?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Has+Labour+made+work+pay%3F&rft.creator=Brewer%2C+M.&rft.creator=Shephard%2C+A.&rft.description=A+review+of+the+Labour+Government's+success+in+improving+the+financial+reward+to+work+for+low-income+families.%0D%0A%0D%0ASince+1997%2C+the+Labour+Government+has+instigate+a+series+of+reforms+aimed+at+helping+to+make+work+pay+more+than+not+working%2C+and+to+make+work+pay+enough+to+help+families+avoid+poverty.+This+report+is+the+first+to+provide+an+overview+of+all+such+policies+since+1997%2C+and+to+provide+an+impartial+analysis+of+the+evidence+of+the+Government's+success+to+date.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe+report+examines+the+key+outcomes+targeted+by+'make+work+pay'+policies%2C+showing+trends+in+the+proportion+of+parents+in+employment%2C+and+the+number+of+children+in+households+where+no+adult+is+in+paid+work.+It+reviews+studies+which+estimate+the+contribution+that+government+policies+made+to+these+changes.+And+it+provides+new+evidence+on+the+impact+of+changes+to+personal+taxes%2C+tax+credits+and+benefits+on+measures+of+financial+work+incentives.+The+authors+also+anticipate+where+this+policy+agenda+might+take+the+Government+in+the+future.&rft.publisher=Joseph+Rowntree+Foundation&rft.date=2004-11&rft.type=Report&rft.language=eng&rft.source=++++Joseph+Rowntree+Foundation%3A+York%2C+UK.+++++&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F18462%2F1%2F18462.pdf&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F18462%2F&rft.rights=open