Safety nets and benefit dependence (engelsk)

FRONT COVER; SAFETY NETS AND BENEFIT DEPENDENCE; COPYRIGHT PAGE; CONTENTS; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD; PREFACE; IDENTIFICATION AND ESTIMATION OF DYNAMIC BINARY RESPONSE PANEL DATA MODELS: EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE USING ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES; INTRODUCTION; THE DYNAMIC BINARY RESPONSE PANEL DATA MODEL; DATA AND DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS OF PARTICIPATION SEQUENCES; EMPIRICAL RESULTS; CONCLUDING DISCUSSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; NOTES; REFERENCES; APPENDIX; THE DYNAMICS OF SOCIAL ASSISTANCE BENEFIT RECEIPT IN BRITAIN; INTRODUCTION; BENEFITS AND TAX CREDITS FOR WORKING-AGE BRITONS, 1991-2005 ; DATA: THE BHPSA DYNAMIC RANDOM EFFECTS PROBIT MODEL OF SA RECEIPT; MODEL ESTIMATES AND COUNTERFACTUAL PREDICTIONS; SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS; NOTES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; STATE DEPENDENCE IN SOCIAL ASSISTANCE RECEIPT IN CANADA; INTRODUCTION; SA IN CANADA; DATA; MODEL AND EMPIRICAL SPECIFICATION; EMPIRICAL RESULTS; SUMMARY; NOTES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; APPENDIX; STATE DEPENDENCE IN SOCIAL ASSISTANCE BENEFIT RECEIPT IN GERMANY BEFORE AND AFTER THE HARTZ REFORMS; INTRODUCTION; INSTITUTIONAL BACKGROUND AND DEFINITION OF THE BENEFIT VARIABLE; DATA USED; TRENDS IN BENEFIT RECEIPT ; ECONOMETRIC APPROACHESTIMATION RESULTS; CONCLUSION; NOTES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENT; REFERENCES; APPENDIX; HOW DO EXIT RATES FROM SOCIAL ASSISTANCE BENEFIT IN BELGIUM VARY WITH INDIVIDUAL AND LOCAL AGENCY CHARACTERISTICS?; INTRODUCTION; THE BELGIAN SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SCHEME; LITERATURE REVIEW; DATA AND METHODOLOGY; RESULTS; CONCLUSION; NOTES; FUNDING; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; APPENDIX A: CALCULATION AND DRAWBACKS OF THE AGENCY-LEVEL VARIABLES; APPENDIX B: SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THE EFFECTS OF MANDATORY ACTIVATION ON WELFARE ENTRY AND EXIT RATES; INTRODUCTION; PREVIOUS LITERATURE ; INSTITUTIONAL SETTINGDATA; EMPIRICAL STRATEGY; RESULTS; CONCLUSIONS; NOTES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; THE IMPACT OF TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS ON DISABILITY ROLLS AND RE-EMPLOYMENT; INTRODUCTION; OVERVIEW OF TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE AND DISABILITY PROGRAMS; CONCEPTUAL AND EMPIRICAL BACKGROUND; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; DATA AND SAMPLE SELECTION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ROBUSTNESS CHECKS; CONCLUSION; NOTES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; APPENDIX A: DESCRIPTION OF SELECTED INSTRUMENTS; APPENDIX B; WHAT IMPACT DOES OLD-AGE PENSION RECEIPT HAVE ON THE USE OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS AMONG THE ELDERLY? ; INTRODUCTIONBACKGROUND; DATA, SAMPLE, AND DETERMINING PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY; DO OLD-AGE PENSIONS IMPACT TAKE-UP BY CHANGING THE COMPOSITION OF THE ELIGIBLE POOL?; EMPIRICAL STRATEGY; SENSITIVITY TESTS; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; NOTES; REFERENCES; APPENDIX