难民福利削减
Refugee Benefit Cuts
American Economic Journal: Economic Policy · 2024 · [{"name": "Christian Dustmann", "affiliation": ["Rockwool Foundation", "University College London"]}, {"name": "Rasmus Landersø", "affiliation": ["Rockwool Foundation"]}, {"name": "Lars Højsgaard Andersen", "affiliation": ["Rockwool Foundation"]}]
中文摘要
本文分析了丹麦针对难民的"启动援助"（Start Aid）福利改革的影响。该改革于2002年实施，使我们不仅能够研究该改革的即时影响，还能考察其较长期后果及十年后的废止。改革导致的大幅转移支付削减提高了就业率，但仅限于短期。总体而言，该改革提高了贫困率，并导致生存型犯罪上升。此外，地方需求条件使改革对即时就业与较长期就业的影响产生显著的异质性。（JEL I32, I38, J15, J22, J64, K42）
Abstract
This paper analyzes the effects of Denmark’s Start Aid welfare reform that targets refugees. Implemented in 2002, it enables us to study not only the reform’s immediate effects but also its longer-term consequences and its repeal a decade later. The reform-induced large transfer cuts led to an increase in employment rates, but only in the short run. Overall, the reform increased poverty rates and led to a rise in subsistence crime. Moreover, local demand conditions generate substantial heterogeneity in the reform’s effects on immediate and longer-term employment. (JEL I32, I38, J15, J22, J64, K42)