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Quantifying the intangible impact of the olympics using subjective well-being data
Dolan, Paul; Kavetsos, Georgios; Krekel, Christian; … - 2019
Hosting the Olympic Games costs billions of taxpayer dollars. Following a quasi- experimental setting, this paper assesses the intangible impact of the London 2012 Olympics, using a novel panel of 26,000 residents in London, Paris, and Berlin during the summers of 2011, 2012, and 2013. We show...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012063244
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Immigrant assimilation and welfare participation : do immigrants assimilate into or out-of welfare
Hansen, Jörgen; Lofstrom, Magnus - 1999
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 in Sweden in the 1990's. We find that immigrants use welfare to a greater extent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011318604
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Labor market conditions and post-reform declines in welfare receipt among immigrants
Lofstrom, Magnus; Bean, Frank D. - 2001
results show that variation in the unemployment and employment rates across MSAs and states explain the observed relative post …-welfare reform decrease among immigrants, with immigrant welfare utilization being sensitive to changes in both employment and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011403338
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Quantifying the Intangible Impact of the Olympics Using Subjective Well-Being Data
Dolan, Paul - 2019
Hosting the Olympic Games costs billions of taxpayer dollars. Following a quasi-experimental setting, this paper assesses the intangible impact of the London 2012 Olympics, using a novel panel of 26,000 residents in London, Paris, and Berlin during the summers of 2011, 2012, and 2013. We show...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012863807
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Is the Welfare State Self-Destructive? A Study of Government Benefit Morale
Heinemann, Friedrich - 2008
Assar Lindbeck has pointed to the problem that generous welfare state institutions may in the long-run undermine those social norms which limit the costs and incentives effects of the welfare state and thus guarantee its viability. This study is the first to assess the empirical validity of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014050336
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Labor Market Conditions and Post-Reform Declines in Welfare Receipt Among Immigrants
Lofstrom, Magnus; Bean, Frank D. - 2021
results show that variation in the unemployment and employment rates across MSAs and states explain the observed relative post …-welfare reform decrease among immigrants, with immigrant welfare utilization being sensitive to changes in both employment and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013320833
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013321366
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The Persistence of Welfare Participation
Andrén, Thomas - 2021
-run effects of receiving social assistance on future household earnings and disposable income. The results show that state … future earnings, we find a strong and persistent effect over the whole observation window, while no such effect could be … is similar for both Swedish-born and foreign-born, even though the negative earnings effect is somewhat larger for the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316781
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The determinants and consequences of child care subsidies for single mothers
Blau, David; Tekin, Erdal - 2001
care subsidy and the effects of subsidy receipt on employment, school attendance, job search, and welfare participation. We … in welfare. Ordinary least squares estimates show positive and significant effects of subsidy receipt on employment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011404078
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The effect of public insurance coverage for childless adults on labor supply
Dague, Laura; DeLeire, Thomas C.; Leininger, Lindsey - 2014
This study provides plausibly causal estimates of the effect of public insurance coverage on the employment of … score matching difference-in-differences methods to take advantage of the sudden imposition of an enrollment cap, comparing … sizable and statistically meaningful reductions in employment up to at least nine quarters later, with an estimated size of 2 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010390782