Outcome based commissioning: lessons from contracting out employment and skills programmes in Australia and the USA

Economics, Econometrics and Finance

• Workfare 100%
• Contracting Out 100%
• Service Delivery 100%
• Intermediate Labor Market 66%
• Private Sector 66%
• Workforce 33%
• Return on Investment 33%
• Price Discrimination 33%
• Transaction Costs 33%
• Federal Government 33%
• Government Agency 33%
• Public Sector 33%
• Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development 33%
• Employment Service 33%
• Labor Market 33%
• Purchasing 33%
• Wage Rate 33%

Social Sciences

• Contracting Out 100%
• USA 100%
• Australia 100%
• UK 62%
• Performance Standard 37%
• Workfare 37%
• Health Care Delivery 37%
• Vocational Education 25%
• Private Sector 25%
• Work-First 25%
• Training Course 12%
• OECD Countries 12%
• Skills Development 12%
• Public Sector 12%
• Government Agency 12%
• Learning-by-Doing 12%
• Transaction Cost 12%
• Employment Services 12%
• Cream Skimming 12%
• Service Job 12%
• Reform Strategy 12%
• Educational Organization 12%
• Labor Market 12%
• Training Education 12%
• Policy Change 12%
• Purchasing 12%
• Outcome Measure 12%
• Performance Outcome 12%
• Administrative Burden 12%

INIS

• usa 100%
• commissioning 100%
• employment 100%
• australia 100%
• performance 45%
• incentives 24%
• delivery 18%
• contracts 15%
• reviews 9%
• data 9%
• design 9%
• proposals 9%
• management 9%
• gain 9%
• income 9%
• retention 9%
• united kingdom 6%
• implementation 6%
• cost 6%
• variations 6%
• assessments 6%
• market 6%
• surveys 6%
• policy 6%
• education 6%
• wages 6%
• learning 3%
• applications 3%
• values 3%
• range 3%
• labor 3%
• efficiency 3%
• dynamics 3%
• budgets 3%
• risks 3%
• control 3%
• flexibility 3%
• investment 3%
• inclusions 3%
• connections 3%
• audits 3%
• alignment 3%
• accountability 3%
• streams 3%
• oecd 3%
• financial incentives 3%
• procurement 3%
• coordinates 3%
• federal government 3%
• reporting requirements 3%
• financial penalties 3%