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Are Lone Mothers Responsive to Policy Changes? Evidence from a Workfare Reform in a Generous Welfare State

Mogstad, Magne; Pronzato, Chiara - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

There is a heated debate in many European countries about a move towards a welfare system that increases the incentives for lone mothers to move off welfare and into work. We analyze the consequences of a major Norwegian workfare reform of the generous welfare system for lone mothers. Our...

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The Impact of Local Public Services and Geographical Cost of Living Differences on Poverty Estimates

Aaberge, Rolf; Langørgen, Audun; Mogstad, Magne; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

Despite a broad consensus on the need to take into account the value of public services and geographical cost of living differences when measuring poverty, there is little reliable evidence on how these factors actually affect poverty estimates. Unlike the standard approach in studies of the...

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The Distributional Impact of Public Services When Needs Differ

Aaberge, Rolf; Bhuller, Manudeep Singh; Langørgen, Audun; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

, there is little reliable evidence on how the inclusion of such non-cash income actually affects poverty and inequality … and administrative registers we find that the inclusion of non-cash income reduces income inequality by about 15 percent … subgroups offsets about half the inequality reduction and some of the poverty decrease. …

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Is Universal Child Care Leveling the Playing Field? Evidence from Non-Linear Difference-in-Differences

Havnes, Tarjei; Mogstad, Magne - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

Advocates of a universal child care system offer a two-fold argument: Child care facilitates children's long-run development, and levels the playing field by benefiting in particular disadvantaged children. Therefore, a critical element in evaluating universal child care systems is to measure...

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