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Implementation and second-year impacts for New Deal 25 Plus customers in the UK Employment Retention and Advancement (ERA) demonstration

This report presents new findings on how an innovative post-employment program in Britain is affecting the employme... Show more
This report presents new findings on how an innovative post-employment program in Britain is affecting the employment, earnings and benefits receipt of long-term unemployed individuals. This initiative, called the Employment Retention and Advancement (ERA) demonstration program, is being carefully evaluated through a large-scale randomised control trial. ERA offered a unique combination of financial incentives and in-work support designed to help individuals sustain and advance in the labour market. The demonstration targeted three groups: unemployed lone parents, lone parents working part-time, and long-term unemployed individuals receiving government benefits. While a companion report [indexed at TD/TNC 94.119] presents effects for lone parents, this report focuses on the experiences of the long-term unemployed group, most of whom are men. An earlier evaluation report published in 2007 [indexed at TD/TNC 89.84], showed that, despite significant positive effects for lone parents, ERA's effects for the long-term unemployed group were mixed and uncertain after one year of follow-up. For this group, the program had shown no effects overall on employment or earnings but there were suggestions of positive effects in some districts. The new evidence presented here, covering two years of follow-up, continues to show that ERA's effects were limited. Although the program increased overall employment rates and reduced benefits receipt in year two, these effects were small. However, final assessment of ERA's effectiveness for this group must await longer-term follow-up.
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Authors: Miller, Cynthia; Bewley, Helen; Campbell-Barr, Verity; Dorsett, Richard ... [+] Show more

Date: 2008

Geographic subjects: Europe; Great Britain

Resource type: Government report or paper

Series name: Department for Work and Pensions research report

Subjects: Finance; Gender; Research ... [+] Show more
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The relative effectiveness of blended versus face-to-face adult English and maths learning

The 2003 and 2011 Skills for Life surveys of the general adult population revealed that while the proportion of adu... Show more
The 2003 and 2011 Skills for Life surveys of the general adult population revealed that while the proportion of adults showing literacy skills of Level 2 standard and above had increased, the level of progress at the lower end of the scale was disappointing and numeracy skills appeared to have shown a small decline. Reform plans for the further education and skills system developed in 2011 included expanding the Skills for Life programmes to offer free courses to enable adults to improve their basic literacy and numeracy skills to English and maths GCSE/Level 2.
This report describes a randomised control trial (RCT) into the relative effectiveness of face-to-face compared to blended learning for adult English and maths learning, i.e. learning that makes significant pedagogic use of information and communications technology (ICT). The RCT was part of a government initiated programme of research into adult English and maths. Its primary aim was to assess the impact of delivery mode on skills at the time of course completion. Secondary outcomes were identified as longer-term attainment, confidence with English and maths, labour market outcomes and subjective well-being. The report describes the RCT design decisions and implementation details, and provides an assessment of how the trial worked.
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Authors: Anders, Jake; Dorsett, Richard; Stokes, Lucy

Date: 2018

Geographic subjects: Great Britain; Europe

Resource type: Government report or paper

Series name: DfE research report

Subjects: Teaching and learning; Research; Numeracy ... [+] Show more
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Empirical research on youth transitions to, and within the labour market: findings of descriptive and econometric analyses

This study investigates the ways in which young people's movements between education and work have changed over the... Show more
This study investigates the ways in which young people's movements between education and work have changed over the last 30 years. It provides information on long-term education and labour market trends affecting 16 to 24 year olds.
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This set of data comprises: (1) research paper; (2) summary; (3) literature review; (4) data for the analysis of long-term time trends of school-to-work transitions (spreadsheet); and (5) data table for age groups/cohorts covered in 2009 Labour Force Survey ad hoc modules (spreadsheet). Show less

Authors: Speckesser, Stefan; Anders, Jake; Coulon, Augustin de; Dorsett, Richard ... [+] Show more

Date: 2015

Geographic subjects: Great Britain; Europe

Resource type: Government report or paper

Series name: BIS research paper

Subjects: Youth; Employment; Statistics ... [+] Show more
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What young English people do once they reach school-leaving age: a cross-cohort comparison for the last 30 years

