In this paper we provide an overview of the literature relating labour supply to taxes and welfare benefits with a focus on presenting the empirical consensus.
This paper evaluates the impact of a randomized training program for disadvantaged youth introduced in Colombia in 2005 on the employment and earnings of trainees.
In this article some of the findings emerging from a research network investigating the socio-economic, biological and psychological circumstances that contribute to human capability and resilience over the life course are reported.
We examine the specific role of educational and personal assets and family resources in supporting young people from socially disadvantaged family backgrounds to stay on in school beyond the mandatory school leaving age.