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Temporary Agency Employment as a Way out of Poverty?
Autor, David; Houseman, Susan - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2005
evidence on this question through analysis of a Michigan welfare-to-work program in which program participants were randomly … placing participants in either temporary or direct-hire jobs improves their odds of leaving welfare and escaping poverty in … the short term. However, we find that only direct-hire placements help reduce welfare dependency over longer time horizons …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005030686
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Should UI eligibility be expanded to low-earning workers? : evidence on employment, transfer receipt, and income from administrative data
Leung, Pauline; O'Leary, Christopher J. - 2015
Recent efforts to expand unemployment insurance (UI) eligibility are expected to increase low-earning workers' access to UI. Although the expansion's aim is to smooth the income and consumption of previously ineligible workers, it is possible that UI benefits simply displace other sources of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011341908
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Intergenerational transmission of welfare benefit receipt : evidence from Germany
Feichtmayer, Jennifer; Riphahn, Regina T. - 2023
We study the intergenerational transmission of welfare benefit receipt in Germany. We first describe the correlation … between welfare receipt experienced in the parental household and subsequent own welfare receipt of young adults. In a second … step, we investigate whether the observed correlations reflect causal effects of past welfare experience. We use family …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014458450
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Intergenerational transmission of welfare benefit receipt : evidence from Germany
Feichtmayer, Jennifer; Riphahn, Regina T. - 2023
We study the intergenerational transmission of welfare benefit receipt in Germany. We first describe the correlation … between welfare receipt experienced in the parental household and subsequent own welfare receipt of young adults. In a second … step, we investigate whether the observed correlations reflect causal effects of past welfare experience. We use family …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014439902
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Intergenerational transmission of welfare benefit receipt : evidence from Germany
Feichtmayer, Jennifer; Riphahn, Regina T. - 2023
We study the intergenerational transmission of welfare benefit receipt in Germany. We first describe the correlation … between welfare receipt experienced in the parental household and subsequent own welfare receipt of young adults. In a second … step, we investigate whether the observed correlations reflect causal effects of past welfare experience. We use family …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014442725
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Sliding into safety net participation : a unified analysis across multiple programs
Wu, Derek; Zhang, Jonathan - 2023
Recipients of government transfers are economically disadvantaged, yet little is known about how their circumstances evolve leading up to program receipt. Using twenty-five years of survey data as well as administrative health records, we establish three new stylized facts around enrollment in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014422538
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Intergenerational transmission of welfare benefit receipt : evidence from Germany
Feichtmayer, Jennifer; Riphahn, Regina T. - 2023
We study the intergenerational transmission of welfare benefit receipt in Germany. We first describe the correlation … between welfare receipt experienced in the parental household and subsequent own welfare receipt of young adults. In a second … step, we investigate whether the observed correlations reflect causal effects of past welfare experience. We use family …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014444190
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Use of unemployment insurance and public employment services after leaving welfare
O'Leary, Christopher J. - 2015
In this paper I examine the rates at which adults in households recently receiving Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) become jobless, apply for and receive unemployment insurance (UI) benefits, and participate in publicly funded employment services. I also investigate the correlation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011338814
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Investments in the human capital of the socially disadvantaged children: Effects on redistribution
Lohse, Tim; Lutz, Peter F.; Thomann, Christian - 2011
Recently, early investments in the human capital of children from socially disadvantaged environments have attracted a great deal of attention. Programs of such early intervention, aiming at children's health and well-being, are spreading considerably in the U.S. and are currently tested in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010307674
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Use of unemployment insurance and public employment services after leaving welfare
O'Leary, Christopher J. - 2015
In this paper I examine the rates at which adults in households recently receiving Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) become jobless, apply for and receive unemployment insurance (UI) benefits, and participate in publicly funded employment services. I also investigate the correlation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011418261