Generous welfare benefits make people more likely to want to work, not less

Tuesday, March 31, 2015 - 00:20 in Psychology & Sociology

Survey responses from 19,000 people in 18 European countries, including the UK, showed that "the notion that big welfare states are associated with widespread cultures of dependency, or other adverse consequences of poor short term incentives to work, receives little support."

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