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Why is it so hard to escape poverty?

Ann-Helén Bay · TED

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About

Imagine that you've been unemployed for months. Government benefit programs have helped you cover your expenses, but you're barely getting by. Finally, you receive a paycheck— but there's a catch. Your new job pays enough to disqualify you from benefit programs, but not enough to cover your costs. So how do we design benefit programs that don't penalize you for working? Ann-Helén Bay investigates. [Directed by Avi Ofer, narrated by Christina Greer, music by Salil Bhayani, cAMP Studio].

The talk

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Credits and licence

Institution
TED
Department
TED-Ed
Speaker
Ann-Helén Bay
Year
2022
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Economics, Society and politics, Teaching and learning
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
Attribution
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