Working for Families Evaluation
The Working for Families Evaluation has been jointly conducted by the Ministry of Social Development and Inland Revenue Department. It aimed to assess:
- The implementation and delivery of the package as a whole and its components.
- The impact of the package in ensuring that families get their entitlements (package receipt), including identifying barriers and facilitators to receiving the package.
- The impact of the package on net incomes, income poverty and living standards for all those affected by the changes, especially for low-to-middle income families with dependent children.
- The degree to which the package improves employment-related outcomes for adults from low-to-middle income families with dependent children.
Produced by: Centre for Social Research and Evaluation - Ministry of Social Development
Changing Families’ Financial Support and Incentives for Working
Changing Families’ Financial Support and Incentives for Working: The summary report of the evaluation of the Working for Families package is the final report of the Working for Families evaluation. It summarises the findings and includes some new findings from the evaluation which have not been published previously. Data reported covers the implementation of Working for Families up until the tax year ending 31 March 2008, with some later data included where this is available.
Annex report 1: Effective marginal tax rates for Working for Families recipients: This report provides details of the methodology for the results presented in section 2.3 of the summary report.
Annex report 2: Employment incentives for couple parents: Labour market effects of changes to financial incentives and support. This report provides details of the methodology for the results presented in section 2.2 of the summary report
Receipt of the Working for Families package 2006
The Receipt of the Working for Families Package 2006 report describes public awareness of the package and who is receiving WFF entitlements to the end of August 2006. The Receipt of the Working for Families Package: 2007 Update provides a summary of the programme through the tax year ending March 2007 and progress to the end of August 2007.
Employment incentives for sole parents: Labour market effects of changes to financial incentives and support
Research into the impact of Working for Families on sole parents' employment is described in the Employment incentives for sole parents: Labour market effects of changes to financial incentives and support summary and technical report. The summary describes the major findings of this research, while the technical report describes the methodologies used in the analysis and contains detailed results.
