Tax credits and in-work poverty in the UK: an analysis of income packages and anti-poverty performance

This article examines the relationship between tax credits and in-work poverty, drawing on the findings from a major national study on in-work poverty. We present an analysis of (i) the income packages of working families and (ii) the performance of tax credits in relation to anti-poverty objectives...

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Autores: Hick, Rod, Lanau, Alba
Formato: artículo
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Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Recursos:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
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Palavra-chave:In-work poverty
Tax credits
Poverty
Social security
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spelling Tax credits and in-work poverty in the UK: an analysis of income packages and anti-poverty performanceHick, RodLanau, AlbaIn-work povertyTax creditsPovertySocial securityThis article examines the relationship between tax credits and in-work poverty, drawing on the findings from a major national study on in-work poverty. We present an analysis of (i) the income packages of working families and (ii) the performance of tax credits in relation to anti-poverty objectives, drawing on data from the Households Below Average Income survey between 2004/5 and 2014/15. Our study generates five novel findings, including that tax credits reduce the poverty gap of recipient households by two-thirds; that tax credit cuts post-2010/11 have served to focus payments on single parent families and households with greater numbers of children; and that tax credits make up just one third of the social security income of working households. We argue that understanding in greater depth the interaction between tax credits and income adequacy amongst working families is necessary to provide a firmer foundation for an effective assault on in-work poverty.Cambridge University Press202420242019info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10230/59821http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1474746418000118reponame:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunyainstname:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)InglésSocial policy and society: a journal of the Social Policy Association. 2019 Apr;18(2):219-36This article has been published in a revised form in Social Policy and Society [http://doi.org/10.1017/S1474746418000118]. This version is published under a Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-ND licence. No commercial re-distribution or re-use allowed. Derivative works cannot be distributed. © Cambridge University Press 2018.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:recercat.cat:10230/598212026-05-29T05:05:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Tax credits and in-work poverty in the UK: an analysis of income packages and anti-poverty performance
title Tax credits and in-work poverty in the UK: an analysis of income packages and anti-poverty performance
spellingShingle Tax credits and in-work poverty in the UK: an analysis of income packages and anti-poverty performance
Hick, Rod
In-work poverty
Tax credits
Poverty
Social security
title_short Tax credits and in-work poverty in the UK: an analysis of income packages and anti-poverty performance
title_full Tax credits and in-work poverty in the UK: an analysis of income packages and anti-poverty performance
title_fullStr Tax credits and in-work poverty in the UK: an analysis of income packages and anti-poverty performance
title_full_unstemmed Tax credits and in-work poverty in the UK: an analysis of income packages and anti-poverty performance
title_sort Tax credits and in-work poverty in the UK: an analysis of income packages and anti-poverty performance
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Hick, Rod
Lanau, Alba
author Hick, Rod
author_facet Hick, Rod
Lanau, Alba
author_role author
author2 Lanau, Alba
author2_role author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv In-work poverty
Tax credits
Poverty
Social security
topic In-work poverty
Tax credits
Poverty
Social security
description This article examines the relationship between tax credits and in-work poverty, drawing on the findings from a major national study on in-work poverty. We present an analysis of (i) the income packages of working families and (ii) the performance of tax credits in relation to anti-poverty objectives, drawing on data from the Households Below Average Income survey between 2004/5 and 2014/15. Our study generates five novel findings, including that tax credits reduce the poverty gap of recipient households by two-thirds; that tax credit cuts post-2010/11 have served to focus payments on single parent families and households with greater numbers of children; and that tax credits make up just one third of the social security income of working households. We argue that understanding in greater depth the interaction between tax credits and income adequacy amongst working families is necessary to provide a firmer foundation for an effective assault on in-work poverty.
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