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transfer payments in general to a 'service in return' from the recipient. This concept operates under the name of workfare …. This paper examines the possibilities and limits of workfare in dealing with labour market problems. This includes the … the fiscal consequences. The paper shows that one fundamental premise for the effectiveness of a wide-ranging workfare …
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transfer payments in general to a 'service in return' from the recipient. This concept operates under the name of workfare …. This paper examines the possibilities and limits of workfare in dealing with labour market problems. This includes the … the fiscal consequences. The paper shows that one fundamental premise for the effectiveness of a wide-ranging workfare …
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This paper develops a spectrum of government work programs, from mandatory workfare to more progressive fair work. This …
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insurance were reshaped by workfare reforms. The ways in which the principle of workfare changed the content of Nordic … autonomy. Instead, workfare reforms have contributed to an understanding of obligations in terms of obedience and to the … establishment of social order through control mechanisms. The degree of changes varies, so that Swedish and Danish workfare reforms …
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Activation measures in Finland have meant the weakening of the level, qualification criteria, coverage, and time limits of social benefits in a way inimical to the post-Second World War Nordic welfare model. These changes have been accompanied by a growth of labour market flexibility, of...
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The lottery question asks whether you would stop working, continue working in the same job or continue working in a different job if you won a sum of money large enough to allow you to live on it comfortably for the rest of your life without working. This literature review reports the results of...
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The reciprocity objection is one of the most widespread criticisms against Basic Income (BI). In this article I challenge the consistency between the reciprocity principle and the preferred policy options of left reciprocity theorists. I argue that any consistent policy design for a reciprocity...
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There has been a major shift in welfare policies in the developed world towards activation, decentralization, and privatization. The 1996 US welfare reform welfare for single mother families was no longer an entitlement and there were stiff work requirements enforced by sanctions and time...
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