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Community-based outcomes of interlocal cooperation in social services

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  • Germà Bel

    (Department of Econometrics, Statistics & Applied Economics, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain.)

  • Joël Bühler

    (Department of Econometrics, Statistics & Applied Economics, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain.)

  • Esther Pano

    (Department of Political Science and Constitutional Law. Universitat de Barcelona, Spain.)

Abstract

We investigate the effects of interlocal cooperation in social services. We focus on three poverty-related outcomes: Guaranteed minimum income, housing rental support, and diagnosis of children at risk. We had a rich database on municipalities in Catalonia. First, we apply a quasi-experimental strategy and then perform robustness analyses using panel models. Our most robust results indicate that cooperation has a positive and significant effect on rental assistance, but has no significant effects on guaranteed minimum income. This suggests that cooperation may be effective in improving community-based outcomes where these are determined by services which involve more complex tasks and procedures.

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  • Germà Bel & Joël Bühler & Esther Pano, 2024. "Community-based outcomes of interlocal cooperation in social services," IREA Working Papers 202418, University of Barcelona, Research Institute of Applied Economics, revised Dec 2024.
    • Handle: RePEc:ira:wpaper:202418
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    Keywords

    Intermunicipal cooperation; community outcomes; social services; complexity. JEL classification: H75; H77; H83; I38.;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • H75 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - State and Local Government: Health, Education, and Welfare
    • H77 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - Intergovernmental Relations; Federalism
    • H83 - Public Economics - - Miscellaneous Issues - - - Public Administration

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