disincentive

- A disincentive is added to the acquiring of labor.

Open Thread 2008

And it increases the duration of TAA cash payments to three years, from two, which means creating an even longer-term disincentive to get a new job.

Bad Trade 2007

Give the rich more money its called and incentive, give the poor more money and its called a disincentive.

The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2011

The cell phone companies who control those networks have a built-in disincentive to allow that openness; they don’t want to end up squeezed the way ISPs are now, especially since they can’t assert local monopolies the way the land-line-phone and cable companies do now.

‘Radical Openness’ on the Google Phone — at Least for Now - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

Another disincentive was the backlog in infrastructural ser - vice provision - the precondition for improved economic growth, elfare, and qualityof life, the report said.

ANC Daily News Briefing 2000

Another disincentive is the complexity of the bus network.

The Stirrer 2009

The landlords cry that the decision is a "disincentive" to upgrade or maintain their properties is unavailing.

Elizabeth Donoghue: The Stuy Town Decision: A Good Reality Check for New York 2009

We can build in a natural "disincentive" in the government option by limiting the total coverage in all areas to amounts and available time periods that are lower than those offered by private insurers.

Carl Jeffers: Is It Time for the President to Reject Health Care Reform? 2009

I don't see anyone shedding any tears about this kind of disincentive although as the article pointed out, there is plenty of gnashing of teeth, name calling and outrage.

Targeting Hugo Chavez 2008

But, he warned, crime would become a "disincentive" to investors unless it was curbed.

ANC Daily News Briefing 2000