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Yeah, not really, since it's not even an argument but an empirical question. Feeling like you can loudly assert things not in evidence is a sign of some pretty
by scarmig 9y ago
Yeah, not really, since it's not even an argument but an empirical question.
Feeling like you can loudly assert things not in evidence is a sign of some pretty tall ideological blinders.
- nsbq71 9y agoThere is a big difference between "getting free money forever" and "getting free money for some time" (1-2 years or so, at least in my country). Especially, if you have a family you definitely not want to risk running out of welfare.
- scarmig 9y agoThere is a difference, and you offer a hypothesis on how it would affect work incentives. And it'd be silly to reject that hypothesis out of hand. But a hypothesis is just that: a hypothesis, not a fact. There's plenty of existing research on how changing unemployment benefits change work incentives (answer: not too much), but it's also true that longer time horizons might change that answer. That's why experimental tests are needed.