Evidence-based evaluation: Working for Families

Authors

  • Susan St John
  • M Claire Dale

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26686/pq.v8i1.4407

Keywords:

in-work tax credit (IWTC), working for families (WFF), ‘evidence-based’, child-related payment

Abstract

One of the most important functions of the discipline of economics is to provide a rational basis for policy making. The role of evidence is at its heart, yet the scientific approach to social matters may also blind us to fundamental normative issues that must be faced before we can answer the question: does this policy make us better off? 

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Policy Quarterly volume 8 number 1 2012

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2012-02-01

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Vol. 8 No. 1 (2012): Policy Quarterly

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