{"title":"Means Testing, Pensions and the Labour Market","authors":"Jonathan Gardner, J. Orszag, P. Thornton","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.892963","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"One of the oldest and most contentious debates in welfare economics and social security provision revolves around means testing. This paper reviews the history and issues in the debate about means tested welfare benefits, with particular emphasis on UK experience.","PeriodicalId":227461,"journal":{"name":"Willis Towers Watson Technical Research Paper Series","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2004-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Willis Towers Watson Technical Research Paper Series","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.892963","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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One of the oldest and most contentious debates in welfare economics and social security provision revolves around means testing. This paper reviews the history and issues in the debate about means tested welfare benefits, with particular emphasis on UK experience.