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programme when they take into account that workfare is a condition for remaining eligible for unemployment benefits. This … outside option becomes less attractive. Introduction of workfare policies into an unemployment insurance scheme is shown to … contribute to a reduction in both open and total unemployment. It is also shown that the direct search effects of workfare …
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The universal Scandinavian welfare model offers generous tax financed social benefits. The scheme is associated with workfare elements as a targeting device to direct benefits to those considered deserving. Thereby social insurance and egalitarian outcomes are achieved while work incentives and...
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The universal Scandinavian welfare model offers generous tax financed social benefits. The scheme is associated with workfare elements as a targeting device to direct benefits to those considered deserving. Thereby social insurance and egalitarian outcomes are achieved while work incentives and...
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The universal Scandinavian welfare model offers generous tax financed social benefits. The scheme is associated with workfare elements as a targeting device to direct benefits to those considered deserving. Thereby social insurance and egalitarian outcomes are achieved while work incentives and...
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design of the social safety net (workfare) or business cycle-dependent unemployment insurance. The criticism that automatic …
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How will international integration affect welfare policies? This paper considers the possibilities of financing public sector activities (public consumption and social security expenses) by general (wage) taxation in an economy which becomes more integrated in international product markets. Even...
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