Generational dependency patterns in a welfare state
Worldview
Liberty (Right)
Description
A recent economics paper shows that dependency promotes dependency. Among adults in Norway, children of those on government disability insurance (whose disability claims were originally denied but appealed and awarded) were 6% more likely to end up on disability after 5 years and 12% more likely after 10 years. While genetics and poverty can contribute to generational patterns of poor health, these economists assert that this pattern of dependency is in large part driven by the information paren