This paper proposes an approach for ex-ante welfare analysis under in-kind transfers based on demand system estimation and construction of virtual prices (i.e., the at which beneficiaries would be as well off with subsidy). As application this approach, I study a program randomly transferred either food basket, procured discount in wholesale markets, or equal-cost cash transfer to poor househol...

Abstract Welfare reforms often focus on stimulating employment among benefit recipients, based the theoretical mechanism that performance of low income work will serve as a stepping stone towards financial self-sufficiency. Alternative theories, however, argue acceptance reduce job search intensity and can signal productivity, therefore not enable people to support themselves. Using longitudina...

Abstract Recent decades have witnessed changes in welfare states, shaped by a neoliberal ideology that has reduced state responsibility for weakened populations and transformed definitions of citizenship from the universalist notion social to idea market citizenship. Contemporary policy is based on disciplinary regime, which aims produce self-disciplined citizens who adhere rules as most essent...

This study reports on an experiment using logistic regression to uncover the preponderant factors influencing likelihood of attaining employment by a welfare recipient in Broward County, Florida. Our considers whether profiling participants and tailoring workforce development services based their respective profiles can increase finding (Black et al., 2003). The finds that our econometric model...

Alabama has a long history of providing a modest safety net for low-income families and children, supplying more limited income support than almost any other state. The state’s policies toward lowincome families have been closely linked to federal policy, with little state funding beyond that required to draw down available federal funds. Since the first round of site visits, a large influx of ...

While much of the focus of recent welfare reforms has been on moving recipients from welfare to work, many reforms were also directed at decisions regarding living arrangements, pregnancy, marriage, and cohabitation. This article assesses the impact of welfare reform waivers and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) programs on women's decisions to become unmarried heads of families, c...

Abstract While flexible labour markets offer employment opportunities for unemployed individuals, they might not foster stable employment. This paper studies the determinants of welfare recipients’ transitions into and its stability in Germany. The analyses are based on an inflow sample recipients from large‐scale administrative data semi‐parametric hazard models with individual‐level frailty. ...

In this paper, we present the results from a field experiment in the Netherlands in which single mothers on welfare were stimulated to find a job. Two policy instruments were introduced: an earnings disregard and job creation. The experiment was performed at the level of municipalities. In our analysis we make a distinction between native and immigrant welfare recipients. For immigrant single m...