Determining Participation in Income-Tested Social Programs

Income redistribution is not enough: income inequality, social welfare programs, and achieving equity in health.

Income inequality is widely assumed to be a major contributor to poorer health at national and subnational levels. According to this assumption, the most appropriate policy strategy to improve equity in health is income redistribution. This paper considers reasons why tackling income inequality alone could be an inadequate approach to reducing differences in health across social classes and oth...

Social programs as positive inducements for tax participation

A significant amount of non-compliance with the personal income tax is due to individuals who have not filed a tax return and so who are not “in the system”. We use experimental laboratory methods to examine the effect of positive inducements for filing a tax return. Our design captures the essential features of a voluntary income reporting and tax assessment system: human participants earn inc...

Social security disability insurance and supplemental security income programs.

Food insecurity and participation in community food programs among low-income Toronto families.

OBJECTIVES Responses to food insecurity in Canada have been dominated by community-based food initiatives, while little attention has been paid to potential policy directions to alleviate this problem. The purpose of this paper is to examine food security circumstances, participation in community food programs, and strategies employed in response to food shortages among a sample of low-income f...

Participation in a National, Means-tested School Voucher Program