In October 1999, the British government enacted the Working Families? Tax Credit, a generous tax credit aimed at encouraging work among low-income families with children. This paper uses longitudinal data collected between 1991 and 2001 to evaluate the effect of this reform on single mothers. We...

Discusses implementation, structure, and operations of WtW grant-funded programs in 11 study sites as they existed in mid-2000. Finds that the grant program has encouraged the development of innovative strategies at the community level, that local programs use a wide variety of tactics to...

In October 1999, the British government enacted the Working Families’ Tax Credit, a generous tax credit aimed at encouraging work among low-income families with children. This paper uses longitudinal data collected between 1991 and 2001 to evaluate the effect of this reform on single mothers....