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Child support and educational outcomes : evidence from the British household panel survey
Walker, Ian (contributor); Zhu, Yu (contributor) - 2008
There is some evidence to support the view that Child Support (CS), despite low compliance rates and a strong interaction with the welfare system, has played a positive role in reducing child poverty among non-intact families. However, relatively little research has addressed the role of CS on...
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Child Support Awards in Britain : An Analysis of Data from the Families and Children Study
Morris, Stephen - 2008
This paper examines the extent to which mothers that care for children where the father is non-resident have an award or agreement for child support in place. Data from the Families and Children Study are used to explore not only whether mothers have an award or order but the type of award they...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012771218
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Employment, Family Union, and Childbearing Decisions in Great Britain
Aassve, Arnstein - 2008
The paper investigates the relationship between work and family life in Britain. Using appropriate statistical …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012771246
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Teenage Family Life, Life Chances, Lifestyles and Health : A Comparison of Two Contemporary Cohorts
Ely, M.; West, P.; Sweeting, H.; Richards, M. - 2001
The main aim of this paper is to compare the association of family structure with outcomes for young people in living … represent health. The associations of family structure with these outcomes is estimated for each Study at three levels: the … overall association, that after controlling for gender and family income, and, finally, after controlling in addition for …
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Universal credit and crime
D'Este, Rocco; Harvey, Alex - 2020
We evaluate the criminogenic effects of Universal Credit (UC), a monumental welfare reform designed to radically change the social security payment system in the United Kingdom. We exploit the UC rollout across constituencies using monthly data from 2010 to 2019 for England and Wales. We find UC...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012252261
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Unexplained wealth orders (UWOs) under the UK's Criminal Finances Act 2017 : the role of tax laws and tax authorities in its successful implementation
Julien, Rita - 2019
order” in its Criminal Finances Act 2017. On 7-8 November 2017, London hosted the Fifth OECD Forum on Tax and Crime. Against … crime, this working paper researches the role that tax laws and tax authorities play in either helping or hindering …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012162956
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Unintended consequences of welfare cuts on children and adolescents
Dustmann, Christian; Landersø, Rasmus; Andersen, Lars … - 2024
This paper studies the effects of a large welfare benefit reduction on the children in the affected families. The welfare cut targeted adult refugees who received residency in Denmark, and it reduced their disposable income by 30 percent on average over the first five years. We show that...
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Scaring or scarring? : labour market effects of criminal victimisation
Bindler, Anna; Ketel, Nadine - 2019
Little is known about the costs of crime to victims and their families. In this paper, we use unique and detailed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011972504
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The Gold Standard of Gun Control - Book Review of Joyce Malcolm, Guns and Violence : The English Experience
Kopel, David B. - 2007
Guns and Violence tells a remarkable story of a society's self-destruction, of how a government in a few decades managed to reverse six hundred years of social progress in violence reduction. The book is also a testament to the amazing self-confidence of British governments; Labour and...
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Detecting the Fifty Shades of Grey : Local Crime, Suspicious Transaction Reporting and Anti-Money Laundering Regulation
Dalla Pellegrina, Lucia - 2020
This study investigates the efficiency of the suspicious transaction reporting (STR) activity to a Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) as a means to deter money laundering (ML). Baseline and two-province theoretical models are used to frame the empirical analysis. The latter examines the...
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