Social welfare systems usually imply specific obligations for benefit recipients. If a recipient does not comply with … the literature on the effects of sanctions in social welfare systems and we present first results on the effects of … sanctions for young unemployed welfare recipients based on German administrative data. The German welfare system is particularly …

This paper evaluates the global welfare consequences of increases in mortality and poverty generated by the Covid-19 … with GDP per capita: poverty accounts for a much greater share of the welfare costs in poorer countries. Finally, the … years spent in poverty (PY) are conservatively estimated using growth estimates for 2020 and two dierent scenarios for its …

welfare losses - combining mortality and poverty and expressed in terms of life-years - depends both on the choice of poverty … low welfare weight on mortality, poorer countries are found to bear a greater welfare loss from the pandemic. When poverty … and compare two important components of those losses - increased mortality and higher poverty - using years of human life …

recently and thus cannot explain the rising welfare receipt. Following theoretical predictions, the probability that a rational …

What are the impacts of expanding mobile broadband coverage on poverty, household consumption and labor market outcomes … positive effect on total household consumption and poverty reduction, driven by positive impacts on labor market outcomes …

methods of measuring household welfare (and, accordingly, poverty and inequality) based on expenditures have not considered … these changes. First, we present theory showing significant mismeasurement of welfare for households who can shift into … aggregates. We use Georgia as a case study to compare these methods and assess impacts on poverty and inequality. The proportion …