Welfare Reform and Lone Parents in the UK

Paul Gregg, Susan Harkness and Sarah Smith

Economic Journal, 2009, vol. 119, issue 535, F38-F65

Abstract: A series of reforms to help low income families with children were introduced in the UK in 1999, including in‐work tax credits and welfare‐to‐work programmes. Lone parents were a key target for these reforms – they comprised 22% of all families by 1998 but 55% of families with children in poverty. Previous studies have shown that the reforms raised employment among lone parents. This article extends the analysis of the effect of the reforms to consider employment dynamics, including hours adjustments, and a broader range of outcomes including partnership and indicators of well‐being among lone mothers and their children.

Date: 2009
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