Arbeitspapier
How to Stimulate Single Mothers on Welfare to Find a Job: Evidence from a Natural Experiment
We present the results from a natural experiment 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 The Netherlands, a country with relatively high benefits and low incentives for single mothers to leave welfare for work. In our analysis, we make a distinction between native and immigrant welfare recipients. For immigrant single mothers and some groups of native single mothers we find a positive employment effect of an earnings disregard. Job creation in addition to the earnings disregard increased working hours for some groups of single mothers. Although the outflow from welfare was not affected, welfare expenditures were reduced.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 8188
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Duration Analysis; Optimal Timing Strategies
Field Experiments
Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty: Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search
- Thema
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welfare
single mothers
natural experiment
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Knoef, Marike
van Ours, Jan C.
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
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Bonn
- (wann)
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2014
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:41 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Knoef, Marike
- van Ours, Jan C.
- Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Entstanden
- 2014
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