optimality of workfare as a screening tool. It is assumed that workfare does not serve as a human capital investment … individuals. Under either case, workfare is never optimal to impose on these individuals. It is also shown that non …-productive workfare can be an efficient policy tool, in contrast to the results found in Besley and Coate (1995), Brett (1997), and …

optimality of workfare as a screening tool. It is assumed that workfare does not serve as a human capital investment … individuals. Under either case, workfare is never optimal to impose on these individuals. It is also shown that non …-productive workfare can be an efficient policy tool, in contrast to the results found in Besley and Coate (1995), Brett (1997), and …

In this paper, we focus on a novel and potentially important aspect of the workfare policy in the Danish labor market … of workfare reform across different age groups as the exogenous variation. Second, we use a unique policy experiment that … recipients in Farum before and after 1987 with that of the rest of Denmark, we identify the effect of workfare on the crime rate …