I talk a lot about how increasing benefit levels will draw more people onto welfare (see previous post). Yesterday I came across the following which essentially tells us that for every 1 percent increase in welfare there is a 1 percent increase in joblessness. That is, in English speaking countries. But the same relationship in the Nordic countries is a negative one. Hence the futility of trying to emulate policies from that part of the world.
have to say, Lindsay, this just proves what I've been saying.
ReplyDeleteThe answer is not benefit reform.
It is simply cancellation of all benefits.