Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/44202 
Year of Publication: 
2010
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 5130
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
In this paper we challenge the conventional wisdom that using workfare as a supplementary screening device to means-testing is socially undesirable when the overnment 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.
Subjects: 
workfare
welfare
means-testing
misreporting
utility maintenance
JEL: 
D6
H2
H5
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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