IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/sae/loceco/v27y2012i5-6p449-454.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Universal Credit: Simplification or personalisation?

Author

Listed:
  • Paul Spicker

Abstract

Current proposals for welfare reform in the UK are based on a Universal Credit, intended simultaneously to simplify the structure of benefits while offering sensitive and rapid responsiveness to personal circumstances. The two objectives are in conflict, and neither can be achieved by the proposals.

Suggested Citation

  • Paul Spicker, 2012. "Universal Credit: Simplification or personalisation?," Local Economy, London South Bank University, vol. 27(5-6), pages 449-454, August.
  • Handle: RePEc:sae:loceco:v:27:y:2012:i:5-6:p:449-454
    DOI: 10.1177/0269094212444575
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0269094212444575
    Download Restriction: no

    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1177/0269094212444575?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Bryson, Alex & Kasparova, Diana, 2003. "Profiling benefit claimants in Britain: a feasibility study," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 4991, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Allan Little, 2007. "Inactivity And Labour Market Attachment In Britain," Scottish Journal of Political Economy, Scottish Economic Society, vol. 54(1), pages 19-54, February.
    2. Ralf Wilke, 2009. "Unemployment Duration in the United Kingdom: An Incomplete Data Approach," Discussion Papers 09/02, University of Nottingham, School of Economics.
    3. Kerstin Bachberger-Strolz, 2020. "Profiling, Targeting, Algorithmen, künstliche Intelligenz – über die Irrwege einer Debatte in der Arbeitsmarktpolitik," Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft - WuG, Kammer für Arbeiter und Angestellte für Wien, Abteilung Wirtschaftswissenschaft und Statistik, vol. 46(3), pages 329-363.
    4. O'Connell, Philip J. & McGuinness, Seamus & Kelly, Elish, 2010. "A Statistical Profiling Model of Long-Term Unemployment Risk in Ireland," Papers WP345, Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI).
    5. Stefanie Behncke & Markus Frölich & Michael Lechner, 2009. "Targeting Labour Market Programmes - Results from a Randomized Experiment," Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics (SJES), Swiss Society of Economics and Statistics (SSES), vol. 145(III), pages 221-268, September.
    6. Layte, Richard & O'Connell, Philip J., 2005. "Profiling the Unemployed: An Analysis of the Galway and Waterford Live-Register Surveys," Research Series, Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), number PRS55, June.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:sae:loceco:v:27:y:2012:i:5-6:p:449-454. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: SAGE Publications (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.lsbu.ac.uk/index.shtml .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.