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Frank Windmeijer, Rudy Douven and Eric de Laat
this paper uses a structural model of labour supply and programme participation to show the impact of a reform to in-work support (Working Families’ Tax Credit) on both labour supply and programme participation (or take-up).
This paper summarises the economic literature on modelling take-up, with a focus on income-related or work-related benefits or tax credits.
Reamonn Lydon and Ian Walker
This paper attempts to uncover the effects of a welfare-to-work programme, that acts as a wage subsidy, on wage growth by exploiting an expansion to this welfare programme in the UK.
Mike Brewer, María José Suárez and Ian Walker
Many people in the UK do not claim benefits to which they seem to be entitled. Amongst those of working-age, take-up rates for Family Credit.
This paper studies the relationship between demographic change and international capital flows using a large cross-country time-series dataset.
Kim Perren, Sue Middleton and Carl Emmerson
This report contains a summary of quantitative evidence from an evaluation of the Education
Andrew B Bernard, Stephen Redding, Peter K Schott and Helen Simpson
This paper shows that the location of economic activity is correlated with the variation in relative wages.
Helen Simpson and Rupert Harrison
Renata Bottazzi, Tullio Jappelli and Mario Padula
We estimate the effect of pension reforms on households' expectations and wealth accumulation decisions.
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