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Wage subsidies, work incentives, and the reform of the Austrian welfare system

Steiner, Viktor; Wakolbinger, Florian - 2010

We analyze the labor supply and income effects of a needs-based minimum benefit system ("Bedarfsorientierte Mindestsicherung") to be introduced in Austria by the end of this/beginning of next year. The aim of this reform is to reduce poverty as well as increasing employment rates of recipients...

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Getting the poor to work : three welfare increasing reforms for a busy Germany

Jessen, Robin; Rostam-Afschar, Davud; Steiner, Viktor - 2015

and full-time work, respectively. We estimate labor supply reactions and welfare effects using a microsimulation model … that provides improved incentives to work full-time has negligible effects on overall labor supply. With equal welfare … weights, aggregate welfare gains are realizable under all three reforms. …

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Men too : the effects of welfare payment time limits on male labor market outcomes

Lichtman-Sadot, Shirlee - 2023

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Alleviating unemployment traps in Finland: Can the efficiency-equity trade-off be avoided?

Honkanen, Pertti; Jäntti, Markus; Pirttilä, Jukka - 2007

Using a new comprehensive tax-benefit model, JUTTA, this paper examines how labour supply incentives – both to participate in the labour force (the “extensive” margin) and to supply extra hours of work (the “incentive” margin) – have changed in Finland in 1995-2007. The results...

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Take-up of joint and individual liability loans: an analysis with laboratory experiments

Baulia, Susmita - 2017

This paper reports a study on decision-making by borrowers regarding take-up of different loan types in a laboratory microfinance experiment setting. I hypothesize that when borrowers are offered a flexible choice of different loan types (here, individual liability (IL) and joint liability...

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Complexity and benefit take-up: Empirical evidence from the Finnish homecare allowance

Blumkin, Tomer; Kosonen, Tuomas; Kotakorpi, Kaisa - 2018

We analyse to what extent the complexity of benefit rules affects take-up in a setting where the effects of complexity can be separated from other potential causes of non-take-up. The benefit we study is extensively used by individuals from all socioeconomic groups, namely the municipal...

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Cash incentives to mothers or to community health workers - what contributes better to the health of the mother and the newborn? Evidence from India

Baulia, Susmita - 2020

This paper investigates the role of demand-side incentives to mothers and supply-side incentives to community health workers (ASHAs) in improving maternal and child healthcare. These conditional cash benefits were part of a nationwide health intervention Janani Suraksha Yojana, introduced in...

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Insurance, redistribution, and the inequality of lifetime income

Haan, Peter; Kemptner, Daniel; Prowse, Victoria; … - 2023

Individuals vary considerably in how much they earn during their lifetimes. This study examines the role of the tax-and-transfer system in mitigating such inequalities, which could otherwise lead to disparities in living standards. Utilizing a life-cycle model, we determine that taxes and...

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German male income volatility 1984 to 2008

Bartels, Charlotte; Bönke, Timm - 2010

German Laender in order to determine their importance to income dynamics. To uncover the role of the welfare state in … higher permanent inequality and higher volatility. However, taking the welfare state and its institutions into account, we …

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Mindestlöhne, Lohnsubventionen und Einkommenssicherung im Wohlfahrtsstaat : Verteilungswirkungen von Reformalternativen für Deutschland

Steiner, Viktor - 2010

Staatliche Instrumente zur Einkommenssicherung im Niedriglohnbereich durch "Kombilohn-Modelle" existieren auch in Deutschland schon seit längerem und wurden im Zuge der jüngsten Arbeitsmarktreformen ausgeweitet. Aktuelle Reformvorschläge für Deutschland zielen zum einen auf die...

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