On the Performance of Social Benefit Systems
在搜索理论框架下分析失业救济体系的绩效,评估其减贫和降低收入不平等的作用,并考虑不同观点及社会目标与工作激励之间的权衡。
The paper analyses the performance of unemployment benefit systems in a search theoretic framework. The criteria of evaluation comprise the alleviation of poverty and the reduction in income inequality, whilst the diversity of opinions about these is taken into account. Also, the trade-off between the attainment of social objectives and work incentives is examined.