📄 I would love to hear your thoughts. Read this study in the full working paper available here ⬇️
concettagigante.github.io/Gigante_Sort...
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📝 Policy lesson: This analysis has implications for in-work progression policies. 👷‍♂️ Boosting income allowances and taper generosity can help workers move out of low-hour contracts and move into more stable employment. 🔖
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🏢 The findings highlight that the design of welfare benefits needs to account not only for individual income support but also for the structure of the labour market.
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🏭 The data reveals sorting of low-income workers who respond to incentives by shifting into industry sectors: reducing the probability of working into the manufacturing sector and increasing the probability for the wholesale and retail trade sector.
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🏘️ Increased income benefits at the age eligibility cutoff significantly raise hours of work. Low income workers living in private rented houses are more likely to raise worked hours than workers living in private rented houses.
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