welfare trap
1Welfare trap — The welfare trap theory asserts that taxation and welfare systems can jointly contribute to keep people on social insurance. This is also known as the unemployment trap or poverty trap in the UK.In the UK, there is a distinction between two… …
2welfare trap — /ˈwɛlfɛə træp/ (say welfair trap) noun an economic situation in which the benefit of taking paid work and securing an income is not much more than the benefit received from social welfare entitlements, thereby tending to encourage people to… …
3Welfare (financial aid) — Welfare is financial assistance paid to people by governments. Some welfare is general, while specific and can only be invoked under certain circumstances, such as a scholarship. Welfare payments can be made to individuals or to companies or… …
4Trap — A trap is a device or tactic intended to harm, capture, detect, or inconvenience a human or animal intruder, or animal pest or game. Traps may be physical objects, such as cages or snares, or metaphorical concepts. Physical trapsExamples of… …
5Trap-Neuter-Return — (TNR), also known as Trap Test Vaccinate Alter Release (TTVAR) is a method of humanely trapping unaltered feral cats, spaying or neutering them, and releasing them back to the same location where they were collected. TNR is promoted by the ASPCA… …
6welfare state — By 1950, it was unremarkable to describe Britain as a ‘welfare state’. Mostly this term referred to the new legislation to promote social welfare, but sometimes it stood for a more general view of social and political culture. References could …
7unemployment trap — /ʌnəmˈplɔɪmənt træp/ (say unuhm ploymuhnt trap) noun → welfare trap …
8Animal Welfare Institute — The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) (SAPL), pushes for the passage of laws that reflect this purpose.Campaigns and GoalsIn the organization’s early years, its particular emphasis was on the needs of animals used for experimentation. AWI expanded… …
9poverty trap — The situation low income individuals or families may face when taking up paid employment or securing higher earnings, if the loss of means tested state welfare benefits and/or new income tax payments are equal to, or even exceed additional… …
10The Global Trap — Die Globalisierungsfalle Der Angriff auf Demokratie und Wohlstand is a 1996 book by Hans Peter Martin and Harald Schumann that describes possible implications of current trends in globalization. It was published in English as The Global Tr in… …
