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Benefits for single parents |
22 September 2006 |
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A recent study of European countries suggests that there is a link between benefit levels and the number of single mothers. It estimates that for every 1000 euros (£675) the state offers in benefits, that the rate of single parents goes up by 2 per cent.
Britain has one of the highest rates of single parenthood in the EU. So is our welfare system itself increasing the number of single parents? Are people choosing to become single parents in order to gain more benefit money? And how should the Government respond to this latest research?
Martha is joined by the author of this study, Libertad Gonzalez of Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona; Chris Pond, chief executive of the National Council for One Parent Families; and, Patricia Morgan of the Institute of Economic Affairs.
National Council for One Parent Families
Gingerbread (the organisation for lone parent families)
Parentline
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