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These slides were presented at an IFS briefing on 11 September 2013: Welfare reform, universal credit and labour supply.
Authors

Senior Economist
Stuart is a Senior Economist working in the Tax sector, and focuses on analysing the design of the tax and benefit system.

James Browne
Presentation details
- DOI
- 10.1920/ps.ifs.2024.0790
- Publisher
- IFS
Suggested citation
Adam, S and Browne, J. (2013). 'Do the UK government's welfare reforms make work pay?' [Presentation]. London: IFS. Available at: https://ifs.org.uk/publications/do-uk-governments-welfare-reforms-make-work-pay-0 (accessed: 15 March 2025).
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