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Finding alternatives to disability benefit receipt
Livermore, Gina; Wittenburg, David; Neumark, David - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 3 (2014), pp. 1-9
This introduction offers a context for the articles in this thematic series by providing an overview of the programs that provide cash and in-kind supports to people with disabilities in the United States, summarizes the increasing reliance on these programs, and describes the challenges...
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Subsidized work before and after the German Hartz reforms: Design of major schemes, evaluation results and lessons learnt
Wolff, Joachim; Stephan, Gesine - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 2 (2013), pp. 1-24
This review discusses empirical studies on hiring subsidies in the private sector and on schemes directly providing usually public or non-profit sector jobs for the unemployed in Germany. An important effect of hiring subsidies is that they stabilise employment. For employment schemes, results...
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Activation and employment support policies in OECD countries: An overview of current approaches
Immervoll, Herwig; Scarpetta, Stefano - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 1 (2012), pp. 1-22
This note examines the balance of activation strategies in OECD countries, where this type of policy approach has a long tradition. Countries share the objective of strengthening employment and reducing benefit dependency and vulnerability among the working-age population, but the balance of...
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Raus aus der Neueinstellungskrise!
Merkl, Christian; Weber, Enzo - In: Wirtschaftsdienst 100 (2020) 7, pp. 507-509
Anders als in der Wirtschafts- und Finanzkrise 2009 ist der Arbeitsmarkt in der Corona-Krise 2020 deutlich stärker betroffen. Insbesondere die Neueinstellungen sind sehr stark zurückgegangen – mit der Gefahr, dass daraus eine langwierige Arbeitslosigkeit und eine "Generation Corona" der...
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Handlungsoptionen für die Rentenpolitik: Wie kann Alterssicherung nachhaltig(er) werden?
Wagner, Gert G. - In: Wirtschaftsdienst 95 (2015) Sonderheft, pp. 34-40
This article explores how German pension and retirement policy could be made more sustainable, focusing on selected current options for action rather than attempting to provide a comprehensive overview. Before turning to specific problems and perspectives, the article first discusses key...
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Perspektiven der gesetzlichen Alterssicherung
Wagner, Gert G. - In: Credit and Capital Markets – Kredit und Kapital 48 (2015) 3, pp. 409-425
In diesem Beitrag werden ausgewählte grundsätzliche Probleme und Möglichkeiten, unter besonderer Berücksichtigung von Kapitaldeckung, der Alterssicherung in Deutschland und der europäischen Union diskutiert. Konkret eingegangen wird auf die Themen Beitragssatz, Rentenniveau, Altersarmut,...
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Disability benefit growth and disability reform in the US: Lessons from other OECD nations
Burkhauser, Richard V.; Daly, Mary C.; McVicar, Duncan; … - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 3 (2014), pp. 1-30
severe impairments can work, led to fundamental disability policy reforms in the Netherlands, Sweden, and Great Britain. In … Australia, rapid growth in disability recipiency led to more modest reforms. Here we describe the factors driving unsustainable … OECD countries, and discuss the reforms each country implemented to regain control over their cash transfer disability …
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The effect of vocational rehabilitation on the employment outcomes of disability insurance beneficiaries: New evidence from Canada
Campolieti, Michele; Gunderson, Morley K. L.; Smith, … - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 3 (2014), pp. 1-29
We estimate the effects of the vocational rehabilitation (VR) program run by the Canada Pension Plan Disability Program …
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Effects of work requirements for food assistance eligibility on disability claiming
Stith, Sarah S. - In: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 11 (2022) 1, pp. 1-31
Between 2010 and 2017, 42 U.S. states added work requirements as a food assistance eligibility criterion for Able-Bodied Adults Without Dependents (ABAWDs). Another U.S. public assistance program, Supplemental Security Income (SSI), provides food assistance without a work requirement, along with...
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Reconciling findings on the employment effect of disability insurance
Bound, John; Lindner, Stephan; Waidmann, Timothy - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 3 (2014), pp. 1-23
Over the last 25 years, the Social Security Disability Insurance Program (DI) has grown dramatically. During the same … group, raising questions about the targeting of disability benefits, studies using denied applicants suggest a more modest …
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