Did Working Families' Tax Credit Work? The Impact of In-Work support on Labour Supply in Great Britain

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Did Working Families' Tax Credit Work? The Impact of In-Work support on Labour Supply in Great Britain

In-work benefits are promoted as a way to make low-income families better off without introducing adverse work incentives. In 1999, the structure of in-work benefits in the UK changed, and their generosity almost doubled, through the introduction of Working Families’ Tax Credit (WFTC). With micro...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Brewer, M., Duncan, Alan, Shephard, A., Suarez, M.
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Elsevier BV * North-Holland 2006
Subjects:	Working Families’ Tax Credit Discrete choice Microsimulation Take-up Labour supply
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/8376

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