Despite the Labour government's stated aim to 'make work pay', the extension of means testing has weakened incentives for many people to stay in work and increase their earnings, according to a new report by researchers at the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
The report, funded by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, provides new evidence on the trade-off between redistributing income and improving work incentives.
Authors
Mike Brewer
Stuart Adam
Senior Economist
Stuart is a Senior Economist working in the Tax sector, and focuses on analysing the design of the tax and benefit system.
Andrew Shephard
Research Associate University of Pennsylvania
Andrew is a Research Associate at the IFS and an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Pennsylvania.
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