Two strategies that governments have to help people on low incomes - providing them with financial support directly, and encouraging them to earn more - generally conflict.
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.
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- Publisher
- Joseph Rowntree Foudation
Suggested citation
S, Adam and M, Brewer and A, Shephard. (2006). The poverty trade-off: work incentives and income redistribution in Britain (JRF findings). London: Joseph Rowntree Foudation. Available at: https://ifs.org.uk/publications/poverty-trade-work-incentives-and-income-redistribution-britain-jrf-findings (accessed: 9 May 2024).
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