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Improving Tax and Benefit Policy: Universal Credit Reform and Part-Time Work
Professor Sir Richard Blundell’s work on labour supply, women’s earnings and the part-time penalty has helped make the case for reforming Universal Credit (UC) in the UK and abroad.
13 February 2023
Synopsis
Professor Sir Richard Blundell’s work on labour supply, women’s earnings and the part-time penalty has helped make the case for reforming Universal Credit (UC) in the UK, and further reforms abroad.
Professor Blundell was invited to serve as an advisor to the Netherlands’ Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis during the development of a new model for understanding the relationship between work and the tax-benefit system. Through his engagement, Professor Blundell was able to make the case for reform, where the model was modified to include data on the price and use of childcare and involuntary employment.
