We derive Local Average Treatment Effect estimates of the impact of welfare benefit denial on future receipt using a … effects from being granted benefits and a core group who do not. The core group moves quickly back onto welfare when they are …

This study tests for a migration response to the implementation of stricter rules for welfare benefit receipt, in the … form of mandatory participation in activation programs for welfare recipients, in Stockholm town districts. The hypothesis … is that welfare benefit prone individuals will choose to live in a town district that has no program if they dislike the …

of rehabilitation services to identify barriers to welfare policy reform. The analysis relies on the assumption that some … European welfare regimes have a similar initial structure but may differ in their speed of adaptation to the challenges posed …, some can be strengthened by governments wishing to improve the long term performance of the welfare system. …

In order to alleviate child poverty, contemporary European welfare states have shifted their focus increasingly towards … child-centred investment strategies. However, studies assessing the generosity of welfare states to families with children … welfare states by making use of cross-nationally comparable reference budgets, while taking into account publicly-provided or …

Welfare persistence is estimated in and compared between Swedish-born and foreign-born households. This is done within … dependence in Swedish welfare participation is strong in both Swedish-born and foreign-born. However, the size of the effect is … important determinants for welfare participation in general. When investigating the effect of social assistance participation on …

the status quo German welfare state (A), a control scheme without income taxation and redistribution (B) and one in which …

changes may be facilitated. The focus is mainly on the implications of the reform capacity of various welfare regime types. …