Benefit Systems and Work Incentives 1999 ISBN: 9789264180161 Platform/Publisher: OECD / OECD Publishing Digital rights:Users: unlimited; Printing: chapters; Download: chapters Subjects: Employment / Social Issues/ Migration/ Health / Taxation;
Unemployment and related benefits help prevent those without work from falling into poverty but at the same time reduce the incentive to work; this is one of the main dilemmas of social policy.