This paper reviews the U.S. welfare reform efforts over the 1990s and the effects of these reforms to date. Seven … paper ends with some speculations about why European policy-makers are becoming more interested in U.S. welfare reform …

This paper reviews the U.S. welfare reform efforts over the 1990s and the effects of these reforms to date. Seven … skills. The paper ends with some speculations about why European policy-makers are becoming more interested in U.S. welfare …

The recent reform of the federal welfare system was meant to encourage recipients to leave welfare and enter the …. As former welfare recipients enter the labor market, they may exert downward pressure on wages or displace employment of … others already in the labor market. Since there has been limited changes in eligibility for federal welfare programs from …

international transferability of immigrants' human capital, and undereducation to favorable selection in immigration. Comparisons …

We study the effect of reducing welfare assistance on migrants' long-term integration in Australia. The policy … announced after their arrival. Using a regression discontinuity design and 21 years of administrative welfare data, we find … significant reductions in welfare receipt, where the gap widened over time, and stabilized in the long run. Benefit receipt …