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US welfare reform : what's relevant for Europe?
Blank, Rebecca M. - 2002
This paper reviews the U.S. welfare reform efforts over the 1990s and the effects of these reforms to date. Seven lessons of potential interest to European observers are discussed, with particular attention to the conclusions of more recent research. Such research indicates, for example, that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011410428
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Workfare and trade unions : labor market repercussions of welfare reform
Schöb, Ronnie - 2003
Workfare proposals concentrate on the work incentives for welfare recipients, thus focusing on the labor supply side …. This paper analyzes the effects workfare has on labor demand when the labor market is unionized. As workfare reduces the … number of recipients of public financial assistance, a workfare regime, as opposed to a welfare system, weakens the outside …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011507897
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Welfare-to-work experiences with specific work-first programmes in selected countries
Ochel, Wolfgang - 2004
This paper reviews the evidence of specific mandatory work-first programmes (job search assistance and workfare) for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011402571
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The role of workfare in striking a balance between incentives and insurance in the labour market
Andersen, Torben M. (contributor);  … - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003674373
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Optimal use of labor market policies : the role of job search assistance
Wunsch, Conny - 2009
This paper studies the role of job search assistance programs in optimal welfare-to-work programs. The analysis is based on a framework, that allows for endogenous choice of benefit types and levels, wage taxes or subsidies, and activation measures such as monitoring and job search assistance...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003923505
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European integration : a downward bias in employment policies?
Andersen, Torben M. - 2001
Even when labour mobility is low, international integration affectslabour markets by making jobs more mobile. This runs via product market integration, which is an essential element of European integration. Increasing job mobility aects the possibilities single countries perceive in pursuing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011400674
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Welfare to work in the US : a model for Germany?
Ochel, Wolfgang - 2001
and a Workfare model. The EITC and the Workfare model as implemented in the State of Wisconsin are described andanalysed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011399661
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Welfare time limits in the United States : experiences with a new welfare-to-work approach
Ochel, Wolfgang - 2004
This paper reviews the evidence on welfare time limits in the United States. It primarily refers to experimental and econometric evaluations. Time limits affect welfare recipients both before and after their limits are reached. Time limits reduce welfare receipt and increase employment before...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011449339
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The role of electoral incentives for policy innovation : evidence from the U.S. welfare reform
Bernecker, Andreas; Boyer, Pierre C.; Gathmann, Christina - 2018 - This version: March 19, 2018
We investigate whether the decision to experiment with novel policies is influenced by electoral incentives. Our empirical setting is the U.S. welfare reform in 1996, which marked the most dramatic shift in social policy since the New Deal. We find that electoral incentives matter: governors...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011814867
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Welfare benefit reforms and employment
Aloi, Marta; Lloyd-Braga, Teresa; Leite-Monteiro, Manuel - 2017
We consider an economy characterised by involuntary unemployment among low skilled workers, and investigate the implications for employment and income of welfare schemes often advocated as less distortionary. We show that reducing unemployment benefits in favour of income subsidies (social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011624217