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In October 1999 WFTC replaced Family Credit as the main package of in-work financial support for families with children. This note compares the results of three IFS projects assessing the effectiveness of the WFTC in getting people back to work.
Authors
CPP Co-Director
Richard is Co-Director of the Centre for the Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy (CPP) and Senior Research Fellow at IFS.
Howard Reed
Report details
- DOI
- 10.1920/bn.ifs.2000.0006
- Publisher
- IFS
Suggested citation
Blundell, R and Reed, H. (2000). The employment effects of the Working Families Tax Credit. London: IFS. Available at: https://ifs.org.uk/publications/employment-effects-working-families-tax-credit (accessed: 2 May 2024).
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