Lone mothers are overrepresented among poor people in many European countries. In 1998, in Norway, a welfare reform … earnings and welfare participation decisions, and use the behavioural estimates to derive the policy parameters which would …

We present the results from a natural experiment in which single mothers on welfare were stimulated to find a job. Two … municipalities in The Netherlands, a country with relatively high benefits and low incentives for single mothers to leave welfare for … work. In our analysis, we make a distinction between native and immigrant welfare recipients. For immigrant single mothers …

worse off in terms of welfare, as the dividend income accruing to its residents declines. Accordingly, the bonus tax can be … interpreted as a transfer from the worldwide shareholders to the government levying the tax. However, the welfare results may be … reversed when manager relocation is an alternative. In this case, welfare in the country introducing the tax is lower than in …