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Top-heavy load: Trouble ahead for social security systems, Introduction by Peter A. Diamond
Diamond, Peter - In: CESifo Forum 8 (2007) 3, pp. 28-36
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Retrenchment, Reform, Continuity: Welfare under the Coalition
Gaffney, Declan - In: National Institute Economic Review 231 (2015) 1, pp. 44-44
The Coalition's record on working age social security is reviewed under the headings of continuity (with the policies of the previous government), retrenchment and reform. Under continuity, the Coalition's decision to proceed with the previous government's planned reassessment of incapacity...
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China’s 21st-century welfare reforms
Duckett, Jane - In: Local Economy 27 (2012) 5-6, pp. 645-650
During the first decade of the 21st century, China’s top leaders reined in the marketising, commercialising welfare reforms of the 1990s, and recommitted the State to a role in providing social goods. But the governmental and social elites who shape welfare policy are still debating the...
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The geography of stupidity: From where do all the bad ideas come?
Dorling, Danny - In: Local Economy 27 (2012) 5-6, pp. 486-493
The 30-year rule governing the release of Cabinet papers means that the British people only learned of a covert 1980s policy to manage the decline of northern England in early 2012. We can only guess at what is really being said behind closed doors today. There are some clues in a series of...
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Universal Credit: Simplification or personalisation?
Spicker, Paul - In: Local Economy 27 (2012) 5-6, pp. 449-454
Current proposals for welfare reform in the UK are based on a Universal Credit, intended simultaneously to simplify the structure of benefits while offering sensitive and rapid responsiveness to personal circumstances. The two objectives are in conflict, and neither can be achieved by the proposals.
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On Mandatory Activation of Welfare Recipients
Dahlberg, Matz; Johansson, Kajsa; Mörk, Eva - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
participation, employment and disposable income. In contrast to earlier studies, we are able to capture both entry and exit effects … recipients reduces overall welfare participation and increases employment. We also find that mandatory activation programs appear …
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Local Labor Market Conditions and the Jobless Poor: How Much Does Local Job Growth Help in Rural Areas?
Davis, Elizabeth E.; Connolly, Laura S.; Weber, Bruce A. - In: Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 28 (2003) 03
The employment outcomes of a group of jobless poor Oregonians are tracked in order to analyze the relative importance … of local labor market conditions on their employment outcomes. Local job growth increases the probability that a jobless … personal demographic characteristics and local job growth, there is little evidence that the probability of employment or the …
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Effect of Lifetime Limits and Differences between TANF Leavers Who Had Reached Their Lifetime Limits and Those Who Had Exited Voluntarily
Lee, Kyoung Hag - In: Poverty & Public Policy 2 (2010) 4, pp. 3-3
<p>This study explored different sociodemographic characteristics and differences of employment and income between TANF …-off, employment, and income between the two groups. Multiple regression results showed that TANF leavers who reached their lifetime …
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The Effects of Welfare-to-Work Programs on Welfare Recipients’ Employment Outcomes
Kim, Jeounghee - In: Journal of Family and Economic Issues 33 (2012) 1, pp. 130-142
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Car Ownership and Welfare-to-Work
Ong, Paul M. - Institute for Transportation Studies (ITS), University … - 2001
This study examines the role of car ownership in facilitating employment among recipients under the current welfare … employment. The presence of an observed ownership is associated with 12 percentage point increase in the odds of being employed …. Moreover, the results indicate that lowering insurance premiums by $100 can increase the odds of employment by 4 percentage …
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