Recent welfare reforms are prompting some state and local welfare agencies to use temporary help service firms to help … place welfare recipients into jobs. Concerns have arisen that these jobs are more likely to pay low wages, provide fewer … benefits, and offer less stability. We explore the effects of temporary help firms on the labor market outcomes of welfare …

This paper attempts to uncover the effects of a welfare-to-work programme that acts as a wage subsidy on wage growth by … exploiting an expansion to this welfare programme in the UK. The conventional wisdom is that such programmes trap recipients into …

We analyse the effects of active social policy (ASP) on the dynamics of welfare dependence. We evaluate the impact of … various ASP measures (employment and training) on the duration of welfare spells and subsequent employment spells, based on … data from Denmark. The results show that employment measures improve the chances of leaving welfare dependence whereas …

This paper reviews the evidence on welfare time limits in the United States. It primarily refers to experimental and … econometric evaluations. Time limits affect welfare recipients both before and after their limits are reached. Time limits reduce … welfare receipt and increase employment before recipients reach the limit, as recipients "hoard" their months of eligibility …