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Table 5 Programme participation simulations for a representative individual % expected and expected change by state

From: The labour supply effects of a partial cash-out of in-kind transfers to single mothers

Variable

Programme

 

CH

Housing benefit

Family credit

Reference

84.42

40.89

41.61

CH + £10

8.76

0.00

−0.01

HB + £10

0.01

10.75

0.01

FC + £10

0.01

0.01

3.16

owner

−19.80

0.00

−13.87

age + 10

−0.35

−1.77

−1.45

unemp. + 1%

−0.22

1.85

2.05

child 0-4

7.39

10.12

−5.02

child 5-10

2.19

3.81

−3.14

widow

−10.23

−9.48

−25.42

  1. Source: Author calculations.
  2. Note: FC = Family Credit; HB = Housing Benefit, CH = child nutrition programmes. The representative individual has a weekly income (in 1992 prices) of £105, £115, £130, £145 at NP, lower part time, higher part time, full time respectively; has zero eligibility for FC, HB or CH; lives in rented accommodation; has a youngest child at secondary school (aged 11–18); faces a local unemployment rate of 5%; and lives in the South East in 1992.
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