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.
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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.
| Item Type: |
Other
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| Copyright Holders: |
2009 Queen Mary University of London |
| Extra Information: |
ISSN: 1473-0278 |
| Keywords: |
single mothers; income aupport; labour supply; regression discontinuity |
| Academic Unit/Department: |
Social Sciences > Economics |
| Item ID: |
27685 |
| Depositing User: |
Zeenat Soobedar
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| Date Deposited: |
09 Feb 2011 12:32 |
| Last Modified: |
23 Oct 2012 14:33 |
| URI: |
http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/27685 |
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