Working age benefits

This presentation was delivered at the Journees Louis-Andrew Gerard-Varet International Conference in Public Economics in Aix-en-Provence on 13 June 2016.

This presentation was delivered at the Capita conference on Implementing Universal Credit in London on 30th June 2016.

This presentation was given at the launch of the Green Budget 2016.

The Institute for Fiscal Studies has published a comprehensive analysis of the impact of the government’s current tax and benefit plans and the National Living Wage on household incomes and financial work incentives. This Observation article summarises the main findings of that report ahead of the 2015 Autumn Statement, when the Chancellor is expected to announce amendments to his planned cuts to tax credits. The report finds that both the package of tax and benefit changes, and the new ‘National Living Wage’ will, on average, strengthen incentives to move into paid work and to work more if in work.

This presentation was delivered at the Work Pensions and Labour Economics (WPEG) conference 2015 at the University of Sheffield, on 28 July 2015.

The Conservatives’ victory in the general election means that we should shortly find out how they will find the additional benefit cuts to which they have committed. This observation, funded by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, briefly summarises previous IFS analysis of the context for these choices and the kinds of options that are on the table.

This observation summarises the findings of new IFS research on recent trends in those receiving out of work disability benefits published in the Journal of Economic Perspectives. Over time, an increasing proportion of these recipients is: younger rather than older, female rather than male, and claiming benefits due to a mental or behavioural health problem rather than a physical one. Issues raised by these trends for both disability and employment policy are also discussed.

This presentation was given at the RES conference 2015.

This presentation was given at a workshop on 'Expenditure-based consolidation: experiences and outcomes' organised by the European Commission Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs (DG ECFIN) in Brussels on 20 January 2015.

This presentation was given at the 2014 Work, Pensions and Labour Economics Study Group conference held at the University of Sheffield on 28-29 July 2014.

This presentation was given at the launch of an OECD report ‘Connecting people with jobs: activation policies in the UK’ held at the Work Foundation, London, on 15 July 2014.