The Poverty Trade-Off: Work Incentives and Income Redistribution in Britain

by Mike Brewer, Stuart Adam, Andrew Shephard

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. This report provides new evidence on the trade-off between redistributing income and improving work incentives.Drawing on large-scale survey data spanning the last 26 years, the report analyses the incomes and work incentives facing thousands of individuals and families, and how...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1861348630
• ISBN13: 9781861348630
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: Policy Press
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 8.1" x 11.6"