We also find that the measure of means used to evaluate the effects of a means test makes a considerable difference as to how one would view the effects of the means test on the distribution of benefits.doi:10.2139/ssrn.2516857Alan Gustman...
measured using or given according to a means test(= a test of how much income a person has) : 经过经济状况调查的means-tested benefits根据经济状况调查发放的福利The means-tested grants of £5 to £40 are paid weekly.根据经济状况调查后发放的补助金从5镑到40镑不等,每周发放。
The meaning of MEANS TEST is an examination into the financial state of a person to determine eligibility for public assistance.
Should Social Security Benefits Be Means Tested? Protecting the poor under cost recovery: the role of means testing. Means Testing versus Universal Provision in Poverty Alleviation Programmes Does means-testing welfare discourage saving? evidence from a change in AFDC policy in the United States...
If you don't get this straight, the actions you take may do more harm than good. This would be the case with former Sens. Paul Tsongas' and Warren Rudman's Concord Coalition proposal to reduce the deficit by means-testing Social Security.Ball, Robert M...
means′-test` v.t. 1.to subject (a person or a specific benefit) to a means test:The government proposes to means-test Medicare. v.i. 2.to perform a means test:fair and responsible means-testing. [1960–65] Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries...
Empirical literature generally supports the view that labour supply responds positively to relaxation of earnings testing of social security benefits. The literature that examines aggregate labour supply responses by individuals eligible for pension benefits to changes in the earnings test includes studies by...
The means-testing of age pension programs allows governments to control the receipt of pension benefits (extensive margin) and the benefit level (intensive margin). We investigate how the presence of the extensive margin influences the trade-off between protecting the poorer elderly and the economic...
6.Even Haley’s proposal to increase the retirement age and means test benefits won’t sit well with millions of Americans who count on and support these two universal social insurance programs that have done so much to alleviate the challenges of old age. 7.Congress could means test Social ...
A common means test is the one used to determine eligibility forChapter 7bankruptcy. Means testing is also used in distributing Medicare benefits and has been suggested as a solution to theSocial Securityproblem. Since debts do not have to be repaid under Chapter 7 bankruptcy, it is supposed t...