Search Results - subject:"welfare benefits"

The Dynamics of Social Assistance Receipt: Measurement and Modelling Issues, with an Application to Britain

Cappellari, Lorenzo; Jenkins, Stephen P. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

38, C33, C35 Keywords: social assistance, welfare benefits, dynamic random effects probit, income dynamics … the substantial extension of tax credits by the Labour government since 1998 is that tax credits are not ‘welfare … benefits’ – they are a key plank in Labour’s ‘welfare to work’ programme (note the wording). Reflecting this, tax credits are …

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Evaluating Alternative Approaches to Poverty Alleviation; Rice Tariffs Versus Targeted Transfers in Madagascar

Dorosh, Paul A.; Coady, David; Minten, Bart - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008

This paper uses a partial equilibrium framework to evaluate the relative efficiency, distributional and revenue implications of rice tariffs and targeted transfers in Madagascar, especially in the context of identifying their respective roles for poverty alleviation. Although there are likely to...

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The Dynamics of Social Assistance Receipt: Measurement and Modelling Issues, with an Application to Britain

Cappellari, Lorenzo; Jenkins, Stephen P. - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2008

We model the dynamics of social assistance benefit receipt in Britain using data from the British Household Panel Survey, waves 1-15. First, we discuss definitions of social assistance benefit receipt, and present information about the trends between 1991 and 2005 in the receipt of social...

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Labour supply and taxes

Meghir, Costas; Phillips, David - Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) - 2008

<p>In this paper we provide an overview of the literature relating labour supply to taxes and welfare benefits with a … 2008 Abstract In this paper we provide an overview of the literature relating labour supply to taxes and welfare benefits … Professorial Fellowship Scheme. JEL Codes: J22, H24, H31. Keywords: Labour Supply, Income taxation, Welfare Benefits, Tax Credits …

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Labour Supply and Taxes

Meghir, Costas; Phillips, David - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

In this paper we provide an overview of the literature relating labour supply to taxes and welfare benefits with a … and welfare benefits with a focus on presenting the empirical consensus. We begin with a basic continuous hours model … reductions in work effort. JEL Classification: J22, H24, H31 Keywords: labour supply, income taxation, welfare benefits …

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The welfare magnet hypothesis and the welfare take-up of migrants : welfare benefits are not a key determinant of migration

Giulietti, Corrado - 2014

Contrary to the welfare magnet hypothesis, empirical evidence suggests that immigration decisions are not made on the basis of the relative generosity of the receiving nation's social benefits. Even when immigrants are found to use welfare more intensively than natives, the gap is mostly...

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Displacement and household adaptation : insured by the spouse or the state?

Hardoy, Inés; Schøne, Pål - In: Journal of population economics 27 (2014) 3, pp. 683-703

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Performance of young adults : the importance of different skills (Families, children and human capital formation)

Falch, Torberg; Nyhus, Ole Henning; Strøm, Bjarne - In: CESifo economic studies : CESifo, a joint initiative of … 60 (2014) 2, pp. 435-462

receive welfare benefits at age 22, whereas cognitive skills is most important for the probability to start college. …

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Displacement and household adaptation: insured by the spouse or the state?

Hardoy, Inés; Schøne, Pål - In: Journal of Population Economics 27 (2014) 3, pp. 683-703

We investigate the added worker effect in a setting where female labour supply is high and the welfare state is generous. We trace couples’ labour supply and income development following the husband’s job displacement. We find no support for the added worker effect for the full sample of...

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Decomposing Welfare Wedges. An Analysis of Welfare Dependence of Immigrants and Natives in Europe

Huber, Peter; Oberdabernig, Doris A. - Österreichisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (WIFO) - 2014

We study differences in contributory and non-contributory welfare benefit receipt between immigrants and natives for 16 EU countries. In contrast to previous studies we analyse differences in benefit levels allowing for potentially different takeup rates between immigrants and natives and use...

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