Welfare Reform and the Labor Market

Chan, MK; Moffitt, R

Welfare Reform and the Labor Market

Chan, MK

Moffitt, R

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Citation:: Annual Review of Economics, 2018, 10 pp. 347 - 381
Issue Date:: 2018-08-02

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dc.contributor.author	Chan, MK https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1010-7587	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Moffitt, R	en_US
dc.date.issued	2018-08-02	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Annual Review of Economics, 2018, 10 pp. 347 - 381	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1941-1383	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/130546
dc.description.abstract	© 2018 by Annual Reviews. All rights reserved. This article reviews the basic theoretical models that are appropriate for analyzing different types of welfare reforms, as well as the related empirical literature. We first present the canonical labor supply model of a classical welfare program and then extend this basic framework to include in-kind transfers, incomplete take-up, human capital, preference persistence, and borrowing and saving. The empirical literature on these models is presented. The negative income tax, earnings subsidies, US welfare reforms with features that differ from those in other countries, and childcare reforms are then surveyed in terms of both the theoretical models and the empirical literature surrounding each.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Annual Review of Economics	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1146/annurev-economics-080217-053452	en_US
dc.title	Welfare Reform and the Labor Market	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	10	en_US
utslib.for	1401 Economic Theory	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business/Economics Discipline
utslib.copyright.status	closed_access
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	10	en_US

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© 2018 by Annual Reviews. All rights reserved. This article reviews the basic theoretical models that are appropriate for analyzing different types of welfare reforms, as well as the related empirical literature. We first present the canonical labor supply model of a classical welfare program and then extend this basic framework to include in-kind transfers, incomplete take-up, human capital, preference persistence, and borrowing and saving. The empirical literature on these models is presented. The negative income tax, earnings subsidies, US welfare reforms with features that differ from those in other countries, and childcare reforms are then surveyed in terms of both the theoretical models and the empirical literature surrounding each.

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