Means Test

A Means Test is a test to determine whether an applicant is eligible for a means-tested welfare program.

• Context:
  • It can (typically) be based on a Wealth Measure.
• Example(s)
  • the used for the US food stamps programme.
  • …
• Counter-Example(s):
  • a Two-Sample Means Test, that uses sample means.
• See: Psychological Test, Poverty Test.

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References

2014

• (Wikipedia, 2014) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/means_test Retrieved:2014-8-6.
  • A means test is a determination of whether an individual or family is eligible for government assistance, based upon whether the individual or family possesses the means to do without that help.

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Means-tested_benefit#Assessment_of_Means
  • The income and capital limits are specified in relation to the needs of a household, normally a couple and any children living with them. A couple who are not married may be treated as Living Together as Husband and Wife.

2005

• (Culhane & White, 2005) ⇒ Marianne B. Culhane, and Michaela M. White. (2005). “Catching Can-Pay Debtors: Is the Means Test the Only Way.” In: Am. Bankr. Inst. L. Rev. 13(665).

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