on being in employment. This paper surveys recent tax-benefit reforms in Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, The UK, France … determining the incentives to take up work; (iii) joint assessment of income for both purposes of taxation and benefit eligibility …

In recent years, Denmark has been successful in ensuring and maintaining a low unemployment rate. However, almost one …. The focus is on the basic dilemma between ambitious distributional goals on the one hand and work incentives on the other … market contact, and exit from the labour market. Finally, we consider some recent reform proposals and initiatives in Denmark …

activation : introducing welfare-to-work into dutch social assistance / Rik van Berkel -- Active labor market reform in denmark …