Bruckmeier, Kerstin; Hohmeyer, Katrin; Schwarz, Stefan - In: Journal for Labour Market Research 52 (2018) 16, pp. 1-21
In many advanced welfare states, welfare recipients often receive benefits for long periods. This persistence of welfare receipt can be caused by two distinct mechanisms: genuine or spurious state dependence. Knowledge of which of the two mechanisms drives the observed state dependence is...