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is conducted using a Matching estimator, and we discuss the principles surrounding the potential for this to be a valid … workers in the family and the employment of the head of the family. -- matching ; extreme poverty ; impact evaluation …
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unique administrative data, we apply propensity score matching in a dynamic setting to estimate the treatment effects and …
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We estimate impacts on earnings and employment of the two primary adult workforce support and training programs under the U.S. Workforce Investment Act (WIA) using administrative data on 160,000 participants from 12 states for up to four years following program entry. We find that participants...
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Background: Poverty in Korea is not gender neutral. Both male headed and female headed households experience poverty in distinct ways. This research discusses poverty and how it has evolved in Korea from a gender perspective. Methods: It describes the characteristics of poverty among the working...
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Armut ist ein weiter Begriff. Die Kriterien, wann Armut anfängt, sind durchaus umstritten. So erhalten in Deutschland gut 9% der Bevölkerung Grundsicherungsleistungen, nach den EU-weit einheitlichen Laeken-Indikatoren sind aber über 20% armutsgefährdet. Ein Blick auf die jeweiligen...
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Long-term social assistance dependency is a growing concern in Sweden and other European countries. In order for policy makers to design effective welfare reforms it is important to know how strong the state dependence associated with social assistance is in the population and to what extent it...
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Das Bundesverfassungsgericht hat 2010 die sozialrechtlichen Regelbedarfsleistungen für verfassungswidrig erklärt und Nachbesserungen gefordert. Im Juli 2014 hat nun das Bundesverfassungsgericht die eingeleiteten Maßnahmen als gerade noch verfassungsgemäß bewertet. Um aktuell die...
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The Sample of Integrated Welfare Benefit Biographies (SIG) is a new administrative longitudinal microdata set representative of recipients of Germany's main welfare programme, the Unemployment Benefit II (UB II, Arbeitslosengeld II). The data set contains detailed longitudinal information on...
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evaluation ; matching estimators ; extreme poverty ; Chile …
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