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dc.contributor.authorHamermesh, Daniel S.en
dc.date.accessioned2009-01-28T16:18:39Z-
dc.date.available2009-01-28T16:18:39Z-
dc.date.issued2000-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/21015-
dc.description.abstractThis paper summarizes the findings from the Self Sufficiency Project: a large scale socialexperiment that is being conducted in Canada to evaluate the effect of high-powered financialincentives for full time work among former welfare recipients. The experimental results confirmthe importance of financial incentives in the welfare participation and work decisions of lowincomesingle mothers. Enhanced incentives induce a significant fraction of welfare recipients toleave the program and enter work. They also have a relatively large anti-poverty effect.Moreover, when incentives are offered to relatively short-term recipients, they can actually savethe government money.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |cBonnen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aIZA Discussion Papers |x172en
dc.subject.jelI38en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordWelfare reformen
dc.subject.keywordfinancial incentivesen
dc.subject.stwWorkfareen
dc.subject.stwSozialreformen
dc.subject.stwSelbsthilfeen
dc.subject.stwÖkonomischer Anreizen
dc.subject.stwSozialhilfeempfängeren
dc.subject.stwArbeitsangeboten
dc.subject.stwKanadaen
dc.titleReforming the Financial Incentives of the Welfare System-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn835282074en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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