Is it true that welfare encourages people not to work?

In short, it is not true that welfare encourages people not to work — and in fact the people who benefit the most from the welfare system (by aggregating millions of worker’s welfare checks and lining their pockets with them) are well aware of that fact, because they use those 17% more hours to squeeze their employee pool for every gasp of value they can get. read more

Education was strongly related to higher work involvement. Males and members of an ethnic minority had lower employment commitment compared to females and non-ethnic minority persons respectively. The study shows that, on average, employment commitment was higher in more generous welfare states. read more

Unemployment rises not just because the supply of jobs has diminished, but because people aren’t looking for work as aggressively as they might be. That seems like a common-sense observation, but it has huge public policy implications. read more