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<p><p>This presentation was delivered to the HMT Treasury in November 2007. It presents evidence on the fertility effect of welfare from a set of reforms that took place in the UK in 1999 and that substantially increased support for poorer families with children. </p></p>
Authors
Mike Brewer
Research Associate University of Bristol
Sarah is a Research Associate at the IFS and Head of the Department of Economics at the University of Bristol with interest in applied microeconomics.
CMPO, University of Bristol
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- IFS
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M, Brewer and A, Ratcliffe and S, Smith. (2007). 'Does welfare reform affect fertility? Evidence from the UK ' [Presentation]. London: IFS. Available at: https://ifs.org.uk/publications/does-welfare-reform-affect-fertility-evidence-uk (accessed: 30 June 2024).
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