The paper consists of a discussion on the relevance of non-income drivers of welfare. This discussion is based on a … subjective Bayesian reasoning, where welfare perceptions are subjectively rational decisions of individuals, who are, as author … suggests, the ultimate decision-makers in respect of what welfare actually means for them. The objective of the paper is to …

Welfare States and by respondents at the center or at the right of the political spectrum. The effects are also stronger when …

In this paper we focus on the role of caseworkers in the assignment and take-up of welfare-to-work programs. We conduct … experiment allows us to provide evidence on the effectiveness of welfare-to-work programs and to study how caseworkers exploit … their discretion in assigning these programs to welfare recipients. We find substantial heterogeneity in how caseworkers …

This paper attempts to shed some light on the developments of welfare states in highly developed nations since WW2 … 'manufacture a political will' according to its interests. The welfare state is not the result of a long social struggle on the … very peculiar circumstances of the post-WW2 era, this even translated into a rise in social welfare spending to more than a …