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An Empirical Analysis of the Dynamics of the Welfare State: The Case of Benefit Morale

Halla, Martin; Lackner, Mario; Schneider, Friedrich G. - 2009

Does the supply of a welfare state create its own demand? Many economic scholars studying welfare arrangements refer to Say's law and insinuate a self-destructive welfare state. However, little is known about the empirical validity of these assumptions and hypotheses. We study the dynamic effect...

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Poverty's deconstruction: Beyond the visible

Bhaumik, Sumon Kumar; Gang, Ira N.; Yun, Myeong-Su - 2017

In contrast to his contribution to other areas, Shubhashis Gangopadhyay's contributions to our understanding of poverty are often thought of as indirect consequences of the main themes of his work. Yet in more than 15 published papers Gangopadhyay directly takes on poverty, including its...

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Tackling social exclusion: Evidence from Chile

Carneiro, Pedro; Galasso, Emanuela; Ginja, Rita - 2014

We study an innovative welfare program in Chile which combines a period of frequent home visits to households in extreme poverty, with guaranteed access to social services. Program impacts are identified using a regression discontinuity design, exploring the fact that program eligibility is a...

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The US earned income tax credit, its effects, and possible reforms

Meyer, Bruce D. - 2008

In this paper, I first summarize how the US Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) operates and describe the characteristics of recipients. I then discuss empirical work on the effects of the EITC on poverty and income distribution, and its effects on labor supply. Next, I discuss a few policy concerns...

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The effects of marginal employment on subsequent labour market outcomes

Böheim, René; Weber, Andrea - 2006

, more unemployment, lower wages, lessens over time but is still present after three years. …

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The Effect of Health on Income: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Commuting Accidents

Halla, Martin; Zweimüller, Martina - 2011

This paper interprets accidents occurring on the way to and from work as negative health shocks to identify the causal effect of health on labor market outcomes. We argue that in our sample of exactly matched treated and control workers, these health shocks are quasi-randomly assigned. A...

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Wage Formation and Redistribution

Engström, Per - 2007

endogenous unemployment and wages. This means that the government needs to consider the effects on wages and unemployment when …

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A Description of Routes out of the Labor Force for Workers in Sweden

Hallberg, Daniel - 2003

This paper collects and reviews information about routes to retirement and exits from the labor force by older workers in Sweden. It gives a concise survey of rules of the major retirement schemes covering disability, sickness and unemployment. Usinglongitudinal micro data from the period...

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Optimal Non-Linear Income Taxation in Search Equilibrium

Engström, Per - 2002

mechanisms arise. When wages are fixed we find that a work hour effect gives the government incentives to lower the marginal tax … low skilled marginal tax is ambiguous. With wages determined by bargaining between firm and worker the results are changed … increasing in the level of redistribution when wages are fixed, but decreasing in the level of redistribution when wages are …

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Killing them with Kindness: Negative Distributional Externalities of Increasing UI Benefits

Haisken-DeNew, John P.; Vorell, Matthias - 2009

Of the many labour market Hartz IV reforms that have been implemented in Germany since 2005, the role of short-term unemployment insurance has not received much attention. In this paper we examine distributional effects of labour earnings and unemployment benefits using simulated increases in...

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