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Migration Effects of Welfare Benefit Reform
Author(s) -
Edmark Karin
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.725
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1467-9442
pISSN - 0347-0520
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9442.2009.01574.x
Subject(s) - welfare , affect (linguistics) , economics , welfare reform , work (physics) , public economics , social welfare , labour economics , political science , market economy , sociology , law , mechanical engineering , communication , engineering
This study tests for a migration response to the implementation of stricter rules for receiving welfare benefits (means‐tested social assistance for individuals who lack sufficient work‐related income), in the form of mandatory participation in activation programmes in Stockholm town districts. The results give no indications that activation programmes affect the moving choices of recipients of welfare benefits.