In this paper we focus on the role of caseworkers in the assignment and take-up of welfare-to-work programs. We conduct … experiment allows us to provide evidence on the effectiveness of welfare-to-work programs and to study how caseworkers exploit … their discretion in assigning these programs to welfare recipients. We find substantial heterogeneity in how caseworkers …

This paper attempts to uncover the effects of a welfare-to-work programme that acts as a wage subsidy on wage growth by … exploiting an expansion to this welfare programme in the UK. The conventional wisdom is that such programmes trap recipients into …

This paper studies mandatory job-search periods for welfare applicants. During this period the benefits application is … probability to collect welfare benefits. The reduced benefits are fully compensated by increased earnings from work. Furthermore … job-search period is an effective instrument for targeting welfare-benefits applicants. …

This paper studies mandatory job-search periods for welfare applicants. During this period the benefits application is … probability to collect welfare benefits. The reduced benefits are fully compensated by increased earnings from work. Furthermore … job-search period is an effective instrument for targeting welfare-benefits applicants. …

This study tests for a migration response to the implementation of stricter rules for welfare benefit receipt, in the … form of mandatory participation in activation programs for welfare recipients, in Stockholm town districts. The hypothesis … is that welfare benefit prone individuals will choose to live in a town district that has no program if they dislike the …

The recent welfare-to-work reform requires lone parents with older children to be available for work. This article …

Welfare-to-Work (WTW) organizations to reintegrate groups of unemployed and disabled workers. WTW-organizations did not only …

of rehabilitation services to identify barriers to welfare policy reform. The analysis relies on the assumption that some … European welfare regimes have a similar initial structure but may differ in their speed of adaptation to the challenges posed …, some can be strengthened by governments wishing to improve the long term performance of the welfare system. …