Work Requirements and Long Term Poverty.

We evaluate the costs of three different programs for alleviating long term poverty: (i) workfare, or grants made contingent on a work requirement, (ii) universal welfare, or unconditional grants, and (iii) means-tested welfare, or grants conditioned on private labor market earnings. We identify the conditions under which each of these programs are cost efficient and compare them with the corresponding conditions for short term poverty alleviation.

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Year of publication:	1999
Authors:	Schroyen, F. ; Torsvik, G.
Institutions:	Institutt for Økonomi, Universitetet i Bergen
Subject:	POVERTY \| PUBLIC EXPENDITURES \| SOCIAL WELFARE

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Series:	Norway; Department of Economics, University of Bergen.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	32 pages
Classification:	H53 - Government Expenditures and Welfare Programs ; H55 - Social Security and Public Pensions ; I31 - General Welfare; Basic Needs; Quality of Life ; I38 - Government Policy; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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