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SUMMARY:The initial impact of COVID-19 and policy responses on household i
 ncomes in the UK - Mike Brewer (The Resolution Foundation)
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DESCRIPTION:As soon as the scale of the coronavirus shock to the economy b
 ecame clear\, the Government introduced three policies to protect directly
  household incomes: a Job Retention Scheme\, to pay the wages of employees
  who were temporarily furloughed\; a Self-Employment Income Support Scheme
 \, to give grants to established self-employed people whose businesses had
  been affected\; and a package of increases to entitlements to social secu
 rity benefits\, with Universal Credit at the core\, that bolstered the UK
 ’s means-tested ‘safety net’. This lecture will discuss the design a
 nd beneficiaries of these policies and\, given the distributional pattern 
 of the labour market shock\, considers the emerging overall impact on livi
 ng standards\, particularly of low-income households.\n\nFor further infor
 mation and analysis\, attendees may be interested in a recent publication\
 , by Mike and colleagues: https://academic.oup.com/oxrep/advance-article/d
 oi/10.1093/oxrep/graa024/5863392\nSpeakers:\nMike Brewer (The Resolution F
 oundation)
LOCATION:Zoom- See below for registration details
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URL:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/f54f07de-081d-41ff-b04e-6fe3a11acfc9/
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