On the performance of social benefit systems

Christian Schluter

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Abstract: The paper analyses the performance of unemployment benefit systems in a search-theoretic framework. The criteria of evaluation comprise the alleviation of poverty and the reduction in income inequality, whilst the diversity of opinions about these is taken into account. Also, the trade-off between the attainment of social objectives and work incentives is examined.

Keywords: Unemployment insurance; pay-roll taxation; poverty; inequality; welfare (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D31 D83 J65 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 35 pages
Date: 1997-04
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Journal Article: On the Performance of Social Benefit Systems (1997)
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