Social welfare systems usually imply specific obligations for benefit recipients. If a recipient does not comply with … the literature on the effects of sanctions in social welfare systems and we present first results on the effects of … sanctions for young unemployed welfare recipients based on German administrative data. The German welfare system is particularly …

Social welfare systems usually imply specific obligations for benefit recipients. If a recipient does not comply with … the literature on the effects of sanctions in social welfare systems and we present first results on the effects of … sanctions for young unemployed welfare recipients based on German administrative data. The German welfare system is particularly …

This study provides an ex-ante analysis of the welfare effect from the improvement of border road infrastructure in … local prices of imported rice taking into consideration the simulated price changes effect on household welfare across … rural than urban households. Such policies would likely produce larger welfare gains for poorer households than richer …

This paper presents findings on the changing effectiveness of cash transfers and income taxes on inequality and poverty … relationship between the concentration of cash transfers net of direct taxes and their effectiveness in terms of reducing poverty …

, was to reduce the lack of jobs and to increase welfare. Facing persistently increasing unemployment rates from then on … disputed reform of the German social welfare system. By characterising effects and defects of the German welfare system, we … valuation of labour. To conclude, potential welfare and employment effects under the new sys-tem are discussed. …

This paper estimates trends in absolute poverty in urban China from 1988 to 2002 using the Chinese Household Income … Project (CHIP) surveys. Poverty incidence curves are plotted, showing that poverty has fallen markedly during the period … regardless of the exact location of the poverty line. Income inequality rose from 1988 to 1995 but has been fairly constant …

redistribute income. The redistributive power of 56 transfers in eight countries is measured by their simulated impacts on poverty … unit subsidies limit the redistributive, poverty and inequality impacts of even the most targeted social assistance …