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Means-testing the unemployed in Britain, France and Germany
Author(s)	Martin Evans
Corporate Author	Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines - STICERD, London School of Economics and Political Science
Publisher	STICERD, London, 1996
Pages	53 pp (Discussion Paper WSP/117)
Source	Johanna Ruff, STICERD, Room R415, LSE, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE.
Keywords	Means testing ; Unemployment ; Social security benefits ; Poverty ; Comparison ; United Kingdom ; France ; Germany.
Annotation	This paper - part of work supported by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) - examines and compares the provisions for income maintenance during unemployment in Britain, France and Germany. It highlights the different extent of means-tested coverage and its relationship to social insurance. The rules for social insurance benefits and assistance for the unemployed are compared, and the transition from unemployment into work is examined. The effect of working on net disposable income is compared for the different means-tested schemes, and the resulting poverty trap profiles are compared. The British policy debate on incentives and work is examined, using evidence gained from the comparative modelling.
Accession Number	CPA-971007215 B
Classmark	JF4C: WH6: JH: W6: 48: 8: 765: 767
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