Activating lone parents: An evidence-based policy appraisal of the recent welfare-to-work reform in Britain

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The recent welfare-to-work reform requires lone parents with older children to be available for work. This article examines the likely effect of this reform and the proposed extension with regards to the employment rate of lone parents. It is argued that it will not lead to the desired increase in the employment rate of lone parents as the target group is too small and the levels of multiple disadvantages within the group too high. Indeed, ability to work cannot be equated with the age of the youngest child but needs to take into account the characteristics of lone parents as well.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: ISER Working Paper Series ; No. 2010-29

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty: Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs ; Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination ; Particular Labor Markets: Public Policy
• Subject: lone parents ; welfare-to-work ; activation ; child poverty ; Alleinerziehende ; Kinderarmut ; Sozialpolitik ; Beschäftigungspolitik ; Großbritannien

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Haux, Tina
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): University of Essex, Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER)
• (where): Colchester
• (when): 2010

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/65975
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:41 AM CET