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| Title: | | Disability benefits: A substitute for income support for single mothers with no qualifications in the UK  |
| Authors: | | Soobedar, Zeenat |
| Issue Date: | | 2009 |
| Series/Report no.: | | Working Paper // School of Economics and Finance, Queen Mary, University of London 657 |
| Abstract: | | This paper examines the impact of the age-eligibility rule establishing automatic withdrawal of Income Support for single mothers whose youngest child turns 16 on the disability benefits welfare participation decision of single mothers with no qualifications in the UK. Using the age discontinuity in Income Support program assignment, the study reveals that these single mothers are 4.2 percentage points more likely to claim health benefits as their youngest child turns 16, consistent with a theoretical model of benefits choice. More than a quarter of single mothers who were initially on Income Support apply for sickness and disability benefits, out of which 70% claim non-contributory health benefits. |
| Subjects: | | single mothers disability benefits regression discontinuity |
| JEL: | | J12 I38 C21 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | Working Paper Series, School of Economics and Finance, Queen Mary, University of London
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