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77 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17470
Investigating the Impact of Integration Agreements on Labor Market Outcomes for Welfare Recipients: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Gerard J. van den Berg, Sarah Bernhard, Gesine Stephan, Arne Uhlendorff
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17244
Unintended Consequences of Welfare Cuts on Children and Adolescents
Christian Dustmann, Rasmus Landersø, Lars Højsgaard Andersen
revised version forthcoming in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16923
Do Caseworker Meetings Prevent Unemployment? Evidence from a Field Experiment
Pia Homrighausen, Michael Oberfichtner
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16660
Intergenerational Transmission of Welfare Benefit Receipt: Evidence from Germany
Jennifer Feichtmayer, Regina T. Riphahn
published in: Review of Income and Wealth, 2024, 70 (4), 1226-1251
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16626
Measuring Employment Readiness for Hard-to-Place Individuals
Simon Tranberg Bodilsen, Søren Albeck Nielsen, Michael Rosholm
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16537
Job Training and Job Search Assistance Policies in Developing Countries
Eliana Carranza, David McKenzie
published in: Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2024, 38 (1), 221–244
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16077
Refugee Benefit Cuts
Christian Dustmann, Rasmus Landersø, Lars Højsgaard Andersen
published in: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2024, 16 (2), 406 - 441
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15830
The Direct and Indirect Effects of Online Job Search Advice
Steffen Altmann, Anita Marie Glenny, Robert Mahlstedt, Alexander Sebald
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15203
Does Cutting Child Benefits Reduce Fertility in Larger Families? Evidence from the UK’s Two-Child Limit
Mary Reader, Jonathan Portes, Ruth Patrick
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15170
Making Activation for Young Welfare Recipients Mandatory
Espen S. Dahl, Øystein Hernaes
published in: Labour, 2023, 37 (1), 96-121
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15071
To Work or Not to Work? Effects of Temporary Public Employment on Future Employment and Benefits
Eva Mörk, Lillit Ottosson, Ulrika Vikman
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14771
Comparing Receipt of Social Assistance in Urban and Rural China and the Role of Ethnicity
Björn Anders Gustafsson, Ding Sai
published in: China: An International Journal (CIJ), 2022, 20 (3), 122 - 139
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14469
Pension Incentives and Labor Supply: Evidence from the Introduction of Universal Old-Age Assistance in the UK
Matthias Giesecke, Philipp Jaeger
published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2021, 203, 104516
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14194
The Effects of Unemployment Assistance on Unemployment Exits
Tomi Kyyrä
published in: International Tax and Public Finance, 2023, 30, 1457–1480
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13559
Short Moves and Long Stays: Homeless Family Responses to Exogenous Shelter Assignments in New York City
Michael T. Cassidy
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13258
Integrating Social Insurance and Social Assistance Programs for the Future World of Labor
Robert Palacios, David A. Robalino
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13170
Improving Job Search Skills: A Field Experiment on Online Employment Assistance
Guglielmo Briscese, Giulio Zanella, Veronica Quinn
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12936
Financial Constraints and Small and Medium Enterprises: A Review
Sasan Bakhtiari, Robert Breunig, Elisabetta Magnani, Yinjunjie (Jacquelyn) Zhang
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12893
Pathways of Disadvantage: Unpacking the Intergenerational Correlation in Welfare
Melisa Bubonya, Deborah A. Cobb-Clark
published in: Economics of Education Review, 2021, 80, 102066
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12880
Social Assistance Receipt among Young Adults Grown up in Different Neighbourhoods of Metropolitan Sweden
Björn Anders Gustafsson, Katarina Katz, Torun Österberg
published in: Poverty & Public Policy, 2019, 11 (4), 302 - 324.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12098
Is There a Tradeoff between Ethnic Diversity and Redistribution? The Case of Income Assistance in Canada
David A. Green, W. Craig Riddell
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11766
Does Job Search Assistance Really Raise Employment?
