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Social assistance in Sweden 1990-1995
Arslanogullari, Sebastian - 2000
propensity to receive SA. Despite what is usually argued in the public debate, I find no evidence of a general increase in the … mentioned propensity in Sweden during the period 1990 to 1995. But although there is no evidence of an increased propensity to … tougher judgement criteria in 1995 than in the 1990, something that could mask a possible increase in the studied propensity …
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Never give up? The persistence of welfare participation in Sweden
Andrén, Thomas; Andrén, Daniela - In: IZA Journal of European Labor Studies 2 (2013), pp. 1-21
Long-term social assistance dependency is a growing concern in Sweden and other European countries. In order for policy makers to design effective welfare reforms it is important to know how strong the state dependence associated with social assistance is in the population and to what extent it...
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Never give up? : the persistence of welfare participation in Sweden
Andrén, Thomas; Andrén, Daniela - In: IZA journal of European Labor Studies 2 (2013), pp. 1-21
Long-term social assistance dependency is a growing concern in Sweden and other European countries. In order for policy makers to design effective welfare reforms it is important to know how strong the state dependence associated with social assistance is in the population and to what extent it...
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US versus Sweden : the effect of alternative in-work tax credit policies on labour supply of single mothers
Aaberge, Rolf; Flood, Lennart - 2013
An essential difference between the design of the Swedish and the US in-work tax credit systems relates to their functional forms. Where the US earned income tax credit (EITC) is phased out and favours low and medium earnings, the Swedish system is not phased out and offers 17 and 7 per cent tax...
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Social Assistance Receipt among Young Adults Grown Up in Different Neighbourhoods of Metropolitan Sweden
Gustafsson, Björn - 2020
Using large samples of persons born in 1985 we investigate the relationship between characteristics of the neighbourhood where young people lived as adolescents and the probability that they will receive social assistance when aged 19, 20, and 21, for the three Swedish metropolitan regions -...
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Social Assistance in Five Countries in North-Western Europe
Hansen, Hans - 2016
In this paper, we calculate the disposable incomes in 2012 of three selected family types receiving social assistance in five countries in north-western Europe. We also calculate the net replacement rates for families receiving social assistance, calculated on the basis of the disposable incomes...
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Immigrant Assimilation and Welfare Participation : Do Immigrants Assimilate into or Out of Welfare?
Hansen, Jorgen; Lofstrom, Magnus - 2021
This paper analyzes differences in welfare utilization between immigrants and natives in Sweden using a large panel data set, LINDA, for the years 1990 to 1996. Both welfare expenditures and immigration increased substantially in Sweden in the 1990's. We find that immigrants use welfare to a...
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Changing Nordic model? : a policy analysis
Palviainen, Heikki - 2019
Based on simulated counterfactual analyses, this paper studies the long-term evolution of key policy outcomes associated with the Nordic model. The results show that Finland had the most redistributive policy changes in the studied time periods. The Danish flexicurity model involves high benefit...
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Social assistance receipt among young adults grown up in different neighbourhoods of metropolitan Sweden
Gustafsson, Björn; Katz, Katarina; Österberg, Torun - 2020
Using large samples of persons born in 1985 we investigate the relationship between characteristics of the neighbourhood where young people lived as adolescents and the probability that they will receive social assistance when aged 19, 20, and 21, for the three Swedish metropolitan regions -...
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Chapter 51 Economic analysis of transfer programs targeted on people with disabilities
Bound, John; Burkhauser, Richard V. - In: Handbook of labor economics : volume 3, part C, (pp. 3417-3528). 1999
This chapter reviews the behavioral and redistributive effects of transfer programs targeted at working-age people with disabilities. While we primarily focus on the United States, we also include programs in the Federal Republic of Germany, The Netherlands, and Sweden. We look at how the...
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