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INNOVATION-THE EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH
Volume 27, Issue 1, Pages 5-19Publisher
ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/13511610.2013.787696
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within-household distribution; gender analysis; universal credit; welfare reform
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The UK government has been considering the design and delivery of the proposed universal credit, the centerpiece of its welfare reforms. The authors draw on findings from their own research, about how low/moderate-income couples manage money and negotiate gender roles, to demonstrate their relevance to exploring the gender implications of the proposals for universal credit. Findings from this and other similar studies are used to explore the value of qualitative research to policy design and debates - in particular to supplement economic modeling, which has been highly influential in driving the current UK government's thinking on welfare reform. The authors discuss the reasons why insights about gender relations within the household revealed by such qualitative research appear to have been resisted in the reform.
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