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Hours Constraints and In‐Work Poverty

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  • Sarah Brown
  • Stephen Pudney

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We develop a new approach to modelling the impact of personal characteristics on the extent of poverty, using propensity score matching methods. This is used to evaluate the contribution of hours constraints to poverty, as revealed in UK and US datasets. The results reveal a significant difference, consistent with the existence of greater labour market flexibility in the US.

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  • Sarah Brown & Stephen Pudney, 2005. "Hours Constraints and In‐Work Poverty," Bulletin of Economic Research, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 57(3), pages 305-315, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:buecrs:v:57:y:2005:i:3:p:305-315
    DOI: 10.1111/j.0307-3378.2005.00225.x
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