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Intergenerational transmission of welfare benefit receipt : evidence from Germany
Feichtmayer, Jennifer; Riphahn, Regina T. - 2023
We study the intergenerational transmission of welfare benefit receipt in Germany. We first describe the correlation … between welfare receipt experienced in the parental household and subsequent own welfare receipt of young adults. In a second … step, we investigate whether the observed correlations reflect causal effects of past welfare experience. We use family …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014442725
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Sliding into safety net participation : a unified analysis across multiple programs
Wu, Derek; Zhang, Jonathan - 2023
Recipients of government transfers are economically disadvantaged, yet little is known about how their circumstances evolve leading up to program receipt. Using twenty-five years of survey data as well as administrative health records, we establish three new stylized facts around enrollment in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014422538
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Intergenerational transmission of welfare benefit receipt : evidence from Germany
Feichtmayer, Jennifer; Riphahn, Regina T. - 2023
We study the intergenerational transmission of welfare benefit receipt in Germany. We first describe the correlation … between welfare receipt experienced in the parental household and subsequent own welfare receipt of young adults. In a second … step, we investigate whether the observed correlations reflect causal effects of past welfare experience. We use family …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014444190
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Use of unemployment insurance and public employment services after leaving welfare
O'Leary, Christopher J. - 2015
In this paper I examine the rates at which adults in households recently receiving Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) become jobless, apply for and receive unemployment insurance (UI) benefits, and participate in publicly funded employment services. I also investigate the correlation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011338814
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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; 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011606572
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Caseworker's Discretion and the Effectiveness of Welfare-to-Work Programs
Bolhaar, Jonneke; Ketel, Nadine; van der Klaauw, Bas - 2018
In this paper we focus on the role of caseworkers in the assignment and take-up of welfare-to-work programs. We conduct … experiment allows us to provide evidence on the effectiveness of welfare-to-work programs and to study how caseworkers exploit … their discretion in assigning these programs to welfare recipients. We find substantial heterogeneity in how caseworkers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011931631
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Welfare-to-Work, Wages and Wage Growth
Walker, Ian; Lydon, Reamonn - 2004
This paper attempts to uncover the effects of a welfare-to-work programme that acts as a wage subsidy on wage growth by … exploiting an expansion to this welfare programme in the UK. The conventional wisdom is that such programmes trap recipients into …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261893
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Job-Search Periods for Welfare Applicants: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment
Bolhaar, Jonneke; Ketel, Nadine; van der Klaauw, Bas - 2016
This paper studies mandatory job-search periods for welfare applicants. During this period the benefits application is … probability to collect welfare benefits. The reduced benefits are fully compensated by increased earnings from work. Furthermore … job-search period is an effective instrument for targeting welfare-benefits applicants. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011451522
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Job-Search Periods for Welfare Applicants: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment
Bolhaar, Jonneke; Ketel, Nadine; van der Klaauw, Bas - 2016
This paper studies mandatory job-search periods for welfare applicants. During this period the benefits application is … probability to collect welfare benefits. The reduced benefits are fully compensated by increased earnings from work. Furthermore … job-search period is an effective instrument for targeting welfare-benefits applicants. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011479304
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Nudges to increase completion of welfare applications: Experimental evidence from Michigan
O'Leary, Christopher J.; Oberlee, Dallas; Pepin, Gabrielle - 2020
The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program provides cash assistance to very-low-income families with children. Application procedures to receive TANF benefits, however, often involve substantial transaction costs likely to reduce take-up. We estimate, through a randomized...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012389763