Financial incentives to work: A quasi‐experimental analysis of in‐work cash benefits for single mothers

Achdut, Netta

doi:10.1111/ijsw.12216

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“…Knowledge on the dynamics of welfare receipt and labour market participation is important to improve welfare institutions. Studies on welfare dynamics have a long tradition (e.g., Achdut, 2016; Bane & Ellwood, 1986; Bane & Ellwood, 1994; Bergmark & Bäckman, 2004; Königs, 2018; Lorentzen et al, 2012). Particularly in the current dynamic times and the potentially resulting need for adaption of welfare systems, further research on welfare and labour market dynamics is important.…”

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Loans for welfare benefit recipients: Evidence from the Sample of Integrated Welfare Benefit Biographies (SIG) 2007–2020

Dummert,

Grunau,

Hohmeyer

et al. 2024

Int J Soc Welfare

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The Sample of Integrated Welfare Benefit Biographies (SIG) provides comprehensive administrative data on the labour market participation, household composition and financial situation of welfare benefit recipients and their household members in Germany between 2007 and 2020. The SIG data enables research on the dynamics of welfare receipt and labour market participation of welfare recipients. The aim of the article is to introduce the SIG and to showcase its analytical potential by empirically examining benefit loans that can be granted by welfare agencies when unexpected expenses cannot be covered by welfare recipients themselves. Loans and detailed further financial information available can be used to assess the severity of financial restrictions during welfare receipt. We found that 2% of welfare recipients received loans at least once during their benefit episode and that loans were most likely to be granted right at the beginning of a benefit episode. Moreover, the likelihood of loans increased with higher benefit needs and when a parallel employment episode started.

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Loans for welfare benefit recipients: Evidence from the Sample of Integrated Welfare Benefit Biographies (SIG) 2007–2020

Dummert,

Grunau,

Hohmeyer

et al. 2024

Int J Soc Welfare

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The Effectiveness of Active Labor Market Policies: A Meta‐analysis

Vooren

Haelermans

Groot

et al. 2018

Journal of Economic Surveys

125

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Abstract. This paper provides a meta-analysis of microeconometric evaluation studies on the effectiveness of active labor market policies. The analysis is built upon a systematically assembled data set of causal impact estimates from 57 experimental and quasi-experimental studies, providing 654 estimates published between January 1990 and December 2017. We distinguish between the short and longer term impacts in our analysis; at 6, 12, 24, and 36 months after program start. After correcting for publication bias and country-specific macroeconomic characteristics, subsidized labor and public employment programs have negative short-term impacts, which gradually turn positive in the longer run. Schemes with enhanced services including job-search assistance and training programs do not have these negative short-term effects, and stay positive from 6 until 36 months after program start.

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Wage Subsidy for Employers or Social Security for Low‐Paid Workers? The Impact of the Earnings Disregard Reform on the Use of Housing Allowance Among Workers in Different Industries in Finland

Halmetoja,

Mäkinen,

Ojala

et al. 2024

Soc Policy Adm

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The longstanding aim of social security reforms in economically advanced countries has been to ensure that work is financially beneficial. In‐work benefits (IWB) have emerged as pivotal tools in achieving this objective. Earnings disregards, which exempt a portion of earned income from benefit calculations, represent one form of IWBs. This study focuses on Finland's general housing allowance, examining its use following the 2015 reform that introduced the earnings disregard. Using the total population registry of all single‐adult households from 2011 to 2018, we observed a significant rise in housing allowance recipients with earned income, underscoring the growing role of the allowance as an IWB. There was a notable increase in housing allowance recipients, particularly in low‐wage service sectors and industries marked by atypical employment patterns. Although IWBs contribute to low‐paid workers' earnings, the empirical findings raise the critical question of whether these benefits form wage subsidies that incentivise employers to further increase the use of low‐paid, non‐standard jobs.

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Financial incentives to work: A quasi‐experimental analysis of in‐work cash benefits for single mothers

Cited by 3 publications

References 59 publications

Loans for welfare benefit recipients: Evidence from the Sample of Integrated Welfare Benefit Biographies (SIG) 2007–2020

Loans for welfare benefit recipients: Evidence from the Sample of Integrated Welfare Benefit Biographies (SIG) 2007–2020

The Effectiveness of Active Labor Market Policies: A Meta‐analysis

Wage Subsidy for Employers or Social Security for Low‐Paid Workers? The Impact of the Earnings Disregard Reform on the Use of Housing Allowance Among Workers in Different Industries in Finland

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