Community-based outcomes of interlocal cooperation in social services

Germà Bel, Joël Bühler () and Esther Pano ()
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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.

No 202418, IREA Working Papers from University of Barcelona, Research Institute of Applied Economics

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.

Keywords: Intermunicipal cooperation; community outcomes; social services; complexity. JEL classification: H75; H77; H83; I38. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 36 pages
Date: 2024-12, Revised 2024-12
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