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Welfare time limits in the United States : experiences with a new welfare-to-work approach

This paper reviews the evidence on welfare time limits in the United States. It primarily refers to experimental and econometric evaluations. Time limits affect welfare recipients both before and after their limits are reached. Time limits reduce welfare receipt and increase employment before recipients reach the limit, as recipients "hoard" their months of eligibility for future use. Once recipients begin to exhaust their benefit entitlements, welfare use falls sharply. A large proportion of time-limit leavers, however, continues to receive Food Stamps, Medicaid, etc. The impact on employment is mixed. Income effects change from positive to neutral in subsequent periods.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: CESifo Working Paper ; No. 1210

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty: General
Demand and Supply of Labor: General
National Government Expenditures and Welfare Programs
Thema
welfare time limits
evaluations
Workfare
Zeit
Dauer
Wirtschaftspolitische Wirkungsanalyse
Berufliche Integration
Einkommen
Schätzung
Vereinigte Staaten

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Ochel, Wolfgang
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
(wo)
Munich
(wann)
2004

Handle
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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Ochel, Wolfgang
  • Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)

Entstanden

  • 2004

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