Social Security



Unexpected bills can be a challenge for any household, but particularly for low-income families relying on social security payments. When the unexpected bill is a… Read More ›

Policy Choices and Automation: How Benefits Systems Can Create Unjust Debts

Income inequality in most high-income countries has increased considerably since the 1970s, creating interest in the drivers of this trend. One factor that has attracted… Read More ›

Winners of the UK Tax-Benefit Reforms over Five Decades

Many social security systems across the world link pension benefits to earnings. The rules vary significantly across countries and pension schemes, ranging from purely unfunded… Read More ›

Means-Testing and Temptation: How Self-Control Affects the Welfare Effects of Various Social Security Arrangements

We live in strange economic times. Over the last few years, Australian business profits have boomed just as economic growth has trended down to ‘ultra-low’… Read More ›

The Great Fiscal Shift: Inequality, Upwards Redistribution and the Politics of Surplus Since Howard

The roll-out of Universal Credit in the UK continues, and continues to uncover new challenges and problems. The recovery of overpayments – and especially overpayments… Read More ›

Timing It Wrong, Part Two: Universal Credit Inherits Overpayments from Tax Credits

Since parliament has resumed three Liberal members – Dean Smith, Russell Broadbent and Andrew Wallace – have joined a group of Nationals calling for an… Read More ›

Are Most People on the Newstart Unemployment Benefit for a Short or Long Time?

It’s almost a decade since the Henry Review of the tax system recommended an increase in Newstart payments, with new rules designed to help them… Read More ›

Is Newstart Really the Pacesetter Scott Morrison Says It Is?

Earlier this year former prime minister John Howard described Australia’s middle class as the “biggest,” proportionally speaking, in the world. Speaking at the annual dinner… Read More ›

A Snapshot of Life in the Middle Class

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