This paper examines how young people's early transitions into the labour market have changed between cohorts born i... Show more
This paper examines how young people's early transitions into the labour market have changed between cohorts born in 1958, 1970, 1980, and 1990. [The authors] use sequence analysis to characterise transition patterns and identify three distinct pathways in all cohorts. An 'Entering the Labour Market' group has declined significantly in size (from 91 per cent in the earliest cohort, to 37 per cent in the most recent), an 'Accumulating Human Capital' group has grown in its place (from 4 per cent to 51 per cent), but also a 'Potential Cause for Concern' group has grown alongside this, reaching 12 per cent in the most recent cohort. These trends appear to reflect behavioural rather than compositional changes. Females and those who are from a non-white ethnic background have gone from being more likely to be in the 'Potential Cause for Concern' group, to being less likely. Coming from a low socio-economic status background has remained a strong predictor of having a transition of this type across all four cohorts. These early transitions are important, not least since we show they are highly predictive of longer-term outcomes.
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Authors: Anders, Jake; Dorsett, Richard

Date: 2017

Geographic subjects: England; Great Britain; Europe

Resource type: Article

Journal title: Longitudinal and life course studies

Subjects: Youth; Employment; Research ... [+] Show more
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Visualising the school-to-work transition: an analysis using optimal matching

This paper studies the school-to-work transition in the UK with the aim of achieving a richer understanding of indi... Show more
This paper studies the school-to-work transition in the UK with the aim of achieving a richer understanding of individuals’ trajectories in the five years after reaching school leaving age. By applying the technique of ‘optimal matching’ on data from 1991 to 2008, [the authors] group individuals’ trajectories post-16, and identify a small number of distinct transition patterns. [The] results suggest that while nine out of 10 young people have generally positive experiences post-16, the remaining individuals exhibit a variety of histories that might warrant policy attention. [The authors] assess the extent to which characteristics at age 16 can predict which type of trajectory a young person will follow. [The] analysis shows that, despite the apparent heterogeneity, virtually all at-risk trajectories are associated with a relatively small set of key ‘risk factors’: early pregnancy; low educational attainment and self-confidence; and disadvantaged family background. These characteristics are known to be strongly correlated across individuals and raise concerns about the degree of socioeconomic polarisation in the transition from school to work. Show less

Authors: Dorsett, Richard; Lucchino, Paolo

Date: 2013

Geographic subjects: Great Britain; Europe

Resource type: Report, paper or authored book

Series name: NIESR discussion paper

Subjects: Youth; Employment; Equity ... [+] Show more
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Young people's labour market transitions: the role of early experiences

[The authors] investigate young people's labour market transitions beyond compulsory schooling and, in particular, ... Show more
[The authors] investigate young people's labour market transitions beyond compulsory schooling and, in particular, the dynamic effects of early experiences. [The authors] use a UK longitudinal survey to model transitions between four states: employment, unemployment, education and a residual category made up of those neither in education nor economically active. The results provide new evidence on the causal impact of prior experience and show the importance of distinguishing between unemployment and inactivity among non-students. A simulation exercise illustrates the evaluation potential of the model and provides some clues for the design of interventions aimed at improving young people's employment prospects.
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Authors: Dorsett, Richard; Lucchino, Paolo

Date: 2013

Geographic subjects: Great Britain; Europe

Resource type: Report, paper or authored book

Series name: NIESR discussion paper

Subjects: Youth; Employment; Research ... [+] Show more
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Implementation and second-year impacts for lone parents in the UK Employment Retention and Advancement (ERA) demonstration

This report presents new findings on the implementation and effectiveness of Britain's Employment Retention and Adv... Show more
This report presents new findings on the implementation and effectiveness of Britain's Employment Retention and Advancement (ERA) demonstration program, which is being evaluated though a large-scale randomised control trial. ERA's distinctive combination of post-employment advisory support and financial incentives was designed to help low-income individuals who entered work sustain employment and advance in the labour market. The analysis presented here focuses on the experiences of lone parents within the first two years following their entry onto the program.
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Authors: Riccio, James A.; Bewley, Helen; Campbell-Barr, Verity; Dorsett, Richard ... [+] Show more

Date: 2008

Geographic subjects: Europe; Great Britain

Resource type: Government report or paper

Series name: Department for Work and Pensions research report

Subjects: Finance; Culture and society; Research ... [+] Show more
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What young English people do once they reach school-leaving age: a cross-cohort comparison for the last 30 years

