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Social assistance: Do higher benefit levels lead to higher caseloads?
Tuesday, November 3rd, 2020
Do higher social assistance benefit levels lead to greater take-up? The short answer is yes, but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t increase benefit levels… There are many positive outcomes associated with higher social assistance benefit levels. Having said that, when policymakers decide to increase benefit levels, they should budget for some increased take-up.
Tags: budget, ideology, participation, poverty, standard of living
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