experimental variation in program design is unavailable, we exploit the 2011 reform of the current German SUS program for the … estimate the impact of the reform on the program's effectiveness using samples of participants and non-participants from before … and after the reform. To control for time-constant unobserved heterogeneity as well as differential selection patterns …

of leavers prior to and after welfare reform. We find that after welfare reform leavers are much more likely to be … working. Although in Maryland those working have earnings that are somewhat below employed leavers prior to reform, in … substantially, and leavers are less likely to return to welfare following reform. -- Welfare reform ; earnings ; employment …

model by comparing reactions to a welfare reform that implied a dramatic increase in welfare benefits predicted by our model …

: guaranteed minimum income (GMI), universal basic income (UBI), wage subsidy (WS) and two mixed systems: GMI+WS and UBI+WS. As …-tested transfers (possibly complemented by wage subsidy) emerge as desirable and feasible features of the income support mechanism. In … the poverty line complemented by a 10% wage subsidy or depending on the social welfare criterion a more generous …

-post" evaluations) which exploit the introduction of a reform and identify its effect by comparing treated and untreated individuals; on … 1998, in Norway, a major welfare reform changed the rules of the most generous benefit for lone parents: it increased the … positive effect of the reform on lone mothers' employment. In this paper, I estimate a static structural model of work and …

Welfare reform has transformed the U.S. cash assistance program for single parents and their children. Although there … remains substantial uncertainty about the importance of reform in producing the subsequent decline in the welfare caseload … employment and welfare recidivism comparing cohorts of leavers prior to and after welfare reform. We find that after welfare …

initially received either a cash transfer or subsidized insurance premiums (a form of in-kind transfer). A federal reform in … prior to the reform. We find that switching from cash to in-kind transfers reduces the likelihood of late premiums payments …