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In der Versorgung von benachteiligten Menschen mit sozialen Dienstleistungen spielen Nonprofit Organisationen eine wesentliche Rolle. Dieses Buch befasst sich zunächst aus ökonomischer Sicht mit den charakteristischen Eigenschaften sozialer Dienstleistungen und fokussiert im Anschluss daran auf die Beschäftigung in sozialen Dienstleistungseinrichtungen des Nonprofit Sektors. Ein Set von zentralen Forschungsfragen leitet diese Studie: Aus theoretischer Sicht interessierten die ökonomischen Bestimmungsgründe und Besonderheiten des Arbeitskräfteeinsatzes in diesen Einrichtungen. Der empirische Teil gibt einen detaillierten Einblick in die Methodik der Erhebung und in die Ergebnisse der Analysen zum Beschäftigungsvolumen und zur Beschäftigungsstruktur in Sozialen Diensten des österreichischen Nonprofit Sektors.

In der Versorgung von benachteiligten Menschen mit sozialen Dienstleistungen spielen Nonprofit Organisationen eine wesentliche Rolle. Dieses Buch befasst sich zunächst aus ökonomischer Sicht mit den charakteristischen Eigenschaften sozialer Dienstleistungen und fokussiert im Anschluss daran auf die Beschäftigung in sozialen Dienstleistungseinrichtungen des Nonprofit Sektors. Ein Set von zentralen Forschungsfragen leitet diese Studie: Aus theoretischer Sicht interessierten die ökonomischen Bestimmungsgründe und Besonderheiten des Arbeitskräfteeinsatzes in diesen Einrichtungen. Der empirische Teil gibt einen detaillierten Einblick in die Methodik der Erhebung und in die Ergebnisse der Analysen zum Beschäftigungsvolumen und zur Beschäftigungsstruktur in Sozialen Diensten des österreichischen Nonprofit Sektors.

AbstractVoluntary work provides a major source of labor for many nonprofit organizations. Consequences of volunteers and paid staff working alongside each other in nonprofits are well documented. This article contributes to this strand of literature and investigates whether the presence of volunteer work influences paid employees' wages in nonprofit organizations. We estimated a multilevel wage equation accounting for personal characteristics of workers and characteristics of nonprofits. The analysis revealed that nonprofit organizations engaging volunteers pay lower wages to their employees. Our findings contribute to the understanding of wage‐setting behavior of nonprofits and improve the methodological approach of empirical research in this field.

European countries have developed a range of long-term care (LTC) policy responses to support the increasing share of older people. However, little is known about the effectiveness of LTC services and benefits, particularly their impact on older peoples' quality of life (QoL). This paper investigates the role of personal, care service and environmental characteristics on the effects of home care services on QoL across England, Finland and Austria. We used data from surveys conducted in England, Finland and Austria. In total, 811 older adults were included in the analysis. OLS regression including main effects and country-specific interactions was used to explore variation in gains in long-term care service-related quality-of-life (LTC-QoL). Explanatory variables were derived from the production of welfare framework and comprised home care service user socio-demographics, needs indicators, social support and environmental variables and characteristics of home care service provision. In all three countries, LTC-QoL gains increased with needs, indicating that home care services perform well, with additional gains declining the higher the needs. Also, better process quality contributed to LTC-QoL improvements in all three countries. In addition, the availability of informal care, social contact, financial household situation and living alone, were associated with changes in LTC-QoL only in one or two of the countries. Home care services increased service users' QoL in all three European countries. The increase in QoL, however, varied across the countries. The results also provide insights into the benefits and limits of home care service provision and areas for future improvements. JEL: I31, I38, J14

1. Introduction / José-Luis Fernández and Cristiano Gori -- Part 1: Funding -- 2. Demand for care and support for older people / Raphael Wittenberg -- 3. The long-term care financing problem / José-Luis Fernández and Pamela Nadash -- Part 2: Models of care -- 4.How different countries allocate long-term care resources to users: a comparative snapshot / John Campbell, Naoki Ikegami, Cristiano Gori, Francesco Barbabella, Rafal Chomik, Francesco d'Amico, Holly Holder, Tomoaki Ishibashi, Lennarth Johansson, Harriet Komisar, Magnus Ring and Hildegard Theobald -- 5. How different countries allocate long-term care resources to older users: changes over time / Cristiano Gori, Francesco Barbabella, John Campbell, Naoki Ikegami, Francesco d'Amico, Holly Holder, Tomoaki Ishibashi, Lennarth Johansson, Harriet Komisar and Hildegard Theobald -- 6. Commissioning long-term care services / Joanna Marczak and Gerald Wistow -- 7. Cash-for-care benefits / Barbara Da Roit, Blanche Le Bihan and August Österle -- 8. Policy instruments to promote good quality long-term care services / Juliette Malley, Birgit Trukeschitz and Lisa Trigg -- Part 3: Carers -- 9. Developing a skilled long-term care workforce / Francesca Colombo and Tim Muir -- 10. Policies to support informal care / Ulrike Schneider, Gerdt Sundström, Lennarth Johannson and María A. Tortosa -- Part 4: Institutional actors -- 11. The relationship between social and health services in care for older people / Laurel L. Hixon -- 12. Multilevel governance and its effects on long-term care support / Hildegard Theobald and Elizabeth Ozanne -- 13. Conclusions: Looking ahead in long-term care policies / Cristiano Gori, José-Luis Fernández and Raphael Wittenberg.