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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
Mike Brewer

Research Fellow University of Essex and Resolution Foundation

Mike is a Research Fellow of the IFS and a Professor of Economics at the Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex.

Sarah Smith
Sarah Smith

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.

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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: 2 December 2023).

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