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This paper reviews various techniques for quantifying financial incentives to work, shows how financial work incentives have changed across the population since 1979, and estimates how much of these changes are due to changes in the tax and benefit system.
Authors
Mike Brewer
Senior Economist
Stuart is a Senior Economist working in the Tax sector, and focuses on analysing the design of the tax and benefit system.
Research Associate University of Pennsylvania
Andrew is a Research Associate at the IFS and an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Pennsylvania.
Working Paper details
- DOI
- 10.1920/wp.ifs.2006.0620
- Publisher
- IFS
Suggested citation
S, Adam and M, Brewer and A, Shephard. (2006). Financial work incentives in Britain: comparisons over time and between family types. London: IFS. Available at: https://ifs.org.uk/publications/financial-work-incentives-britain-comparisons-over-time-and-between-family-types (accessed: 29 March 2024).
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