IZA Discussion Papers

revised version published as 'The impact of sanctions for young welfare recipients on transitions to work and wages and on dropping out" in: Economica, 2022, 89 (535), 1-28

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9644

Can Welfare Conditionality Combat High School Dropout?

Øystein Hernaes, Simen Markussen, Knut Røed

published in: Labour Economics, 2017, 48, 144-156.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9551

State Dependence in Welfare Benefits in a Non-Welfare Context

Sinem H. Ayhan, Selin Pelek

published in: Review of Income and Wealth, 2020, 66 (3), 711-735

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9547

Social Assistance in Five Countries in North-Western Europe

Hans Hansen, Marie Louise Schultz-Nielsen

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9035

State Dependence in Welfare Receipt: Transitions Before and After a Reform

Regina T. Riphahn, Christoph Wunder

published in: Empirical Economics, 2016, 50 (4), 1303-1329

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8980

Optimal Social Assistance and Unemployment Insurance in a Life-Cycle Model of Family Labor Supply and Savings

Peter Haan, Victoria L. Prowse

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8786

Are Recipients of Social Assistance 'Benefit Dependent'? Concepts, Measurement and Results for Selected Countries

Herwig Immervoll, Stephen P. Jenkins, Sebastian Königs

published in parts in: International Journal of Social Welfare, 2018, 27 (2), 146-156

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8783

Voluntary Public Unemployment Insurance

Donald O. Parsons, Torben Tranæs, Helene Bie Lilleør

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7977

The Dynamics of Social Assistance Benefit Receipt in Germany: State Dependence Before and After the 'Hartz Reforms'

Sebastian Königs

published in: Research in Labor Economics, 2014, 39, 107-150

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7706

U.S. versus Sweden: The Effect of Alternative In-Work Tax Credit Policies on Labour Supply of Single Mothers

Rolf Aaberge, Lennart Flood

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7630

Sanctions for Young Welfare Recipients

Gerard J. van den Berg, Arne Uhlendorff, Joachim Wolff

published in: Nordic Economic Policy Review, 2014, 177-208

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6129

Disparities in Social Assistance Receipt between Immigrants and Natives in Sweden

Björn Anders Gustafsson

shorter version published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2013, 34 (2), 126-141

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5996

Does Expanding Health Insurance Beyond Formal-Sector Workers Encourage Informality? Measuring the Impact of Mexico's Seguro Popular

Reyes Aterido, Mary Hallward-Driemeier, Carmen Pagés

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5355

No Claim, No Pain: Measuring the Non-Take-up of Social Assistance Using Register Data

Olivier B. Bargain, Herwig Immervoll, Heikki Viitamäki

published in: Journal of Economic Inequality, 2012, 10 (3), 375-395

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4627

Minimum-Income Benefits in OECD Countries: Policy Design, Effectiveness and Challenges

Herwig Immervoll

published in: D. J. Besharov and K. A. Couch (eds.), 2012, Counting the Poor, Oxford University Press, 171-209. Also available as OECD Social, Employment and Migration Working Paper

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4457

The Dynamics of Social Assistance Benefit Receipt in Britain

Lorenzo Cappellari, Stephen P. Jenkins

revised version published in Research in Labor Economics, Volume 39: Safety Nets and Benefit Dependence, 2014, 39 - 77

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4291

Caught in the Trap? The Disincentive Effect of Social Assistance

Olivier B. Bargain, Karina Doorley

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2011, 95 (9-10), 1096-1110

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4134

Assessing the Impact of a Wage Subsidy for Single Parents on Social Assistance in Canada

Guy Lacroix

published - as joint work with Dany Brouillette - in: Canadian Journal of Economics / Revue canadienne d'économique, 2011, 44 (4), 1195–1221

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3905

Contingent Convergence: A Comparative Analysis of Activation Policies

Werner Eichhorst, Regina Konle-Seidl

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3765

The Dynamics of Social Assistance Receipt: Measurement and Modelling Issues, with an Application to Britain

Lorenzo Cappellari, Stephen P. Jenkins

Revised version: IZA DP 4457

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3736

Evaluation of an In-Work Tax Credit Reform in Sweden: Effects on Labor Supply and Welfare Participation of Single Mothers

Rolf Aaberge, Lennart Flood

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3157

Safety Net Still in Transition: Labour Market Incentive Effects of Extending Social Support in Poland

Peter Haan, Michal Myck

revised version published as 'Safety net still in transition: labour market incentive effects of social support in Poland and Germany' in: Bank i Kredyt, 2010, 41 (3), 5-34

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3004

How Tight Are Safety-Nets in Nordic Countries? Evidence from Finnish Register Data

Olivier B. Bargain, Herwig Immervoll, Heikki Viitamäki

substantially revised version: IZA DP 5355 / published in: Journal of Economic Inequality, 2012, 10 (3), 375-395

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2758

Social Assistance Receipt and its Importance for Combating Poverty in Urban China

Björn Anders Gustafsson, Deng Quheng

published in: Poverty and Public Policy, 2011, 3(1), Article 10

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1112

Targeting and Self-Targeting in a New Social Assistance Scheme

John Micklewright, Aline Coudouel, Sheila Marnie

IZA Discussion Paper No. 124