Punitive Sanctions and the Transition Rate from Welfare to Work
利用荷兰福利领取者的登记数据，研究福利机构对不遵守求职要求的领取者实施临时福利削减制裁的效果，发现制裁显著提高了个人从福利到工作的转换率。
In the Netherlands, the average exit rate out of welfare is dramatically low. Most welfare recipients have to comply with guidelines on job search effort that are imposed by the welfare agency. If they do not, then a sanction in the form of a temporary benefit reduction can be imposed. This article investigates the effect of such sanctions on the transition rate from welfare to work using a unique set of rich register data on welfare recipients. We find that the imposition of sanctions substantially increases the individual transition rate from welfare to work.