Existing research on the static effects of the manipulation of welfare program benefit parameters on labor supply has … on labor supply of welfare expansions and contractions may differ in different time periods with different populations … obtained from a theory-consistent reduced form model which allows for a nonparametric specification of how changes in welfare …

This paper examines the effect of international migration on the welfare of family members left behind at the origin … provides a new unified framework that generates testable predictions of whether migration increases non-migrants' welfare in … improves left-behinds' welfare through two different channels: (i) migrants' remittances exceed their forgone income …

This paper analyzes the intra-household distribution of wealth and welfare in the United States, within a theoretical … leads to wealth inequalities. However, the intra-household processes appear to be efficient in terms of welfare, as …

electricity auctions. This paper presents an intuitive account of current understanding and shows how welfare losses depend on the …