In this paper we focus on the role of caseworkers in the assignment and take-up of welfare-to-work programs. We conduct … experiment allows us to provide evidence on the effectiveness of welfare-to-work programs and to study how caseworkers exploit … their discretion in assigning these programs to welfare recipients. We find substantial heterogeneity in how caseworkers …

This paper attempts to uncover the effects of a welfare-to-work programme that acts as a wage subsidy on wage growth by … exploiting an expansion to this welfare programme in the UK. The conventional wisdom is that such programmes trap recipients into …

This paper studies mandatory job-search periods for welfare applicants. During this period the benefits application is … probability to collect welfare benefits. The reduced benefits are fully compensated by increased earnings from work. Furthermore … job-search period is an effective instrument for targeting welfare-benefits applicants. …

Welfare-to-Work (WTW) organizations to reintegrate groups of unemployed and disabled workers. WTW-organizations did not only …

Welfare-to-Work (WTW) organizations to reintegrate groups of unemployed and disabled workers. WTW-organizations did not only …

This paper attempts to uncover the effects of a welfare-to-work programme that acts as a wage subsidy on wage growth by … exploiting an expansion to this welfare programme in the UK. The conventional wisdom is that such programmes trap recipients into …

This study investigates the effects of welfare reform in the U.S. in the 1990s, which dramatically limited cash … of the reforms for the next generation. Using two nationally-representative datasets, we exploit differences in welfare … plausibly causal effects of welfare reform on a range of prosocial and antisocial behaviors (volunteering, participating in …

conducted in Canada to evaluate the effect of high-powered financial incentives for full time work among former welfare … recipients. The experimental results confirm the importance of financial incentives in the welfare participation and work … decisions of lowincome single mothers. Enhanced incentives induce a significant fraction of welfare recipients to leave the …

Welfare reform in Australia centres on the concept of both economic and social participation. The policy concern is …