Budget 2015: the government’s welfare policy, a positive view
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.26686/pq.v11i3.4541Keywords:
passive system, benefit-dependent households, Sickness Benefit, early intervention, increases base benefits, alleviating hardship, lifetime welfare costs, social investment approachAbstract
Nearly four years ago, Prime Minister John Key announced a major reform of the welfare system. He defined the problem with the existing system in the following terms: The stand-out feature of New Zealand’s benefit system is how passive it is. For the most part it simply hands over benefits and leaves people to their own devices. Most beneficiaries are not expected to be available for work, or to take up work if it is offered to them. Naturally, many don’t.
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