In this paper we challenge the conventional wisdom that using workfare as a supplementary screening device to means …

This article explores the use of workfare as part of an optimal tax mix when labor supply responses are along the … extensive margin. Particular attention is paid to the interaction between workfare and an earned income tax credit, two policies …

This article explores the use of workfare as part of an optimal tax mix when labor supply responses are along the … extensive margin. Particular attention is paid to the interaction between workfare and an earned income tax credit, two policies …

Limited availability of workfare programs and unemployment insurance and a large informal sector are features of the … alternative to workfare participation before a large-scale program expansion took place. Results from the propensity score … matching indicate that observable characteristics of informal low-income workers and current workfare participants are …

The impact of a stronger work requirement for welfare recipients in a workfare program is studied in an efficiency wage … model where a representative firm chooses its level of monitoring activities. A stricter workfare policy raises employment …

We study the role of fairness concerns in the demand for redistribution through workfare. In the first part of the … the diligent have a stronger preference for workfare programs. In the second part of the paper, we incorporate our …

Evaluations of workfare programs in poor rural economies have typically ignored two features that policy makers stress …: involuntary unemployment and the expected welfare losses from work requirements. The paper generalizes past evaluation theory and … methods to incorporate both features, and shows that doing so can switch the policy ranking in favor of welfare over workfare …