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Welfare Traps

Welfare Traps is an economic construct describing a situation in which individuals receiving government benefits face effective marginal tax rates that discourage workforce participation or increased earnings, as the loss of benefits and additional taxes outweigh the gains from higher income.

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67

Authors

39

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2017–2026

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Work, Income, and Material Hardship after Welfare Reform

Sandra K. Danziger, MARY CORCORAN, Sheldon Danziger et al. · Journal of Consumer Affairs · 2000 · 161 citations · Full text

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Neighbourhood effects and social mobility: a longitudinal analysis

S. Musterd, Wim Ostendorf, S. de Vos · Housing Studies · 2003 · 155 citations

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An alternative to the middle-income trap

Luiz Carlos Bresser‐Pereira, Eliane Araújo, Samuel Costa Peres · Structural Change and Economic Dynamics · 2019 · 114 citations

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Welfare Impacts of Index Insurance in the Presence of a Poverty Trap

Sommarat Chantarat, Andrew G. Mude, Christopher B. Barrett et al. · World Development · 2017 · 97 citations

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Women in the American welfare trap

Choice Reviews Online · 1997 · 83 citations

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Authors

67

  1. JG
    John Gal

    Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

    2 publications · 24 citations

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  2. LC
    Luiz Carlos Bresser‐Pereira

    Fundação Getulio Vargas, Brazil

    1 publications · 114 citations

    1

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  3. MA
    Marah A. Curtis

    Boston University, United States

    1 publications · 54 citations

    1

    h-index

  4. KP
    Kamil Pruchnik

    SGH Warsaw School of Economics, Poland

    1 publications · 23 citations

    1

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  5. MC
    MARY CORCORAN

    Social Welfare Department, Hong Kong SAR China

    1 publications · 161 citations

    1

    h-index

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Institutions

39

  1. Columbia University

    New York, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    158 citations

  2. University of Wisconsin–Madison

    Madison, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    95 citations

  3. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Urbana, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    25 citations

  4. University of Glasgow

    Glasgow, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    52 citations

  5. Institute for Fiscal Studies

    London, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    11 citations

  6. Frontier Agriculture (United Kingdom)

    Lincoln, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    11 citations

  7. Universidade Estadual de Maringá

    Maringá, Brazil

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    114 citations

  8. Government of Thailand

    Bangkok, Thailand

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    97 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Public Economics

    3 publications · 89 citations

    3

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  2. eYLS (Yale Law School)

    Repository · 1 publications · 20 citations

    1

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  3. Children and Youth Services Review

    1 publications · 25 citations

    1

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  4. Journal of International Money and Finance

    1 publications · 50 citations

    1

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  5. University of Baltimore Law Forum

    1 publications · 10 citations

    1

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