implications for employment and income of welfare schemes often advocated as less distortionary. We show that reducing unemployment … benefits in favour of income subsidies (social benefits) reduces employment in general equilibrium and also the income of low … deterioration. To support employment, we suggest that systems grounded in contribution-based unemployment insurance schemes are to …

. As former welfare recipients enter the labor market, they may exert downward pressure on wages or displace employment of … recipients in Michigan led to a 0.9 to 2.6 percentage point increase in employment among high school drop--outs and a 1.2 to 2 …

effects in a wealthier context. Through a randomized controlled trial, we study the employment effects of a generous and …