The benefit cap and the two-child limit were both introduced with the aim of promoting fairness. However, women are disproportionately affected by both of these polices. This article presents new empirical evidence that demonstrates the gendered impacts of the benefit cap and the two-child limit on mothers. It shows that the benefit cap and the two-child limit ignore the gendered reasons for women’s disproportionate subjection to the policies, devalue unpaid care, fail to recognise gendered barriers to paid work and ultimately, harm women in a wide range of ways, particularly by further entrenching them in poverty.
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Andersen, K. (2023). Promoting fairness? Exploring the gendered impacts of the benefit cap and the two-child limit. Journal of Poverty and Social Justice, 31(2), 174–190. https://doi.org/10.1332/175982721X16757603309669
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