Lesson for Australia. Make it hard for people to get benefits, and they'll stop, but they mightn't get jobs
- Written by: David C. Ribar, Professorial Research Fellow, University of Melbourne
Australia, like the United States, makes it hard for people who get benefits to stay on them.
It’s not simply a matter of withdrawing benefits as people get jobs and work more hours – something Australia’s does more severely than most of the rest of the world – it’s also a matter of imposing onerous conditions on...







