Publication - Research and analysis

Scottish Child Payment and the labour market: 2026 update

Published: 13 October 2026
From: Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice and Housing, +1 more … Director of Tackling Child Poverty and Social Justice
Directorate: Tackling Child Poverty and Social Justice Directorate, +1 more … Social Security Directorate
Topic: Children and families, Cost of living crisis, Economy, +1 more … Work and skills
ISBN: 9781807756161

This publication presents Scottish Government analysis of how Scottish Child Payment interacts with the labour market in Scotland.

Part of

Social security: policy research and evaluation

Supporting documents

Footnotes

1 Scottish Government, Bringing Hope, Building Futures: Tackling Child Poverty Delivery Plan 2026-2031 (2026)

2 Institute for Fiscal Studies, Does the Scottish Child Payment weaken work incentives? (2026)

3 Andersen, K. et al., Investing in children: Early findings on the difference the Scottish Child Payment makes to child wellbeing (2025)

4 Cook, W., Unconditional Cash Transfers and Maternal Labour Supply: The Case of the Two-Child Limit in the United Kingdom (2026)

5 Scottish Government, Five Family Payments: evaluation (2025)

6 Institute for Fiscal Studies, The careers and time use of mothers and fathers (2021)

Contact

Email: ceu@gov.scot

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