Work Requirements – An Ineffective Policy

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MPLan · 3m ago

Work requirements are often touted as a remedy to prevent the misuse of benefits. Instead, they only end up harming those who are most in need.

By looking at a natural experiment, researchers were able to find that work requirements end up pushing the most vulnerable people of the programs.

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Work Requirements – An Ineffective Policy

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