Thursday 22 May 2014
Means-tested transfer payments
Means-tested transfer payments reduce the current poverty rate. However,
they also create an incentive structure that discourages
self-sufficiency and self-improvement. Thus, they tend to increase the
future poverty rate. Welfare programs essentially purchase a lower
poverty rate today in exchange for a higher poverty rate in the future.”
Evaluate this statement.
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