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The Persistence of Welfare Participation

Andrén, Thomas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

-run effects of receiving social assistance on future household earnings and disposable income. The results show that state … future earnings, we find a strong and persistent effect over the whole observation window, while no such effect could be … is similar for both Swedish-born and foreign-born, even though the negative earnings effect is somewhat larger for the …

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The Correlates of Work in a Post-AFDC World: The Results from a Longitudinal State-Level Analysis

Lewis, Dan; Konstantopoulos, Spyros; Altenbernd, Lisa - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

Much of the research that has followed welfare reform and new policies such as the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) has focused on identifying the variations in how different states have put the new policy into practice. Less is known however, about how this new policy affects the...

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Immigrant Assimilation and Welfare Participation: Do Immigrants Assimilate Into or Out-of Welfare

Hansen, Jörgen; Lofstrom, Magnus - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 1999

This paper analyzes differences in welfare utilization between immigrants and natives in Sweden using a large panel data set, LINDA, for the years 1990 to 1996. Both welfare expenditures and immigration increased in Sweden in the 1990's. We find that immigrants use welfare to a greater extent...

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State Dependence in Canadian Welfare Participation

Hansen, Jörgen; Lofstrom, Magnus; Zhang, Xuelin - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

This paper analyzes transitions into and out-of Social Assistance in Canada. We estimate a dynamic Probit model, controlling for endogenous initial conditions and unobserved heterogeneity, using longitudinal data extracted from the Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics (SLID) for the years...

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An Empirical Analysis of the Dynamics of the Welfare State: The Case of Benefit Morale

Halla, Martin; Lackner, Mario; Schneider, Friedrich - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

Does the supply of a welfare state create its own demand? Many economic scholars studying welfare arrangements refer to Say's law and insinuate a self-destructive welfare state. However, little is known about the empirical validity of these assumptions and hypotheses. We study the dynamic effect...

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The Dynamics of Immigrant Welfare and Labor Market Behavior

Hansen, Jörgen; Lofstrom, Magnus - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2001

employment. We estimate a dynamic multinomial logit model, controlling for endogenous initial condition and unobserved …

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Labor Market Conditions and Post-Reform Declines in Welfare Receipt Among Immigrants

Lofstrom, Magnus; Bean, Frank D. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2001

results show that variation in the unemployment and employment rates across MSAs and states explain the observed relative post …-welfare reform decrease among immigrants, with immigrant welfare utilization being sensitive to changes in both employment and …

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Principles and Practicalities for Measuring Child Poverty in the Rich Countries

Corak, Miles - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

This paper has three objectives. The first is to discuss the major issues involved in defining and measuring child poverty. The choices that must be made are clarified, and a set of six principles to serve as a guide for public policy are stated. The second objective is to take stock of child...

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The Impact of Tax and Transfer Systems on Children in the European Union

Corak, Miles; Lietz, Christine; Sutherland, Holly - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

The objective of this paper is to analyze the impact of fiscal policy on the economic resources available to children, and on the child poverty rate. A static microsimulation model specifically designed for the purposes of comparative fiscal analysis in the European Union, EUROMOD, is used to...

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Child Poverty and Changes in Child Poverty in Rich Countries Since 1990

Chen, Wen-Hao; Corak, Miles - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

This paper documents levels and changes in child poverty rates in 12 OECD countries using data from the Luxembourg Income Study project, and focusing upon an analysis of the reasons for changes over the 1990s. The objective is to uncover the relative role of income transfers from the state in...

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