Does leaving welfare improve health? Evidence for Germany
利用德国福利领取者的行政和调查数据，研究发现从福利转向就业能显著改善心理健康，尤其对男性和健康状况差的人效果最大；而福利工作计划的效果不明确。
Using exceptionally rich linked administrative and survey information on German welfare recipients we investigate the health effects of transitions from welfare to employment and of assignments to welfare-to-work programmes. Applying semi-parametric propensity score matching estimators we find that employment substantially increases (mental) health. The positive effects are mainly driven by males and individuals with bad initial health conditions and are largest for males with poor health. In contrast, the effects of welfare-to-work programmes, including subsidised jobs, are ambiguous and statistically insignificant for most outcomes.