scholarly journals The Routledge Handbook of Policy Styles

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Policy Styles

scholarly journals Regional Discontinuities and the Effectiveness of Further Training Subsidies for Low-Skilled Employees

ILR Review ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 73 (5) ◽  
pp. 1147-1184
Author(s):  
Christine Dauth
Keyword(s):  
Cost Benefit Analysis ◽  
Cost Benefit ◽  
Program Participation ◽  
Further Training ◽  
Market Outcomes ◽  
The Public ◽  
Employment Duration ◽  
Short Run ◽  
Policy Style ◽  
Policy Styles

The author analyzes the effects of further training subsidies for low-skilled employees on individual labor market outcomes in Germany. Using detailed administrative data, the author exploits cross-regional variation in the policy styles of local employment agencies to identify causal effects of program participation. Findings show that training subsidies significantly increase cumulative employment duration and earnings in the short run and middle run for compliers, that is, those workers who additionally participate due to a more generous policy style in their agency. These gains are particularly pronounced for certain subgroups, such as women. A rough cost-benefit analysis, however, suggests that the program overall is not beneficial for the public budget.

Explaining Transatlantic Policy Divergence: The Role of Domestic Politics and Policy Styles in Nanotechnology Risk Regulation

2016 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronit Justo-Hanani ◽  
Tamar Dayan
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Politics ◽  
Public Attitudes ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Environmental Health And Safety ◽  
Risk Regulation ◽  
Pressure Groups ◽  
Regulatory Policies ◽  
The Us ◽  
Policy Styles ◽  
The Eu

In this study, we seek to explain a growing divergence between the US and EU regulatory policies over nanotechnology environmental, health, and safety risks. Faced with significant scientific and regulatory uncertainties, incremental approaches have been taken in both regulatory systems, but substantial differences are evident in terms of both policy processes and stringency. While the EU exhibits a regulatory integration process with stringent adjustments of existing legislative frameworks, the US is far less engaged in regulatory adaptations. We have carried out a comparative analysis of the EU and US regulatory policies. We suggest that literature perspectives that focus on differing public attitudes, economic interests, and advocacy pressure groups do not suffice to explain the regulatory policy divergence. We argue that a combined effect of domestic politics and policy styles provides the most powerful explanation of why the US and EU currently differ with respect to their regulatory responses to nanotechnology risks and uncertainties.

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