Thus the family cap will not significantly reduce illegitimate children or welfare costs.

In 2010, the economic welfare cost of reported road accidents was estimated to be around £15 billion.

Russian inflation in 1998 reached 84 percent and welfare costs grew considerably.

Of course, he was after more than a reduction in welfare costs.

The change is expected to produce savings of more than $100 million a year in the Federal Government's welfare costs.

The state would keep the other $75 to help offset its welfare costs.

In exchange, every state received a big fixed annual grant to cover its welfare costs.

They will also be used to reduce property taxes by having the state take over local welfare costs.

Under current law, for example, towns pay 10 percent of general-assistance welfare costs.

The welfare costs of aggregate risk, though, can be significant.