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Reforming the Financial Incentives of the Welfare System
Hamermesh, Daniel S. - 2000
program and enter work. They also have a relatively large anti-poverty effect. Moreover, when incentives are offered to …
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011873477
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Welfare Reform and the Intergenerational Transmission of Dependence
Hartley, Robert Paul; Lamarche, Carlos; Ziliak, James P. - 2017
We estimate the effect of welfare reform on the intergenerational transmission of welfare participation and related economic outcomes using a long panel of mother-daughter pairs over the survey period 1968–2013 in the Panel Study of Income Dynamics. Because states implemented welfare reform at...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011744654
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Lockerung des Kündigungsschutzes : Ein Weg zu mehr Beschäftigung?
Bonin, Holger - 2004
Die Lockerung des Kündigungsschutzes ist ein wesentliches Element der im Januar 2004 in Deutschland in Kraft gesetzten Arbeitsmarktreformen. Dieser Beitrag diskutiert die hiervon zu erwartenden Beschäftigungseffekte. Auf Grundlage vorliegender theoretischer und empirischer Erkenntnisse wird...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261863
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Kombilohn oder Workfare? Zur Wirksamkeit zweier arbeitsmarktpolitischer Strategien
Bonin, Holger; Kempe, Wolfram; Schneider, Hilmar - 2002
sind. Ein alternativer, ursachenorientierter Ansatz ist die Senkung des sozialen Leistungsniveaus durch Workfare. Eine … of a workfare strategy. The potential wages of transfer recipients, estimated on the basis of the German Socio …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262666
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Welfare-to-Work, Wages and Wage Growth
Walker, Ian; Lydon, Reamonn - 2004
low wage, low quality work – this comes from the simple argument that the ?poverty trap?, which a wage subsidy for low …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261893
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The Employment Effects of Active Social Policy
Bolvig, Iben; Jensen, Peter; Rosholm, Michael - 2003
We analyse the effects of active social policy (ASP) on the dynamics of welfare dependence. We evaluate the impact of various ASP measures (employment and training) on the duration of welfare spells and subsequent employment spells, based on data from Denmark. The results show that employment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261942
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The Consequences of ?In-Work? Benefit Reform in Britain : New Evidence from Panel Data
Francesconi, Marco; van der Klaauw, Wilbert - 2004
In October 1999, the British government enacted the Working Families? Tax Credit, a generous tax credit aimed at encouraging work among low-income families with children. This paper uses longitudinal data collected between 1991 and 2001 to evaluate the effect of this reform on single mothers. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262000
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The Effects of Welfare-to-Work Program Activities on Labor Market Outcomes
Dyke, Andrew; Heinrich, Carolyn J.; Mueser, Peter R.; … - 2005
Studies examining the effectiveness of welfare-to-work programs present findings that are mixed and sometimes at odds, in part due to research design, data, and methodological limitations of the studies. We aim to substantially improve on past approaches to estimate program effectiveness by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262632
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The desirability of workfare as a welfare ordeal: Revisited
Blumkin, Tomer; Margalioth, Yoram; Sadka, Efraim - 2010
In this paper we challenge the conventional wisdom that using workfare as a supplementary screening device to means …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272664