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Using Administrative Data to Examine the Efficacy of Welfare-to-Work Programs

Mueser, Peter; Ryan, Sharon; Thielbar, Melinda - EconWPA - 1999

This paper investigates the feasibility of measuring the efficacy of programs designed to move welfare recipients into … have linked this information to administrative records listing participants in the FUTURES program, Missouri's welfare …

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Social Security Reform and Intergenerational Trade: Is there Scope for a Pareto-Improvement?

Köthenbürger, Marko; Poutvaara, Panu - EconWPA - 2004

In earlier literature, the suggested Pareto improvements in pay-as-you- go (PAYG) systems have relied on the presence of externalities or the possibility of intragenerational redistribution. We show that neither assumption is necessary in an economy with intergenerational trade in a fixed factor...

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International Aspects of Social Reform in the Interwar Period

Galbi, Douglas - EconWPA - 2004

The reconstruction of the international order after World War I put great emphasis on social reforms through the International Labor Organization (ILO). Three types of arguments were used to promote social reform. The first asserted that international economic competition meant that social...

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Changing Pattern of Poverty 1997-2004

Angeriz, Alvaro; Chakravarty, Shanti - EconWPA - 2005

It has been noted that failure to meet the target set by government for reducing the head count ratio of child poverty in Britain is partly due to the success of government policy in generating economic growth. Apart from missing the argument that absolute poverty is not a meaningful idea, this...

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Food Aid and Informal Insurance

Dercon, Stefan; Krishnan, Pramila - EconWPA - 2004

Households in developing countries use a variety of informal mechanisms to cope with risk, including mutual support and risk-sharing. These mechanisms cannot avoid that they remain vulnerable to shocks. Public programs in the form of food aid distribution and food-for-work programs are meant to...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005062422

Decentralisation and Poverty Reduction: A Conceptual Framework for the Economic Impact

Steiner, Susan - EconWPA - 2005

This paper contributes to providing insights into the impact of decentralisation on poverty. It starts out with an overview of which role decentralisation plays in strategies and policies for poverty eradication and derives economic and political impact channels. It concentrates on the economic...

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The Effect of Welfare on Work and Marriage: A View From the States

Hepner, Mickey; Reed, W. Robert - EconWPA - 2005

This study provides a comprehensive examination of the work and family structure incentives of public assistance, focusing on the consequences of state-determined programs. Such an approach allows state policy- makers to understand the tradeoffs implicit in their current program parameters. It...

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Intergenerational Earnings Mobility Among the Children of Canadian Immigrants

Aydemir, Abdurrahman; Chen, Wen-Hao; Corak, Miles - EconWPA - 2005

We analyze the intergenerational income mobility of Canadians born to immigrants using the 2001 Census. A detailed portrait of the Canadian population is offered as are estimates of the degree of generational mobility among the children of immigrants from 70 countries. The degree of persistence...

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The Efficiency-Equality Tradeoff in Welfare State Economies

Bohacek, Radim - EconWPA - 2002

consumption levels (social insurance). I show that the efficiency-equality tradeoff associated with welfare state economies does … and equality worsens. Average welfare is greater in economies with high social insurance while the median agent is better … off in economies with low social insurance. Finally, I study the transitions between welfare regimes' steady states to …

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Indirect Effects of Active Labour Market Policies

Maré, David C - EconWPA - 2005

This paper provides an overview of the analysis of the indirect effects of active labour market policies. Indirect effects arise where some of the improved labour market outcomes for programme participants come at the expense of other workers or jobseekers. The paper outlines some common...

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