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In-work benefit reforms seek to reduce poverty and promote employment among low-income families. Using evidence from similar policies in the USA and Canada, this paper reviews the likely impact of recent UK reforms. The focus is on employment and hours. In particular, the paper examines the...
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In-work benefit reforms seek to reduce poverty and promote employment among low-income families. Using evidence from similar policies in the USA and Canada, this paper reviews the likely impact of recent UK reforms. The focus is on employment and hours. In particular, the paper examines the...
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This paper formulates a simple model of female labor force decisions which embeds an in-work benefit reform and … the announcement of a reform that increases in-work benefits, including sources of intertemporal substitution, human … announcement and implementation of a major UK in-work benefit reform, we estimate its effects on single mothers' behavior. We find …
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This paper formulates a simple model of female labor force decisions which embeds an in-work benefit reform and … the announcement of a reform that increases in-work benefits, including sources of intertemporal substitution, human … announcement and implementation of a major UK in-work benefit reform, we estimate its effects on single mothers' behavior. We find …
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We estimate a dynamic model of employment, human capital accumulation - including education, and savings for women in the UK, exploiting tax and benefit reforms, and use it to analyze the effects of welfare policy. We find substantial elasticities for labor supply and particularly for lone...
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