Designing Inclusion

Designing Inclusion
Author: Edmund S. Phelps
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 179
Release: 2003-11-27
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1139438255

An inclusion failure has become highly visible in the advanced economies of the West. Too many able-bodied people are subject to chronic joblessness and, when employed, cannot earn a living remotely like that in the mainstream of the population. One policy response has been to give such workers a range of goods and services without charge, another has been to single out some groups for tax credits tied to their earnings. However, many of the welfare programs actually weaken people's incentive to participate in the labour force and wage-income tax credits appear to have made hardly a dent in joblessness. This volume brings together leading economists to present four studies of methods to rebuild self-sufficiency and boosting employment: a graduated employment subsidy, a hiring subsidy and subsidies for training and education. It is of interest to anyone with a serious interest in the economics of subsidies to raise inclusion.

The Allocation of Time and Goods Over the Life Cycle

The Allocation of Time and Goods Over the Life Cycle
Author: Gilbert R. Ghez
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Total Pages: 180
Release: 1975
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

There is a belief now that family behavior over the life cycle can be analyzed by economic methods. This study deals with allocation of resources by families over time.