Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Greg Mankiw's Blog: The Poverty Trap in France

Greg Mankiw's Blog: The Poverty Trap in France: "For this mother of two, working again will bring her family an additional income of only $170. Moreover, this $170 is likely to be lost in the cost of transportation to work, since the cost of gas in France is $7 per gallon. In any case, such a small amount of money is not an incentive to go back to work. Between staying home and working, the choice is simple: welfare is a better deal."

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