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Optimal Social Assistance and Unemployment Insurance in a Life-Cycle Model of Family Labor Supply and Savings

Haan, Peter; Prowse, Victoria L. - 2015

We analyze empirically the optimal design of social insurance and assistance programs when families obtain insurance by making labor supply choices for both spouses. For this purpose, we specify a structural life-cycle model of the labor supply and savings decisions of singles and married...

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Optimal Social Assistance and Unemployment Insurance in a Life-Cycle Model of Family Labor Supply and Savings

Haan, Peter; Prowse, Victoria L. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015

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Immigration Participation in Social Assistance Programs

Riphahn, Regina T. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 1998

The share of foreigners in the German social assistance program exceeds their population share and continues to grow. This study tests whether higher foreigner welfare dependence is due to foreign-native differences in behavior as opposed to exogenous characteristics. The determinants of welfare...

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Does Workfare Work Well? The Case of the Employment Generation Program for the Poorest in Bangladesh

Cho, Yoon Y.; Ruthbah, Ummul - 2018

Evidence on the effectiveness of workfare as an anti-poverty program in developing countries is weak compared with the … evidence building by examining the impact of a large-scale workfare program in Bangladesh, the Employment Generation Program …'s efficiency. Moreover, further evidence is required on the impacts of work experience through workfare on subsequent labor market …

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Contingent convergence: a comparative analysis of activation policies

Eichhorst, Werner; Konle-Seidl, Regina - 2008

The trend towards activation has been one of the major issues in recent welfare and labour market reforms in Europe and the US. Despite considerable initial variation across national models with respect to the scope and intensity of activation, redefining the link between social protection and...

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Measuring Employment Readiness for Hard-to-Place Individuals

Tranberg Bodilsen, Simon; Nielsen, Søren Albeck; … - 2023

In an era characterized by population aging and economic challenges in welfare states across the world, sustaining these welfare systems requires a large workforce. Many individuals outside the labor market aspire to work but encounter a labyrinth of obstacles. While Public Employment Services...

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Contingent Convergence: A Comparative Analysis of Activation Policies

Eichhorst, Werner; Konle-Seidl, Regina - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

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U.S. versus Sweden: The Effect of Alternative In-Work Tax Credit Policies on Labour Supply of Single Mothers

Aaberge, Rolf; Flood, Lennart - 2013

An essential difference between the design of the Swedish and the US in-work tax credit systems relates to their functional forms. Where the US earned income tax credit (EITC) is phased out and favours low and medium earnings, the Swedish system is not phased out and offers 17 and 7 per cent tax...

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Sanctions for Young Welfare Recipients

van den Berg, Gerard J.; Uhlendorff, Arne; Wolff, Joachim - 2013

Social welfare systems usually imply specific obligations for benefit recipients. If a recipient does not comply with these obligations, a sanction involving a punitive benefits reduction may be imposed. In this paper we give an overview of the literature on the effects of sanctions in social...

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The Dynamics of Social Assistance Benefit Receipt in Germany: State Dependence Before and After the 'Hartz Reforms'

Königs, Sebastian - 2014

In this article, I study state dependence in social assistance receipt in Germany using annual survey data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) for the years 1995-2011. There is considerable observed state dependence, with an average persistence rate in benefits of 68% comparing to an...

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