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Does the mission of providers matter on a quasi-market? The case of the Belgian "service voucher" scheme
Defourny, Jacques; Henry, Arnaud; Nassaut, Stéphane et al.
2010In Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, 81 (4), p. 583-610
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Keywords :
performance; social economy; service voucher; économie sociale; titres services
Abstract :
[en] In 2001, the Belgian government introduced a ‘service voucher’ scheme in the field of domestic (housework) services, following a quasi-market mechanism which fosters competition between providers of different types as regards sector (for-profit, public, third sector) and mission (seeking profits, home care provision to vulnerable groups and work integration of the unemployed). Empirical evidence suggests that third sector organizations focusing on a social mission recognized by a tutelary regulation are the best performing with regards to the quality of jobs and service organization, leading to a better ‘triangulation’ of the service relationship. On the other hand, for-profit providers, especially temporary work agencies, seem to favour their capacity of adaptation to the desiderata of their clients and costs’ minimization to the detriment of the quality of jobs which are made as flexible as possible.
Research center :
CES - Centre d'Économie Sociale - ULiège
Disciplines :
General management, entrepreneurship & organizational theory
Social economics
Author, co-author :
Defourny, Jacques ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > HEC-Ecole de gestion : UER > Economie sociale et systèmes économiques
Henry, Arnaud
Nassaut, Stéphane
Nyssens, Marthe
Language :
English
Title :
Does the mission of providers matter on a quasi-market? The case of the Belgian "service voucher" scheme
Publication date :
2010
Journal title :
Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics
ISSN :
1370-4788
eISSN :
1467-8292
Publisher :
Wiley, Oxford, United Kingdom
Special issue title :
THE DEVELOPMENT OF QUASI-MARKETS IN DOMICILIARY CARE: A EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE
Volume :
81
Issue :
4
Pages :
583-610
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
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