Childcare costs and Universal Credit: awareness, affordability and the challenge of an embedded system.

Autor/in	Wood, Marsha
Titel	Childcare costs and Universal Credit: awareness, affordability and the challenge of an embedded system. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Kinderbetreuungskosten und Universal Credit: Bekanntheit, Finanzierbarkeit und die Herausforderung eines integrierten Systems.
Quelle	In: The journal of poverty and social justice, 29 (2021) 2, S. 203-220 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
DOI	10.1332/175982721X16172947026094
Schlagwörter	Selbstverantwortung; Familie; Familienpolitik; Sozialhilfe; Eltern; Kinderbetreuung; Entbürokratisierung; Finanzierung; Niedriglohn; Beruf; Subventionierung; Auswirkung; Inanspruchnahme; Großbritannien
Abstract	"Helping parents meet the cost of childcare is an important policy objective in the UK and there are various financial subsidies available. For low-income working parents, this support is increasingly provided through Universal Credit, the main means-tested benefit for working-age people in the UK. This article draws on qualitative interviews with parents on Universal Credit and explores issues of awareness, affordability, administration and the consequences of embedding childcare costs into a monthly-based means-tested system. The conclusions reflect on the implications for the Universal Credit goals of supporting employment, of simplification of the system, and of increasing personal responsibility." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku, © 2021 Policy Press).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2021/4