Harvey Stevens
Biographic Data
| ID | 6291634 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Harvey Stevens |
| GIVEN NAMES | Harvey |
| FAMILY NAME | Stevens |
| SIGNATURE | STEVENS H |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Manitoba |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Is Canada Ready for Real Poverty Reduction through a Universal Guaranteed Basic Income? A Rejoinder to Kesselman’s “Can ‘Self-Financing’ Redeem the Basic Income Guarantee? Disincentives, Efficiency Co…
Rhys Kesselman’s thought-provoking response is part of an important and timely conversation about poverty reduction policy through some form of guaranteed basic income. Our rejoinder first addresses his general concerns about a basic income, which reflect an enduring policy debate over the past half century that has included social experimentation to examine work disincentives and other issues. We then respond to his specific concerns about our p…
Toward a National Universal Guaranteed Basic Income
There is renewed discussion of a basic or guaranteed income at both the federal and the provincial levels in Canada, but counterarguments about the cost, work disincentives, and electoral appeal of such schemes remain challenging. In this article, we argue that a grand plan for a basic or guaranteed income is unnecessary because self-financing redesign of existing tax credits to be refundable can better target benefits to low-income families whil…
Explaining Declining Social Assistance Participation Rates
This paper extends analyses of the declining social assistance participation rate in Canada since the mid-1990s using rich Manitoba administrative data for the period since 1999. We examine trends in Manitoba to mid-2008, separately analyze the entry and continuation rates, and include for the first time information about the growing number of adults with a disability on social assistance. Our results show that the declining participation rate is…
The Effectiveness of Community Employment Programs for Social Assistance Recipients
The City of Winnipeg’s community services programs (CSPs) are examples of the “work experience” approach to helping social assistance recipients find employment. Like other evaluations of work experience programs, this assessment finds the CSPs effective and cost-beneficial, in the short run, in reducing dependency on social assistance. Unlike most program assessments, however, this evaluation measures participants’ length of involvement in the p…
Deforestation and Global Market Pressures
Recent quantitative analyses of deforestation have concentrated on highlighting relatively straightforward correlations between rates of deforestation and its direct and indirect domestic causes, ignoring complex linkages. We argue that deforestation is part of a structural transformation determined in part by North-South relations through global markets. Besides domestic factors, the global pressures of demand for wood from the tropics also expl…
Toward a National Universal Guaranteed Basic Income
There is renewed discussion of a basic or guaranteed income at both the federal and the provincial levels in Canada, but counterarguments about the cost, work disincentives, and electoral appeal of such schemes remain challenging. In this article, we argue that a grand plan for a basic or guaranteed income is unnecessary because self-financing redesign of existing tax credits to be refundable can better target benefits to low-income families whil…
Is Canada Ready for Real Poverty Reduction through a Universal Guaranteed Basic Income? A Rejoinder to Kesselman’s “Can ‘Self-Financing’ Redeem the Basic Income Guarantee? Disincentives, Efficiency Co…
Rhys Kesselman’s thought-provoking response is part of an important and timely conversation about poverty reduction policy through some form of guaranteed basic income. Our rejoinder first addresses his general concerns about a basic income, which reflect an enduring policy debate over the past half century that has included social experimentation to examine work disincentives and other issues. We then respond to his specific concerns about our p…
Explaining Declining Social Assistance Participation Rates
This paper extends analyses of the declining social assistance participation rate in Canada since the mid-1990s using rich Manitoba administrative data for the period since 1999. We examine trends in Manitoba to mid-2008, separately analyze the entry and continuation rates, and include for the first time information about the growing number of adults with a disability on social assistance. Our results show that the declining participation rate is…
Deforestation and Global Market Pressures
Recent quantitative analyses of deforestation have concentrated on highlighting relatively straightforward correlations between rates of deforestation and its direct and indirect domestic causes, ignoring complex linkages. We argue that deforestation is part of a structural transformation determined in part by North-South relations through global markets. Besides domestic factors, the global pressures of demand for wood from the tropics also expl…
The Effectiveness of Community Employment Programs for Social Assistance Recipients
The City of Winnipeg’s community services programs (CSPs) are examples of the “work experience” approach to helping social assistance recipients find employment. Like other evaluations of work experience programs, this assessment finds the CSPs effective and cost-beneficial, in the short run, in reducing dependency on social assistance. Unlike most program assessments, however, this evaluation measures participants’ length of involvement in the p…
Deforestation and Global Market Pressures
Recent quantitative analyses of deforestation have concentrated on highlighting relatively straightforward correlations between rates of deforestation and its direct and indirect domestic causes, ignoring complex linkages. We argue that deforestation is part of a structural transformation determined in part by North-South relations through global markets. Besides domestic factors, the global pressures of demand for wood from the tropics also expl…
Explaining Declining Social Assistance Participation Rates
This paper extends analyses of the declining social assistance participation rate in Canada since the mid-1990s using rich Manitoba administrative data for the period since 1999. We examine trends in Manitoba to mid-2008, separately analyze the entry and continuation rates, and include for the first time information about the growing number of adults with a disability on social assistance. Our results show that the declining participation rate is…
Toward a National Universal Guaranteed Basic Income
There is renewed discussion of a basic or guaranteed income at both the federal and the provincial levels in Canada, but counterarguments about the cost, work disincentives, and electoral appeal of such schemes remain challenging. In this article, we argue that a grand plan for a basic or guaranteed income is unnecessary because self-financing redesign of existing tax credits to be refundable can better target benefits to low-income families whil…
Is Canada Ready for Real Poverty Reduction through a Universal Guaranteed Basic Income? A Rejoinder to Kesselman’s “Can ‘Self-Financing’ Redeem the Basic Income Guarantee? Disincentives, Efficiency Co…
Rhys Kesselman’s thought-provoking response is part of an important and timely conversation about poverty reduction policy through some form of guaranteed basic income. Our rejoinder first addresses his general concerns about a basic income, which reflect an enduring policy debate over the past half century that has included social experimentation to examine work disincentives and other issues. We then respond to his specific concerns about our p…
Economics (5 works) · Economic growth (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (3 works) · Basic income (2 works) · Canadian Policy and Governance (2 works) · Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (2 works) · Income tax (2 works) · Population (2 works) · Poverty (2 works)