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The initial impact of COVID-19 and policy responses on household incomes by Brewer, Mike, Gardiner, Laura

“…Abstract As soon as the scale of the coronavirus shock to the economy became clear, the UK government introduced three policies to protect directly household…”
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Does welfare reform affect fertility? Evidence from the UK by Brewer, Mike, Ratcliffe, Anita, dSmith, Sarah

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Developing an Integrated Ocean Observing System for New Zealand by O’Callaghan, Joanne, Stevens, Craig, Roughan, Moninya, Cornelisen, Chris, Sutton, Philip, Garrett, Sally, Giorli, Giacomo, Smith, Robert O., Currie, Kim I., Suanda, Sutara H., Williams, Michael, Bowen, Melissa, Fernandez, Denise, Vennell, Ross, Knight, Benjamin R., Barter, Paul, McComb, Peter, Oliver, Megan, Livingston, Mary, Tellier, Pierre, Meissner, Anna, Brewer, Mike, Gall, Mark, Nodder, Scott D., Decima, Moira, Souza, Joao, Forcén-Vazquez, Aitana, Gardiner, Sarah, Paul-Burke, Kura, Chiswell, Stephen, Roberts, Jim, Hayden, Barb, Biggs, Barry, Macdonald, Helen

“…New Zealand (NZ) is an island nation with stewardship of an ocean twenty times larger than its land area. While the challenges facing NZ’s ocean are similar to…”
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Did the UK policy response to Covid-19 protect household incomes? by Brewer, Mike, Tasseva, Iva Valentinova

“…We analyse the UK policy response to Covid-19 and its impact on household incomes in the UK in April and May 2020, using microsimulation methods. We estimate…”
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Universal Credit: Welfare reform and mental health by Brewer, Mike, Dang, Thang, Tominey, Emma

“…The UK Universal Credit (UC) welfare reform simplified the benefits system whilst strongly incentivising a return to sustainable employment. Exploiting a…”
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In‐Work Credits in the UK and the US by Brewer, Mike, Hoynes, Hilary

“…In‐work credits grew in popularity worldwide during the late 1990s and 2000s as a means of reforming welfare systems in ways that could both encourage work and…”
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Ocean mixing and heat transport processes observed under the Ross Ice Shelf control its basal melting by Stevens, Craig, Hulbe, Christina, Brewer, Mike, Stewart, Craig, Robinson, Natalie, Ohneiser, Christian, Jendersie, Stefan

“…The stability of large Antarctic ice shelves has important implications for global sea level, sea ice area, and ocean circulation. A significant proportion of…”
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WHY ARE HOUSEHOLDS THAT REPORT THE LOWEST INCOMES SO WELL-OFF? by Brewer, Mike, Etheridge, Ben, O'Dea, Cormac

“…We document that households in the UK with extremely low measured income tend to spend much more than those with merely moderately low income. This phenomenon…”
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Does more free childcare help parents work more? by Brewer, Mike, Cattan, Sarah, Crawford, Claire, Rabe, Birgitta

“…•Use RDD and FE to estimate impact of p/t and f/t free childcare on parents’ labour supply.•Find positive effects of access to f/t childcare for mothers with…”
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Can't work or won't work: Quasi-experimental evidence on work search requirements for single parents by Avram, Silvia, Brewer, Mike, Salvatori, Andrea

“…•We study the introduction of work search requirements for lone parents on welfare in the UK.•We compare outcomes over time of affected and non-affected lone…”
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Accounting for Changes in Income Inequality: Decomposition Analyses for the UK, 1978-2008 by Brewer, Mike, Wren-Lewis, Liam

“…We analyse income inequality in the UK from 1978 to 2009 in order to understand why income inequality rose very rapidly from 1978 to 1991 but then remained…”
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Trends in income and wealth inequalities by Bourquin, Pascale, Brewer, Mike, Wernham, Thomas

“…Abstract This article brings together trends in inequalities in income, wealth and, to a limited extent, consumption in the United Kingdom, with a focus on…”
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How Taxes and Welfare Benefits Affect Work Incentives: A Life-Cycle Perspective by Brewer, Mike, Shaw, Jonathan

“…Personal taxes and benefits affect the incentive to work over the life cycle by altering income–age profiles, insuring against adverse shocks and changing the…”
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The curious incidence of rent subsidies: Evidence of heterogeneity from administrative data by Brewer, Mike, Browne, James, Emmerson, Carl, Hood, Andrew, Joyce, Robert

“…This paper provides new evidence on the incidence of rent subsidies. We use administrative panel data on subsidy recipients in the UK and exploit a natural…”
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Household Earnings and Income Volatility in the UK, 2009–2017 by Avram, Silvia, Brewer, Mike, Fisher, Paul, Fumagalli, Laura

“…We study the volatility of sources of individual and household level income in the UK in the years 2009-2017, following the Great Recession and government…”
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A method for decomposing the impact of reforms on the long-run income distribution, with an application to universal credit by Brewer, Mike, Joyce, Robert, Waters, Tom, Woods, Joseph

“…Income inequality, as well as the impact of tax and benefit reforms on it, has typically been evaluated with respect to ‘snapshot’ incomes, measured over short…”
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Does welfare reform affect fertility? Evidence from the UK by Brewer, Mike, Ratcliffe, Anita, Smith, Sarah

“…This paper provides evidence on the effect of welfare reform on fertility, focusing on UK reforms in 1999 that increased per-child spending by 50% in real…”
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Did working families' tax credit work? The impact of in-work support on labour supply in Great Britain by Brewer, Mike, Duncan, Alan, Shephard, Andrew, Suárez, María José

“…In-work benefits are promoted as a way to make low-income families better off without introducing adverse work incentives. In 1999, the structure of in-work…”
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Job Changes and Hours Changes: Understanding the Path of Labor Supply Adjustment by Blundell, Richard, Brewer, Mike, Francesconi, Marco

“…We use British panel data to investigate single women’s labor supply changes in response to three reforms that affected individuals’ work incentives. We use…”
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The Short- and Medium-Term Impacts of the Recession on the UK Income Distribution by Brewer, Mike, Browne, James, Hood, Andrew, Joyce, Robert, Sibieta, Luke

“…We study the short- and medium-term impacts of the recent recession on the distribution of net household income in the UK. We document trends in the…”
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