Before 2014, Malta's labour market policy took a passive approach. However, in 2014 government made a paradigm shift through several Active Labour Market Policies aimed at "Making Work Pay". This article analyses the Tapering of Benefits (TOB) scheme, aimed at unlocking the poverty trap...

We construct an Economic Policy Uncertainty (EPU) index for Malta based on the methodology of Baker, Bloom and Davis (2015) using articles published between 2004 and 2022 from four Maltese news portals. The index spikes during general elections and other significant local or international...