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- Title
Multiple risk exposure and likelihood of welfare receipt.
- Authors
Seth-Purdie, Robyn
- Abstract
The article focuses on the risk of long-term social welfare receipt among people of working age in Australia, which should be addressed through cross-sectoral cooperation in strategies that promote human capital formation. Inter-generational transmission of welfare dependency has been attributed to a combination of factors: some people may be tempted to take hand-outs in preference to work; being a welfare recipient can represent poor role modeling for other family members. A number of factors can combine to make welfare receipt appear more attractive than earning a wage, particularly for those who are only able to obtain low paid work in unskilled or low skilled jobs. 'Relative' deficits in human capital arise where knowledge, skills or cultural background are not matched with the demands of the environment. Interventions to give greater access to life-long learning could assist with human capital mismatch problems. Community or social capital development may boost economic activity and employment opportunity in areas in decline. However, those individuals whose life-time exposure to adversity has been highest may only respond to intensive interventions involving teams of professionals from a range of disciplines.
- Subjects
AUSTRALIA; WELFARE recipients; HUMAN capital; PUBLIC welfare; SOCIAL problems; WAGES; EMPLOYMENT
- Publication
Family Matters, 2000, Issue 57, p46
- ISSN
1030-2646
- Publication type
Article