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Did the 2007 welfare reforms for low income parents in Australia increase welfare exits?

Fok, Yin King; McVicar, Duncan - In: IZA journal of labor policy 2 (2013), pp. 1-21

This paper examines the impacts of recent Australian welfare to work reforms for low-income parents of school …-aged children who had been in receipt of Parenting Payment – the main welfare payment for this group – for at least one year … large, statistically significant and positive impacts on the hazard rates for exiting the welfare payment. Two thirds of …

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Breaking the low pay, no pay cycle : the effects of the UK Employment Retention and Advancement programme

Hendra, Richard; Riccio, James A.; Dorsett, Richard; … - In: IZA journal of labor policy 4 (2015), pp. 1-32

This paper presents the final economic results of the UK Employment Retention and Advancement (ERA) programme. ERA's distinctive combination of post-employment advisory support and financial incentives was designed to help low-income individuals who entered work sustain employment and advance in...

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Canadian welfare reform and the importance of entry

Gabel, Todd - In: Applied economics 54 (2022) 46, pp. 5335-5350

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Childcare subsidy policy : what it can and cannot accomplish : what are the implications of childcare subsidies for care quality, family well-being, and child development?

Tekin, Erdal - 2014

(CCDF), established as part of landmark welfare reform legislation in 1996. The main goal of the reform was to increase … employment and reduce welfare dependence among low-income families. Childcare subsidies have been effective in enabling parents …

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In-work benefits for married couples : an ex-ante evaluation of EITC and WTC policies in Italy

Luca, Giuseppe; Rossetti, Claudio; Vuri, Daniela - In: IZA journal of labor policy 3 (2014), pp. 1-24

This paper investigates labor supply and redistributive effects of in-work benefits for Italian married couples using a tax-benefit microsimulation model and a multi-sectoral discrete choice model of labor supply. We consider in-work benefits based on the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and the...

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Was ist von der Familienpolitik der Großen Koalition zu erwarten?

In: Wirtschaftsdienst : Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik 94 (2014) 2, pp. 87-102

Der Koalitionsvertrag sieht zwar keine weitreichenden familienpolitischen Maßnahmen vor. Allerdings sollen die Kindertagesbetreuung und das Elterngeld weiter ausgebaut werden. Damit folgt die Große Koalition zumindest teilweise einer Studie mehrerer Wirtschaftsforschungsinstitute, die alle...

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Born this way : the effect of an unexpected child benefit at birth on longer-term educational outcomes

Sánchez-Coll, Sergi - In: SERIEs : Journal of the Spanish Economic Association 14 (2023) 1, pp. 105-141

Aiming to boost fertility rates, in 2007 the Spanish government implemented a universal €2500 baby bonus paid to mothers giving birth or adopting a child, leading to a short-lived increase in births. In this study, I measure the causal impact that the transfer had on the language and...

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First-time mothers and the labor market effects of the earned income tax credit

Shirley, Peter - In: IZA journal of labor policy 10 (2020) 1/7, pp. 1-53

The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) is one of the largest anti-poverty programs in the United States, providing over $67 billion to more than 27 million families for the tax year 2016, an average of $2,455. By subsidizing the earnings of low-income workers, the EITC reduces poverty both directly...

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The effect of child benefit on female labor supply

Magda, Iga; Kiełczewska, Aneta; Brandt, Nicola - In: IZA journal of labor policy 10 (2020) 1/17, pp. 1-18

In 2016, the Polish government introduced a large child benefit, called "Family 500+", with the aim to increase fertility and reduce child poverty. It is universal for the second and every further child and means-tested for the first child. We study the impact of the new benefit on female labor...

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Short-term training programs for immigrants in the German welfare system : do effects differ from natives and why?

Thomsen, Stephan L.; Walter, Thomas; Aldashev, Alisher - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 2 (2013), pp. 1-20

German welfare system and identify differences in the effects determined by unobservable factors. Based on comprehensive and …

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