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In this paper, we focus on a novel and potentially important aspect of the workfare policy in the Danish labor market … of workfare reform across different age groups as the exogenous variation. Second, we use a unique policy experiment that … recipients in Farum before and after 1987 with that of the rest of Denmark, we identify the effect of workfare on the crime rate …
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We examine the efficacy of a popular anti-poverty programme, namely the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) of the Government of India. We argue that a chronic friction of wage payment delay in this flagship programme could adversely affect the welfare of the poor through two...
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This paper reviews the U.S. welfare reform efforts over the 1990s and the effects of these reforms to date. Seven "lessons" of potential interest to European observers are discussed, with particular attention to the conclusions of more recent research. Such research indicates, for example, that...
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