| 单词 | means test |
| 释义 | means test A test applied as a condition of receipt of some benefit, for example a pension. This may be applied to an individual, a family, or a household, and may take account of income, capital, or both. Benefits are usually payable only if an applicant's capital or income falls below some limit. Means tests are expensive to administer, and infringe the privacy of applicants: they are thus unpopular. The rules of eligibility for benefits are bound to lead to apparent anomalies at the margin, wherever this is drawn. Means testing is contrasted with making benefits universal, that is independent of the applicant's means. universal benefit are very expensive, so high taxes are needed to pay for them: this makes it likely that means testing will continue to be used despite its disadvantages. |
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