What works for work incentives: moving off benefits

As part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science we presented new research about work incentives in the UK and Europe. What can policy makers do to move people off benefits and into work?

The event was open to the public, policymakers, thinktanks, journalists and charities at Broadway House, Tothill Street, Westminster on Tuesday 7th November from 10am-1pm.
The sessions were chaired by Doug Rendle from HM Treasury and Dalia Ben Galim from Gingerbread.

Here are the presentations from the event:

International comparisons

• In-work poverty and secondary earners – Presented by Dr Xavier Jara (University of Essex):
• Can parents afford to work? Childcare costs and work incentives in OECD and EU countries – Presented by James Browne (OECD)

Policy developments in the UK

• Who faces weak work incentives? – Presented by Dr Paola De Agostini (University of Essex).
• Universal Credit and incentives to progress – Presented by David Finch (Resolution Foundation)

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