Universal Credit in Northern Ireland: what will its impact be, and what are the challenges?

Published on 19 March 2013

This is the first of two reports examining welfare reform and poverty in Northern Ireland.

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This is the first of two reports examining welfare reform and poverty in Northern Ireland.

The research was funded by the Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister, Northern Ireland and the ESRC Centre for the Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy

    Authors

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    James Browne

    Barra Roantree
    Barra Roantree

    Research Fellow Trinity College Dublin

    Barra is a Research Fellow at IFS and Assistant Professor of Economics at Trinity College Dublin.

    Report details

    DOI
    10.1920/re.ifs.2013.0077
    Publisher
    Institute for Fiscal Studies

    Suggested citation

    Browne, J and Roantree, B. (2013). Universal Credit in Northern Ireland: what will its impact be, and what are the challenges?. London: Institute for Fiscal Studies. Available at: https://ifs.org.uk/publications/universal-credit-northern-ireland-what-will-its-impact-be-and-what-are-challenges (accessed: 15 March 2025).

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