Date: | 2025/03/11 |
| First Page: | 167 |
| Last Page: | 200 |
| Documents of former chairs: | Lehrstuhl für Wirtschaftliche Staatswissenschaften, insbesondere Allgemeine Volkswirtschaftslehre und Finanzwissenschaft (Univ.-Prof. Dr. Gisela Färber) |
| Licence (German): |  Urheberrechtlich geschützt |
