Authors

CPP Co-Director
Richard is Co-Director of the Centre for the Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy (CPP) and Senior Research Fellow at IFS.

Research Fellow University of California, Berkeley
Hilary is a Research Fellow of the IFS and a Professor of Public Policy and Economics at the University of California, Berkeley.
Book Chapter details
- Publisher
- National Bureau of Economic Research
Suggested citation
Blundell, R and Hoynes, H. (2004). 'Has 'in-work' benefit reform helped the labor market?' Chicago: National Bureau of Economic Research
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