Effects of restrictions to Income Support on health of lone mothers in the UK: a natural experiment study
Summary: Background: In the UK, lone parents must seek work as a condition of receiving welfare benefits once their youngest child reaches a certain age. Since 2008, the lower age limit at which these Lone Parent Obligations (LPO) apply has been reduced in steps. We used data from a nationally repr...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2018-07-01
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Series: | The Lancet Public Health |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468266718301099 |