In this paper, evidence on lessons that Australians might take from the experience of the United States in undertaking extensive welfare reform is presented as well as some insights into the difficulties in evaluating major policy shifts such as welfare reform. The experience of former welfare...

Zusammenfassung In Deutschland gibt es relativ wenig Beschäftigungsverhältnisse zu niedrigen Löhnen. Der Beitrag untersucht, welche Regeln der deutschen Sozial- und Arbeitslosenhilfe dafür verantwortlich sind und wie dies geändert werden könnte, um Erwerbspersonen mit niedriger...

In Germany, the number of low-wage jobs is relatively small. The paper examines why this is so and which institutional reforms of the welfare state could help to expand the labour demand for low-wage work to give persons with a relatively low productivity a better chance to reintegrate into the...

In 1996 the United States revamped its welfare system by eliminating the entitlement to cash benefits under Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC), and replacing it by Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF). Federal financing was converted from open-ended matching grants to fixed...

Child poverty is much lower in France than in the United States, although both countries have a similar proportion of births to unmarried mothers, and minority populations of comparable size. The differing poverty rates reflect differences in their programs of support for families with children,...

This paper examines the role played by social security provisions and hidden unemployment in influencing trends in older male labour force participation in Australia. The paper concludes that labour demand constraints have been the dominant explanatory force behind the decline in older male...

In this paper we analyse transition data by means of the minimum chi-square (MCS) method in stead of the more commonly used maximum likelihood (ML) method. The method requires a very large dataset with relatively little information on determining factors. If such data are available, the MCS...

This analysis uses a sample selection model to estimate the hours of work decision for married women in Australia using unit record data for 1995 and 1996. Hours of work are found to be positively related to the after tax wage rate and negatively related to unearned income (which includes social...