and high welfare dependency, such as lone mothers, were vastly overrepresented among the poor. This motivated a workfare … once. We find that the workfare reform did not only increase earnings and education as well as lower welfare caseloads and … by this route ease the financial burden of the government, but also reduced poverty. …

welfare on individual well-being constitutes a significant issue. This paper studies the disposable income and poverty among … poverty. We conclude that leaving welfare is not always associated with becoming financially better off, and post welfare well …

Workfare proposals concentrate on the work incentives for welfare recipients, thus focusing on the labor supply side …. This paper analyzes the effects workfare has on labor demand when the labor market is unionized. As workfare reduces the … number of recipients of public financial assistance, a workfare regime, as opposed to a welfare system, weakens the outside …

This paper develops a spectrum of government work programs, from mandatory workfare to more progressive fair work. This …

insurance were reshaped by workfare reforms. The ways in which the principle of workfare changed the content of Nordic … autonomy. Instead, workfare reforms have contributed to an understanding of obligations in terms of obedience and to the … establishment of social order through control mechanisms. The degree of changes varies, so that Swedish and Danish workfare reforms …

Workfare programs aim to reduce poverty by providing low-wage work to those who need it. They are often turned to in a …-ante appraisal of an existing workfare program. For pedagogic purposes, the two programs studied are stylized versions of a range of …