Time-Limited in-Work Benefits in the UK: A Review of Recent Evidence

Haroon Chowdry ()
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Haroon Chowdry: Institute for Fiscal Studies.

National Institute Economic Review, 2012, vol. 219, issue 1, pages R53-R64

Abstract: This paper reviews three UK-based welfare-to-work programmes featuring time-limited financial incentives to leave out-of-work benefits for employment. The policies considered are (i) the Employment Retention and Advancement demonstration, aimed at lone parents and the long-term unemployed; (ii) In-Work Credit, aimed at lone parents on welfare; (iii) Pathways to Work, aimed at recipients of incapacity benefits. I illustrate the difficulties in extrapolating from specific findings to general policy-relevant conclusions. Finally, I depict the challenge facing evaluators in future and point to the directions in which evaluation will need to develop if it is to contribute more fully to policy-relevant evaluation.JEL Classification: C21, H21, H53, I38, J22, J68Keywords: Programme evaluation; cost-benefit analysis; welfare policy; lone parents; poverty; unemployment; incentives; randomisation

Date: 2012
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