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Decentralization in the United States Employment Security Service Delivery System: An Approach to Reduce Unemployment
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Course / Degree: Public Administration
Institution / University: The University of Alabama, United States
Published in: 1991
The United States employment security service delivery system has been the major centerpiece of attempts to reduce the rate and duration of unemployment. Through the development of the system, there has been a trend from centralization by the federal partner toward decentralization of decision making, planning, and control to the state partner. This trend includes the following five structural phases or approaches: formative, centralization, limited centralization, limited decentralization, and decentralization. This dissertation presents a case for decentralization of the employment security service delivery system using organizational structure/design, public choice, and classic federalism and intergovernmental theories. It proceeds to investigate the impact of structural phases on the rate and duration of unemployment. Using a Multiple Interrupted Time Series (MITS) model, the impacts of three major pieces of employment and training legislation which initiated the structural changes are explored. The centralization phase is represented by the Manpower Development and Training Act, the limited centralization and limited decentralization phases are represented by the passage of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act and the Job Training Partnership Act respectively. The impact of business conditions, represented by the Index of eleven leading indicators, on the rate and duration of unemployment is also explored. The impact of structural phases and business conditions on the unemployment rates and duration for black males and females, white males and females, and minority and white youths are also analyzed using the MITS analysis. Overall, six hypotheses are proposed, three concerning unemployment rates and three concerning unemployment duration. The findings show that business conditions have a stronger impact on unemployment rates and duration than the structural phases. However, unemployment rates of minority youths, black males, and black females show a reduction during the limited decentralization phase when the states have more decision making, planning, and control responsibilities. Future research suggestions are provided.
Thesis Keywords/Search Tags:
decentralization, unemployment,United States,employment,security,public,administration,multiple interrupted time-series
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Submission Details: Thesis Abstract submitted by James Edward Bridges Jr from United States on 23-Jan-2005 21:56.
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