Lionel Cottier, Yves Flückiger, Pierre Kempeneers, Rafael Lalive
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11719
Welfare Activation and Youth Crime
Bernt Bratsberg, Øystein Hernaes, Simen Markussen, Oddbjørn Raaum, Knut Røed
published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2019, 101 (4), 561-574
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11473
Does Workfare Work Well? The Case of the Employment Generation Program for the Poorest in Bangladesh
Yoon Y. Cho, Ummul Ruthbah
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11412
Estimating the Associations between SNAP and Food Insecurity, Obesity, and Food Purchases with Imperfect Administrative Measures of Participation
Charles Courtemanche, Augustine Denteh, Rusty Tchernis
published in: Southern Economic Journal, 2019, 86 (1), 202 228
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11340
Distributional Effects of Welfare Reform for Young Adults: An Unconditional Quantile Regression Approach
Øystein Hernaes
published in: Labour Economics, 2020, 65, 101818
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11275
Insurance, Redistribution, and the Inequality of Lifetime Income
Peter Haan, Daniel Kemptner, Victoria L. Prowse
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11070
Intergenerational Disadvantage: Learning about Equal Opportunity from Social Assistance Receipt
Deborah A. Cobb-Clark, Sarah C. Dahmann, Nicolás Salamanca, Anna Zhu
published in: Labour Economics, 2022, 79, 102276
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10730
Under Heavy Pressure: Intense Monitoring and Accumulation of Sanctions for Young Welfare Recipients in Germany
Gerard J. van den Berg, Arne Uhlendorff, Joachim Wolff
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. 10727
Does Reducing Unemployment Benefits During a Recession Reduce Youth Unemployment? Evidence from a 50% Cut in Unemployment Assistance
Aedin Doris, Donal O'Neill, Olive Sweetman
published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2020, 55 (3), 902-925.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10553
Does Official Development Assistance Affect Donor's Export? Case of Korea
Bobae Noh, Almas Heshmati
published in: SN Business & Economics, 2021, 1, article 141 (2021)
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10548
Temporary Work Visas as US-Haiti Development Cooperation: A Preliminary Impact Evaluation
Michael A. Clemens, Hannah M. Postel
published in: IZA Journal of Labor & Development, 2017, 6:4
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10531
Comparing Econometric Methods to Empirically Evaluate Job-Search Assistance
Paul Muller, Bas van der Klaauw, Arjan Heyma
published in: Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2020, 35 (5), 526-547
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10321
Active Labor Market Policies
Bruno Crépon, Gerard J. van den Berg
published in: Annual Review of Economics, 8 2016, 521-546
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. 9365
Are Public or Private Providers of Employment Services More Effective? Evidence from a Randomized Experiment
Kai Rehwald, Michael Rosholm, Michael Svarer
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. 8755
What Methods May Be Used in Impact Evaluations of Humanitarian Assistance?
Jyotsna Puri, Anastasia Aladysheva, Vegard Iversen, Yashodhan Ghorpade, Tilman Brück
published as: 'Can Rigorous Impact Evaluations Improve Humanitarian Assistance?' in: Journal of Development Effectiveness, 2017, 9 (4), 519 - 542.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8450
Policy Discontinuity and Duration Outcomes
Gerard J. van den Berg, Antoine Bozio, Monica Costa Dias
published in: Quantitative Economics, 2020, 11 (3), 871- 916
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8086
An Empirical Analysis of Trade-Related Redistribution and the Political Viability of Free Trade
James Lake, Daniel L. Millimet
published in: Journal of International Economics, 2016, 99, 156-178
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. 7141
Aid, Growth, and Jobs
Gary S. Fields
published in: African Development Review, 2015, 27 (S1), 5 -16
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6880
Active Labor Market Programs: Employment Gain or Fiscal Drain?
Alessio J. G. Brown, Johannes Koettl
published in: IZA Journal of Labor Economics, 2015, 4:12
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