This paper examines how young people's early transitions into the labour market have changed between cohorts born i... Show more
This paper examines how young people's early transitions into the labour market have changed between cohorts born in 1958, 1970, 1980, and 1990. [The authors] use sequence analysis to characterise transition patterns and identify three distinct pathways in all cohorts. An 'Entering the Labour Market' group has declined significantly in size (from 91 per cent in the earliest cohort, to 37 per cent in the most recent), an 'Accumulating Human Capital' group has grown in its place (from four per cent to 51 per cent), but also a 'Potential Cause for Concern' group has grown alongside this, reaching 12 per cent in the most recent cohort. These trends appear to reflect behavioural rather than compositional changes. Females and those who are from a non-white ethnic background have gone from being more likely to be in the 'Potential Cause for Concern' group, to being less likely. Coming from a low socio-economic status background has remained a strong predictor of having a transition of this type across all four cohorts. These early transitions are important, not least since [the authors] show they are highly predictive of longer-term outcomes.
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Authors: Anders, Jake; Dorsett, Richard

Date: 2015

Geographic subjects: England; Great Britain; Europe

Resource type: Report, paper or authored book

Series name: LLAKES research paper

Subjects: Youth; Employment; Outcomes ... [+] Show more
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Implementation and first-year impacts of the UK Employment Retention and Advancement (ERA) demonstration

This report presents findings on the implementation and early effects of Britain’s Employment Retention and Advance... Show more
This report presents findings on the implementation and early effects of Britain’s Employment Retention and Advancement (ERA) demonstration, which is being evaluated through a large-scale randomised control trial. Aimed at helping low-income individuals sustain employment and progress in work, ERA offers a combination of job coaching and financial incentives to participants once they are working. It is administered by Jobcentre Plus in six regions: East Midlands, London, North East England, North West England, Wales, and Scotland. The initial results, covering individuals’ first 12 months in ERA, are encouraging. Despite early operational difficulties, ERA has had a number of positive effects. Across various types of people and places, it increased the receipt of services and training for working customers, increased participants’ average earnings, and produced some reductions in their benefit receipt. Still, it is much too soon to draw firm conclusions about ERA’s effectiveness. Progression in work is a gradual process that can take several years to unfold. Furthermore, many ERA customers were just entering or preparing for work during the first follow-up year, and none could have yet taken full advantage of the programme’s offer of up to two years of in-work guidance and incentives.
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Authors: Dorsett, Richard; Campbell-Barr, Verity; Hamilton, Gayle; Hoggart, Lesley ... [+] Show more

Date: 2007

Geographic subjects: Europe; Great Britain

Resource type: Government report or paper

Series name: Department for Work and Pensions research report

Subjects: Employment; Evaluation; Income ... [+] Show more
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Mandating IAP for older New Dealers: an interim report of the quantitative evaluation

New Deal 25 plus (ND25+) provides job search assistance, training opportunities and work placements to people aged ... Show more
New Deal 25 plus (ND25+) provides job search assistance, training opportunities and work placements to people aged between 25 and the state pension age who have been claiming Jobseeker’s Allowance for 18 out of 21 months. It comprises three stages: Gateway - up to four months of intensive jobsearch assistance; Intensive Activity Period (IAP) - a variety of assistance (training, work experience etc.) lasting 13 to 52 weeks; Follow-through - further jobsearch assistance for up to three months. At present, people aged 50 and over on ND25+ can volunteer to participate in the IAP. The Pensions Green Paper ‘Simplicity, security and choice: working and saving for retirement’ announced the intention to run a pilot study mandating participation. This has been running since April 2004 in 14 Jobcentre Plus districts. This report documents the evaluation to date of the effect of the mandate. Results are interim at this stage - final results will be available in a later report due in 2008. The evaluation follows a random assignment (or ‘experimental’) design. Individuals participating in the pilots are randomly assigned to either an ‘action’ group for whom IAP participation is mandatory or a ‘control’ group for whom participation remains voluntary. The analysis is based on data collected at the time of random assignment and on the New Deal Evaluation Database. Up until August 2005, 2,622 individuals had participated in the pilots. The total number of participants expected by the end of the pilot period is about 4,000. This is less by a third than original expectations.
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Authors: Dorsett, Richard; Speckesser, Stefan

Corporate authors: Policy Studies Institute (Great Britain) (PSI) ... [+] Show more

Date: 2006

Geographic subjects: Europe; Great Britain

Resource type: Government report or paper

Series name: Department for Work and Pensions research report

Subjects: Participation; Qualifications; Evaluation ... [+] Show more

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