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Download fileWages, taxes and top-ups: the changing role of the state in helping working families ends meet
This paper: looks at the changing influences of pay, benefits and
taxes in allowing working families to reach minimum
living standards from the late 1990s to the most recent
recession; outlines and evaluates ways to help more low-earning
families achieve an adequate income; assesses how the three main political parties’ tax
policies would affect families on lower incomes.
Funding
Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
History
School
- Social Sciences
Department
- Communication, Media, Social and Policy Studies
Research Unit
- Centre for Research in Social Policy (CRSP)