首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
考研
That mythical beast, homo economicus, otherwise called Economic man, is utterly clear about the purpose of work: to get paid. He
That mythical beast, homo economicus, otherwise called Economic man, is utterly clear about the purpose of work: to get paid. He
admin
2015-05-24
36
问题
That mythical beast, homo economicus, otherwise called Economic man, is utterly clear about the purpose of work: to get paid. He is keener on leisure than on work, and if money can be got without effort, he downs tools. If real people feel the same, then bountiful out-of-work benefits should be found in the same places as work-shy citizens.
Yet a cross-country comparison of benefits and attitudes to work published on January 28th finds precisely the opposite pattern. Researchers ranked 13 countries according to their generosity (measured by comparing typical benefits to those out of work with the average wage of a production worker) and their citizens’ commitment to work (gauged by asking whether they would work if they did not need the cash, and whether they regarded a job as merely a way to earn a living). They found that the more generous a state is the keener on work its people are. Britons, whose benefits were the stingiest (most ungenerous) after those that Americans get, were least keen of all on work.
One reason may be the skills make-up of the British workforce. The researchers found, logically enough, that professionals and graduates were more positive about work than the unskilled and non-graduates. Fewer Britons than Norwegians (who came top on work commitment) have professional jobs or degrees. But this does not entirely explain their comparative immunity to the attractions of toil: Britons of every social class and level of education were less keen on work than their counterparts elsewhere.
Could the "dependency culture" currently exercising British politicians be solved by raising benefits? Unlikely, says Alison Park, editor of the annual British Social Attitudes Report, in which the study appeared: attitudes to work vary from country to country for many reasons. The report states that the lavishness of what the report terms "encompassing" states, all Nordic with Lutheran traditions, may have been made possible by a strong work ethic, rather than a stronger commitment to work having emerged as a result of it.
And work incentives are affected by features of welfare systems other than overall generosity: "corporatist" states such as Germany, which pay higher benefits to those with a longer work history, may be encouraging positive attitudes to work by such conditionality. Britain’s poor benefits, by contrast, are largely independent of previous employment, which may mean they are seen as an alternative to work, rather than as one of the good things that flow from it.
Germany is mentioned in the last paragraph to show that
选项
A、Germany pays higher benefits to those with a longer work history.
B、corporatist states like Germany provide better benefits than Britain.
C、welfare system is also likely to influence work incentives.
D、Germany encourages positive work attitudes by paying higher benefits.
答案
C
解析
事实细节题。考查例证细节。德国的例子表明“工龄较长的人能获得更好的福利”。这实际上是为了说明该段中心句“工作的动力还会受到福利体制的特点影响”,因此C项正确。
转载请注明原文地址:https://jikaoti.com/ti/pLFRFFFM
0
考研英语一
相关试题推荐
NewBookofEconomics—AnimalSpiritsNotwoeconomiccrisesareidentical.Butthesamequestio
PoorPeopleAlsoCanHaveaLawsuitinAmericanAmerica’scourtsarebuiltonasystemofrulesandproceduresthatassumet
DoesEconomicRecessionandDivorceRatehaveSomethingRelated?"Ah,yes,divorce",RobinWilliamsoncemused,"fromtheL
Reagan’sPoliticalPurposePoliticalplatformsareusuallywrittenforelectioncampaignpurposes,thenquicklyscrappedaft
Anindustrialsociety,especiallyoneascentralizedandconcentratedasthatofBritain,isheavilydependentoncertainessent
Wehaveknownforalongtimethattheorganizationofanyparticularsocietyisinfluencedbythedefinitionofthesexesandt
Wehaveknownforalongtimethattheorganizationofanyparticularsocietyisinfluencedbythedefinitionofthesexesandt
Youaresupposedtowriteforyouruniversity’sPsychologicalSocietyanannouncementtowelcomestudentstojointheclub.The
Aschildhood-obesityratesskyrocket,doctorsareseeinganalarmingriseinacostlydiseaseonceunheardofinchildren;type
随机试题
用自制的显微镜第一次观察到微生物的是()
王蒙创作的《春之声》体裁是____。
判定级数的收敛性,若收敛,是绝对收敛,还是条件收敛?
慢性肾衰竭时少见的电解质紊乱是
企业安全生产许可证可以延期的唯一条件是()。
经营成本是指房地产产品()时,将开发产品成本按照国家有关财务和会计制度结转的成本。
已知a>b>1,下面哪个数最大?()
19世纪三四十年代无产阶级把反对资产阶级的斗争推进到一个新阶段的根本原因是()。
《中华人民共和国合同法》第68条规定:“应当先履行债务的当事人,有确切证据证明对方有下列情形之一的,可以中止履行:(一)经营状况严重恶化;(二)转移财产、抽逃资金,以逃避债务;(三)丧失商业信誉;(四)有丧失或者可能丧失履行债务能力
EducationIssuesSaraI’mateacherofFrenchandSpanish,andIthinkforeignlanguagesare
最新回复
(
0
)