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41 IZA Discussion Papers
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
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
forthcoming in: China: An International Journal (CIJ), 2022
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. 12893
Pathways of Disadvantage: Unpacking the Intergenerational Correlation in Welfare
Melisa Bubonya, Deborah A. Cobb-Clark
forthcoming in: Economics of Education Review
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. 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. 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
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. 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, first published 18 September 2019 [Journal link]
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, Vol. 27(2), 146-156
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