Means Testing



The U.S. Social Security System is a defined benefit retirement system that uses a progressive formula to calculate own benefits based on past indexed covered… Read More ›

Means Testing Social Security: Income Versus Wealth

Large projected fiscal burdens due to population ageing have caused many countries to increase the access age of their old age pensions. The average pensionable… Read More ›

Means Testing Public Pensions: A Policy Option for an Ageing Population

The financial hardship of poor working families represents a key policy challenge in many countries. Sue Regan interviews Jane Millar, Professor of Social Policy at… Read More ›

An Interview with Professor Jane Millar, OBE

This is the final part in a four-part series on the topic. The media and political debate about “zero net taxpayers” relies on these static… Read More ›

The Dynamics of “Zero Net Taxpayers”: A Lifecourse and Risk Perspective

This post is the third of a four-part series on the topic. The existence and the extent of “zero net taxpayers” is a reflection of… Read More ›

Zero Net Taxpayers: How Does Australia Compare?

The Committee for Sustainable Retirement Incomes (CSRI) held its second Leadership Forum on 12-13 October 2016. The Committee is an independent think tank which exists… Read More ›

Completing the Reform Journey to Adequate, Secure And Sustainable Retirement Incomes for All Australians

Prior to the election Labor announced that if elected the party would put in place a new and quite different set of arrangements for the collection… Read More ›

Justice in the Collection of Fines

In Brazil and Argentina, as in Australia, public welfare goods and payments have become increasingly targeted. They also increasingly have conditions attached. The ‘targeted’ welfare… Read More ›

Implementing a Conditional Welfare State: The Experience of Brazil and Argentina

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