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The Desirability of Workfare as a Welfare Ordeal – Revisited

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  • Blumkin, Tomer

    (Ben Gurion University)

  • Margalioth, Yoram

    (Tel Aviv University)

  • Sadka, Efraim

    (Tel Aviv University)

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In this paper we challenge the conventional wisdom that using workfare as a supplementary screening device to means-testing is socially undesirable when the government objective is welfarist, namely, to ensure that all members of society will 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 desirable.

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  • Blumkin, Tomer & Margalioth, Yoram & Sadka, Efraim, 2010. "The Desirability of Workfare as a Welfare Ordeal – Revisited," IZA Discussion Papers 5130, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    • Handle: RePEc:iza:izadps:dp5130
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    1. Bhanot, Syon P. & Han, Jiyoung & Jang, Chaning, 2018. "Workfare, wellbeing and consumption: Evidence from a field experiment with Kenya’s urban poor," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 149(C), pages 372-388.

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    Keywords

    workfare; welfare; means-testing; misreporting; utility maintenance;
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    JEL classification:

    • D6 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics
    • H2 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue
    • H5 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies

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