Opponents of work obligations in return for transfer payments argue that workfare can crowd out private sector work …, that workfare harms the welfare of the poor and thereby reduces a society’s welfare in general. This paper analyzes these … objections against workfare in a discrete optimal income tax model. Workfare productivity emerges to be the crucial determinant …

unconditional monetary transfer, with their productivity under a workfare system, where the transfer is received conditional on the … productivity is higher under Welfare than under Workfare. Becoming unemployed under Welfare comes at the psychological cost of a …

'Workfare' gegenübergestellt und nach dem gleichen Analyseraster eruiert. … is contrasted with the workfare strategy and evaluated by the same analytical framework. …

sequencing of benefits), monitoring in conjunction with sanctions, and workfare. Our reading of the theoretical literature is …