Arbeitspapier

Lone parents, time-limited in-work credits and the dynamics of work and welfare

Time-limited in-work credits are cheaper, and more targeted, than conventional in-work credits, but are thought to have small to zero long-term impacts. We study two time-limited in-work credits in- troduced in the mid-2000s in the UK and find they reduced welfare participation and increased employment. Both policies increased job retention once recipients were in work and boosted employment even after the payments were stopped. Conditioning on hours of work was important. Paying a credit to those working 16+ hours a week only increased part-time work, while conditioning on full-time work reduced part-time work and increased full-time work.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: ISER Working Paper Series ; No. 2017-01

Classification
Wirtschaft
Taxation and Subsidies: Efficiency; Optimal Taxation
Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty: Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
Subject
in-work credits
time-limits
duration model

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Brewer, Mike
Cribb, Jonathan
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
University of Essex, Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER)
(where)
Colchester
(when)
2017

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Object type

  • Arbeitspapier

Associated

  • Brewer, Mike
  • Cribb, Jonathan
  • University of Essex, Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER)

Time of origin

  • 2017

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