The UK's Coalition government is planning what is presented as a 'radical' overhaul of the tax and benefits system through the introduction of a Universal Tax Credit. Though elements of the proposal are innovative, the proposal builds in part on Tax Credit schemes introduced under the previous New Labour government and on a distinctive strand of labour market policy that has been emerging for some time in several other countries. The intention of refundable tax credit schemes is to compensate for low wages and to 'make work pay' albeit in circumstances in which labour markets remain deliberately minimally regulated and are becoming increasingly flexible and polarised. This paper draws on recent ESRC funded research which used in-depth inter...
Under existing tax and benefit rules, households on low-to-middle incomes frequently face high rates...
Abstract: Alongside the growth in overall employment and the steady rise in average real incomes ove...
Abstract: Alongside the growth in overall employment and the steady rise in average real incomes ove...
<p>Abstract copyright data collection owner.</p>The project aimed to explore the motivations of Work...
Kate Bell and Mike Brewer evaluate the government’s changes to Working Tax Credit, arguing that chal...
As the global economic crisis continues, global wage inequalities have become even starker. While th...
Tax credits are a popular way to alleviate in-work poverty. A common empirical assumption is that th...
Alongside a series of cuts that will reduce welfare spending by £18 billion per year by 2014-15, the...
In-work benefits are promoted as a way to make low-income families better off without introducing a...
Alongside a series of cuts that will reduce welfare spending by £18 billion per year by 2014–15, the...
ZSUniversal Credit is a fundamental reform of means-tested working age benefits in the UK, replacing...
Nigel Keohane examines the government’s Universal Credit scheme and points out five areas of concern...
Universal Credit is a major change in the UK’s social security system which will affect around eight...
The government’s decision to scrap tax credit cuts was a welcome move, and (eventually) highlighted ...
As Damian Green arrives as Secretary of State in the Department for Work and Pensions, Universal Cre...
Under existing tax and benefit rules, households on low-to-middle incomes frequently face high rates...
Abstract: Alongside the growth in overall employment and the steady rise in average real incomes ove...
Abstract: Alongside the growth in overall employment and the steady rise in average real incomes ove...
<p>Abstract copyright data collection owner.</p>The project aimed to explore the motivations of Work...
Kate Bell and Mike Brewer evaluate the government’s changes to Working Tax Credit, arguing that chal...
As the global economic crisis continues, global wage inequalities have become even starker. While th...
Tax credits are a popular way to alleviate in-work poverty. A common empirical assumption is that th...
Alongside a series of cuts that will reduce welfare spending by £18 billion per year by 2014-15, the...
In-work benefits are promoted as a way to make low-income families better off without introducing a...
Alongside a series of cuts that will reduce welfare spending by £18 billion per year by 2014–15, the...
ZSUniversal Credit is a fundamental reform of means-tested working age benefits in the UK, replacing...
Nigel Keohane examines the government’s Universal Credit scheme and points out five areas of concern...
Universal Credit is a major change in the UK’s social security system which will affect around eight...
The government’s decision to scrap tax credit cuts was a welcome move, and (eventually) highlighted ...
As Damian Green arrives as Secretary of State in the Department for Work and Pensions, Universal Cre...
Under existing tax and benefit rules, households on low-to-middle incomes frequently face high rates...
Abstract: Alongside the growth in overall employment and the steady rise in average real incomes ove...
Abstract: Alongside the growth in overall employment and the steady rise in average real incomes ove...