Which statement describes the paradox of ordeal mechanisms?- Making the receipt of welfare benefits less attractive and less generous may actually make the recipients better off.- Low-income individuals are made worse off for having received welfare because of the corresponding reduction in self-worth.- Welfare programs make the high-income individuals better off, even though they are the ones who are taxed to fund the welfare program.- Welfare systems not only make the high-income individuals worse off, they reduce the well-being of low-income individuals in the long run.

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