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A poverty of imagination : bootstrap capitalism, sequel to welfare reform
Stoesz, David - 2000
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The working poor : symposium
Kim, Marlene (contributor) - In: Eastern economic journal 25 (1999) 2, pp. 151-238
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Welfare reform, 1834 : did the New Poor Law in England produce significant economic gains?
Clark, Gregory; Page, Marianne E. - In: Cliometrica : journal of historical economics and … 13 (2019) 2, pp. 221-244
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Are Lone Mothers Responsive to Policy Changes? The Effects of a Norwegian Workfare Reform on Earnings, Education, and Poverty
Mogstad, Magne; Pronzato, Chiara - Statistisk Sentralbyrå, Government of Norway - 2008
and high welfare dependency, such as lone mothers, were vastly overrepresented among the poor. This motivated a workfare … once. We find that the workfare reform did not only increase earnings and education as well as lower welfare caseloads and … by this route ease the financial burden of the government, but also reduced poverty. …
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Welfare, the Working Poor, and Labor
Simmons, Louise B. - 2004
Possibilities -- 9. Labor-Welfare Linkages and the Imperative of Organizing Low-Wage Women Workers -- 10. Urban Poverty, Social …
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Leaving Welfare: Employment and Well-Being of Families that Left WElfare in the Post-Entitlement Age
Acs, Gregory; Loprest, Pamela - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
Acs and Loprest pull together information from a host of leaver studies to provide a bottom line assessment of what was learned. They compare welfare leaver outcomes across geographic areas and the nation as a whole. This effort allows them to paint a comprehensive picture of the employment,...
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Earnings, income and poverty among welfare leavers in Sweden
Persson, Anna - 2011
welfare on individual well-being constitutes a significant issue. This paper studies the disposable income and poverty among … poverty. We conclude that leaving welfare is not always associated with becoming financially better off, and post welfare well …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321105
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Earnings, income and poverty among welfare leavers in Sweden
Persson, Anna - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2011
welfare on individual well-being constitutes a significant issue. This paper studies the disposable income and poverty among … poverty. We conclude that leaving welfare is not always associated with becoming financially better off, and post welfare well …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010611648
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The Petersberg declaration
Zimmermann, Klaus F.; Burda, Michael C.; Konrad, Kai A.; … - 2009
Against the background of the worldwide financial market and economic crisis, leading German economists urge policymakers to maintain the reform course in labor market policy. The experts warn not to jeopardize the clearly positive effects of the recent reform efforts. The "Petersberg...
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Workfare and trade unions : labor market repercussions of welfare reform
Schöb, Ronnie - 2003
Workfare proposals concentrate on the work incentives for welfare recipients, thus focusing on the labor supply side …. This paper analyzes the effects workfare has on labor demand when the labor market is unionized. As workfare reduces the … number of recipients of public financial assistance, a workfare regime, as opposed to a welfare system, weakens the outside …
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