Can Government Initiatives Increase Citizen Coproduction? Results of a Randomized Field Experiment

User co-production of public service delivery: Effects on trust

“…In the period this study was conducted, the methodological variety in studies on co-production has been vastly improved, including natural experiments (Jakobsen, 2013), Q-methodology (Van Eijk and Steen, 2014), and large-N surveys (Parrado et al, 2013). However, at the beginning of this study, most research on co-production represented rather static case studies, and still, most studies remain cross-sectional rather than longitudinal.…”

“…Natural experiments could be very useful here. Indeed, there have been attempts to set these up (Jakobsen, 2013). Such studies are incredibly valuable for understanding the effects of co-production for citizens.…”

“…Thus, Verschuere et al (2012) conclude that research on co-production would benefit from larger methodological diversity. The past few years, scholars have started answering this call by introducing a variety of methods to the field of co-production, such as Q-methodology (Van Eijk and Steen, 2014), natural experiments (Jakobsen, 2013) and large-N surveys (Bovaird et al, 2015;Clark et al, 2013). The research for this study, which took place during the upcoming of these new approaches, adds further diversity to the methods applied to the study of co-production.…”

“…The more demanding the act of co-production, the more resources of the user are required, in terms of time, physical work or money (Jakobsen, 2013). Users would not only have to be able to contribute these resources, they also have to be motivated to do so (Alford, 2009a).…”

Co-producing safety in the local community: A Q-methodology study on the incentives of Belgian and Dutch members of neighbourhood watch schemes

“…Similar observations of motivations for co-production that may be more-dimensional were made in earlier studies. Jakobsen (2013) showed, via a field experiment on language support for immigrant children in Denmark, that the combination of having sufficient resources, being in need of the service in case, and having time to co-produce is determining the level of co-production. Meijer (2014, p. 19), in contrasts, argues that individual or collective interests might be a reason for different groups of people to collaborate with the police.…”