Labour supply disincentives of Income Support: an analysis of single mothers with no qualifications in the UK

Soobedar, Zeenat (2009). Labour supply disincentives of Income Support: an analysis of single mothers with no qualifications in the UK. Queen Mary, University of London.

URL: http://www.econ.qmul.ac.uk/papers/wp/WP656.HTM

Abstract

This paper examines the labour supply disincentives of the Income Support system among single mothers with no qualifications in the UK. It uses a regression discontinuity approach that exploits the age-eligibility rule establishing automatic withdrawal of Income Support for single mothers whose youngest child turns 16. At this cut-off age, barely ineligible mothers experience an 8.5% increase in their probability of working and an increase in hours of work of about 3. This is consistent with pronounced labour supply disincentives of the income support policy.

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• Item ORO ID
• 27685
• Item Type
• Other - Other
• Extra Information
• ISSN: 1473-0278
• Keywords
• single mothers; income aupport; labour supply; regression discontinuity
• Academic Unit or School
• Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > Social Sciences and Global Studies
  Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS)
• Copyright Holders
• © 2009 Queen Mary University of London
• Depositing User
• Zeenat Soobedar