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Welfare reform in the UK: 1997 - 2007
Brewer, Mike - 2007
This paper presents a tour of welfare reform in the UK since the last change of government, summarising the most …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293059
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Optionen einer effizienten Gestaltung der Arbeitslosenversicherung
Glismann, Hans H.; Schrader, Klaus - 2001
The paper is about the economically efficient design of financial transfers to the unemployed in a highly industrialized country. There have been quite a few contributions to this problem — for example by Beenstock/Brasse, Feldstein/ Altman, Grubel, Orzag/Snower — which are presented and...
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Contingent convergence: a comparative analysis of activation policies
Eichhorst, Werner; Konle-Seidl, Regina - 2008
The trend towards activation has been one of the major issues in recent welfare and labour market reforms in Europe and the US. Despite considerable initial variation across national models with respect to the scope and intensity of activation, redefining the link between social protection and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269141
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The long-term effects of job search requirements: evidence from the UK JSA reform
Petrongolo, Barbara - 2008
This paper investigates long-term returns from unemployment compensation, exploiting variation from the UK JSA reform …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269165
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Welfare reform in the UK: 1997 - 2007
Brewer, Mike - 2008
This paper presents a tour of welfare reforms in the UK since the last change of government, summarising the most important changes in active labour market policies (ALMPS), and in measures intended to strengthen financial incentives to work. It argues that developments in the UK's active labour...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273973
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The impact of the UK new deal for lone parents on benefit receipt
Dolton, Peter; Smith, Jeffrey A. - 2011
This paper evaluates the UK New Deal for Lone Parents (NDLP) program, which aims to return lone parents to work. Using rich administrative data on benefit receipt histories and a selection on observed variables identification strategy, we find that the program modestly reduces benefit receipt...
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Electoral reform in war and peace, 1906-18
Pugh, Martin - 1978
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Making Britain the best place in the world to work: how to protect and enhance workers' rights after Brexit … and coronavirus
Sisson, Keith - 2020
The UK government's promise in the Queen's Speech of 19 December 2019 to protect and enhance worker's rights after Brexit has taken on new urgency in the light of the coronavirus pandemic, the inadequacy of the present framework being exposed for all to see. Issues highlighted include the social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014327351
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Anatomy of welfare reform evaluation: Announcement and implementation effects
Blundell, Richard; Francesconi, Marco; van der Klaauw, … - 2011
This paper formulates a simple model of female labor force decisions which embeds an in-work benefit reform and … the announcement of a reform that increases in-work benefits, including sources of intertemporal substitution, human … announcement and implementation of a major UK in-work benefit reform, we estimate its effects on single mothers' behavior. We find …
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Reform and rebellion in Afghanistan, 1919 - 1929 : King Amanullah's failure to modernize a tribal society
Poullada, Leon B. - 1973
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