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Does leaving welfare improve health? : evidence for Germany
Huber, Martin; Lechner, Michael; Wunsch, Conny - 2009
Using exceptionally rich linked administrative and survey information on German welfare recipients we investigate the health effects of transitions from welfare to employment and of assignments to welfare-to-work programmes. Applying semi-parametric propensity score matching estimators we find...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003894362
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Does Leaving Welfare Improve Health? Evidence for Germany
Huber, Martin - 2009
Using exceptionally rich linked administrative and survey information on German welfare recipients we investigate the health effects of transitions from welfare to employment and of assignments to welfare-to-work programmes. Applying semi-parametric propensity score matching estimators we find...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013157019
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Does leaving welfare improve health? Evidence for Germany
Huber, Martin; Lechner, Michael; Wunsch, Conny - 2009
Using exceptionally rich linked administrative and survey information on German welfare recipients we investigate the health effects of transitions from welfare to employment and of assignments to welfare-to-work programmes. Applying semi-parametric propensity score matching estimators we find...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269630
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Does Leaving Welfare Improve Health? Evidence for Germany
Huber, Martin; Lechner, Michael; Wunsch, Conny - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
Using exceptionally rich linked administrative and survey information on German welfare recipients we investigate the health effects of transitions from welfare to employment and of assignments to welfare-to-work programmes. Applying semi-parametric propensity score matching estimators we find...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004976889
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Workfare: Möglichkeiten und Grenzen
Koch, Susanne; Stephan, Gesine; Walwei, Ulrich - 2005
transfer payments in general to a 'service in return' from the recipient. This concept operates under the name of workfare …. This paper examines the possibilities and limits of workfare in dealing with labour market problems. This includes the … the fiscal consequences. The paper shows that one fundamental premise for the effectiveness of a wide-ranging workfare …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010266814
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Do German welfare-to-work programmes reduce welfare and increase work?
Huber, Martin; Lechner, Michael; Wunsch, Conny; Walter, … - 2009
Many Western economies have reformed their welfare systems with the aim of activating welfare recipients by increasing welfare-to-work programmes and job search enforcement. We evaluate the three most important German welfare-to-work programmes implemented after a major reform in January 2005...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003829742
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Do German Welfare-to-Work Programmes Reduce Welfare and Increase Work?
Huber, Martin - 2009
Many Western economies have reformed their welfare systems with the aim of activating welfare recipients by increasing welfare-to-work programmes and job search enforcement. We evaluate the three most important German welfare-to-work programmes implemented after a major reform in January 2005...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012764217
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Workfare: Möglichkeiten und Grenzen
Koch, Susanne; Stephan, Gesine; Walwei, Ulrich - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2005
transfer payments in general to a 'service in return' from the recipient. This concept operates under the name of workfare …. This paper examines the possibilities and limits of workfare in dealing with labour market problems. This includes the … the fiscal consequences. The paper shows that one fundamental premise for the effectiveness of a wide-ranging workfare …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005132548
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Workfare: Möglichkeiten und Grenzen
Koch, Susanne; Stephan, Gesine; Walwei, Ulrich - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2005
transfer payments in general to a 'service in return' from the recipient. This concept operates under the name of workfare …. This paper examines the possibilities and limits of workfare in dealing with labour market problems. This includes the … the fiscal consequences. The paper shows that one fundamental premise for the effectiveness of a wide-ranging workfare …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010592336
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The effectiveness of targeted wage subsidies for hard-to-place workers
Jaenichen, Ursula; Stephan, Gesine - 2007
Targeted wage subsidies paid to employers are an important element of active labour market policies in Germany. This paper uses propensity score matching to investigate their effect on subsidised hard-to-place workers. In a first scenario, we estimate the average treatment effect of a subsidy on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267182