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The Role of Stigma in the Design of Welfare Programs
Blumkin, Tomer; Sadka, Efraim; Margalioth, Yoram - Economics Department, Ben Gurion University of the Negev - 2008
We consider the notion of welfare stigma ? la Besley and Coate (1992b). This stigma is attributed to welfare claimants … benefits. However, due to imperfect information, this stigma may be extended, with some probability, to all welfare claimants …. We examine the implications of this kind of stigma for the design of welfare programs. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008577378
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The Role of Stigma in the Design of Welfare Programs
Blumkin, Tomer; Margalioth, Yoram Y.; Sadka, Efraim - 2021
We consider the notion of welfare stigma a la Besley and Coate (1992b). This stigma is attributed to welfare claimants … benefits. However, due to imperfect information, this stigma may be extended, with some probability, to all welfare claimants …. We examine the implications of this kind of stigma for the design of welfare programs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316528
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Deserving poor and the desirability of a minimum wage
Blumḳin, Tomer; Danziger, Leif - In: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 7 (2018) 6, pp. 1-17
This paper provides a normative justification for the use of a minimum wage as a redistributive tool in a competitive labor market. We show that a government interested in improving the wellbeing of the deserving poor, while being less concerned with their undeserving counterparts, can use a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011951611
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A case for taxing education
Blumkin, Tomer; Sadka, Efraim - 2005
We illustrate a novel informational feature of education, which the government may utilize. Discretionary decisions of individuals to acquire education may serve as an additional signal (to earned labor income) on the underlying unobserved innate earning ability, thereby mitigating the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261166
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Deserving poor and the desirability of a minimum wage
Blumkin, Tomer; Danziger, Leif - In: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 7 (2018) 6, pp. 1-17
This paper provides a normative justification for the use of a minimum wage as a redistributive tool in a competitive labor market. We show that a government interested in improving the wellbeing of the deserving poor, while being less concerned with their undeserving counterparts, can use a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011991983
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The desirability of workfare as a welfare ordeal: Revisited
Blumkin, Tomer; Margalioth, Yoram; Sadka, Efraim - 2010
attain some minimal level of utility. Our argument suggests that when misreporting of income by welfare claimants is … sufficiently manifest, introducing work requirements for welfare eligibility economizes on government expenditure and is socially …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272664
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In praise of wasteful spending
Landsburg, Steven E. - In: Economics Letters 124 (2014) 3, pp. 449-451
–can be welfare improving, because it increases the supply of labor and therefore (holding government spending constant …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010930722
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Pensionamento flessibile e (ri)equilibrio tra generazioni
Salerno, Nicola Carmine - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
The paper proposes a method to speed up the transition toward the notional contributions pension system in Italy. It seems the most appropriate manner to combine and pursue employment and financial sustainability goals. The method computes percentages for abating the old retributive pensions...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011112697
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INCOMPLETE PROPERTY RIGHTS, REDISTRIBUTION, AND WELFARE
Amegashie, J. Atsu - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
efficiency-enhancing redistribution improves everyone’s welfare including the welfare of those whose labor finances the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005623542
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The Desirability of Workfare as a Welfare Ordeal – Revisited
Blumkin, Tomer; Margalioth, Yoram; Sadka, Efraim - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
attain some minimal level of utility. Our argument suggests that when misreporting of income by welfare claimants is … sufficiently manifest, introducing work requirements for welfare eligibility economizes on government expenditure and is socially …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008466470