Welfare Reform and Lone Parents in the UK
分析1999年英国针对低收入家庭的福利改革对单亲父母就业动态、工时调整、伴侣关系及子女福祉的影响，扩展了此前仅关注就业率的研究。
A series of reforms to help low income families with children were introduced in the UK in 1999, including in-work tax credits and welfare-to-work programmes. Lone parents were a key target for these reforms - they comprised 22% of all families by 1998 but 55% of families with children in poverty. Previous studies have shown that the reforms raised employment among lone parents. This article extends the analysis of the effect of the reforms to consider employment dynamics, including hours adjustments, and a broader range of outcomes including partnership and indicators of well-being among lone mothers and their children. Copyright © The Author(s). Journal compilation © Royal Economic Society 2009.