High welfare dependency and poverty rate among lone mothers prompted a workfare reform of the Norwegian welfare system … not only led to increased earnings and educational attainment – in the process lowering welfare caseloads and therefore … easing the government’s financial burden – but also reduced poverty. …

differences when measuring poverty, there is little reliable evidence on how these factors actually affect poverty estimates … account by using municipal housing price indices or by replacing the country-specific poverty line with municipal …-specific poverty lines. Applying Norwegian register data for the period 1993-2001, we find that disregarding the value of local public …

differences when measuring poverty, there is little reliable evidence on how these factors actually affect poverty estimates … account by using municipal housing price indices or by replacing the country-specific poverty line with municipal …-specific poverty lines. Applying Norwegian register data for the period 1993-2001, we find that disregarding the value of local public …

There is a heated debate in many European countries about a move towards a welfare system that increases the incentives … for lone mothers to move off welfare and into work. We analyze the consequences of a major Norwegian workfare reform of … the generous welfare system for lone mothers. Our difference-in-differences estimates show that the policy changes were …

The generous Nordic model of welfare is commonly viewed as an exceptional success both in terms of equality and … and high welfare dependency, such as lone mothers, were vastly overrepresented among the poor. This motivated a workfare … reform of the Norwegian welfare system for lone mothers; activity requirements were introduced, time limits imposed, and …

There is a heated debate in many European countries about a move towards a welfare system that increases the incentives … for lone mothers to move off welfare and into work. We analyze the consequences of a major Norwegian workfare reform of … the generous welfare system for lone mothers. Our difference-in-differences estimates show that the policy changes were …

The generous Nordic model of welfare is commonly viewed as an exceptional success both in terms of equality and … and high welfare dependency, such as lone mothers, were vastly overrepresented among the poor. This motivated a workfare … reform of the Norwegian welfare system for lone mothers; activity requirements were introduced, time limits imposed, and …

The generous Nordic model of welfare is commonly viewed as an exceptional success, in terms of both equality and … high welfare dependency, such as lone mothers, were vastly overrepresented among the poor. This prompted a workfare reform … of the Norwegian welfare system for lone mothers: activity requirements were brought in, time limits imposed and benefit …

As an alternative to the conventional methods for measuring chronic poverty, this paper proposes an interpersonal … comparable measure of permanent income as a basis for defining and measuring chronic poverty. This approach accounts for the fact … proposed method proves useful for evaluating the theoretical basis of the standard methods for measuring chronic poverty …