We study the intergenerational transmission of welfare benefit receipt in Germany. We first describe the correlation … between welfare receipt experienced in the parental household and subsequent own welfare receipt of young adults. In a second … step, we investigate whether the observed correlations reflect causal effects of past welfare experience. We use family …

This paper analyzes the welfare implications of children’s enfranchisement within a political economy framework that … equilibrium under Markov strategies and compare welfare across various suffrage schemes and demographic groups. The franchise that … maximizes welfare across demographic groups depends on the fertility rate in the economy. Policies chosen when all demographic …

In this study we provide a new examination of the incentive effects of welfare rules on family structure. Focusing on … the AFDC and TANF programs, we first emphasize that the literature, by and large, has assumed that the rules of those … outcomes to welfare rules, we find significant effects of several welfare policies on family structure, both work …