As part of your job as an economist at the Department of Work and Pension, you regularly advise ministers on various economic and social policies that the government plans to introduce. The government is considering a welfare policy to help people to get out of poverty while at the same time reducing the incidence of "out of work" in the population. The ministers are considering whether to (1) give people a cash grant or (2) an earned income tax credit, which pays those in work 30% of the hourly wage they receive from their employer. Discuss the merit of each policy and their implications for labour supply. Make use to illustrate your answer with the use of diagram(s) and to make reference the existing empirical evidence (i.e., from existing studies).