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  First results of the implementation of the Youth Employment Initiative: Greece

  Oct 2016 | European Commission

  This report containing IES research offers the first analysis of the Youth Employment Initiative (YEI) in Greece.

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  Intensive Activity Programme trial evaluation: Evidence synthesis

  Aug 2016 | Department for work and pensions (DWP)

  This report offers an evidence synthesis of IES' evaluation of the Intensive Activity Programme (IAP). The programme was a package of intensive support and structured activities that claimants were required to complete within 21 days of making a new Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) claim, in addition to a full-time job search.

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  Jobseekers Regime test site evaluation

  Qualitative research

  Bellis A, Aston J, Dewson S | Mar 2009 | Department for Work and Pensions

  This research explored implementation and delivery of the first three Jobcentre Plus-led stages of the enhanced Jobseekers Regime. The revised regime, intended to provide increasing levels of support for customers during the first 12 months of unemployment, was trialled in four Jobcentre Plus sites, and qualitative research undertaken over a six to eight month period.

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  Vulnerable Youth & Gender in Europe

  Gökşen F, Filiztekin A, Smith M, Çelik C, Öker I, Kuz S | Mar 2015 |  CROME, University of Brighton

  This report containing IES research looks at gender and class roles in the European labour market.

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  Database of effective youth employment measures in selected Member States

  Hadjivassiliou K, Rickard C, Manzoni C, Swift S | Aug 2016 | CROME, University of Brighton

  This report presents a database of effective youth employment measures in specific European Union Member States. It is one of several outputs from the STYLE project, funded by the European Commission.

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  Intensive Activity Programme trial evaluation: Claimant research

  Aug 2016 | Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)

  This report provides detailed findings of the qualitative research undertaken by IES' for the evaluation of the Intensive Activity Programme (IAP). The programme was a package of intensive support and structured activities that claimants were required to complete within 21 days of making a new Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) claim, in addition to a full-time job search.

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  Business Start-ups & Youth Self-Employment in the UK: A Policy Literature Review

  Hinks R, Fohrbeck A, Meager N | Apr 2015 | CROME, University of Brighton

  This paper gives an overview of the key policy initiatives in the UK designed - fully or in part – to propel young people into self-employment, based on a literature review of academic and grey sources. In particular, it outlines the rationale and approaches of various initiatives originating in the public and voluntary sectors, and makes an assessment of their impact where possible. It also summarises the key features of self-employment in the UK, focusing on issues of job quality.

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  The New Deal for Young Unemployed People

  Dewson S, Eccles J | May 2001 | National Council for Voluntary Organisations

  This report presents the findings of a study on the New Deal for Young Unemployed People, commissioned by NCVO. The study's aim was to explore and determine the experiences of young people entering the Voluntary Sector option of the New Deal for 18 to 24 year olds. This publication is no longer available.

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  Business Start-Up Support for Young People, Delivered by The Prince's Trust

  A Comparative Study of Labour Market Outcomes

  Meager N, Bates P, Cowling M | Feb 2003 | Department for Work and Pensions

  This report examines the effectiveness of the Business Programme of The Prince's Trust and analyses the longer-term labour market outcomes of young adults who are supported into self-employment. The study was commissioned by the former DfEE in 1999 and carried out by the Institute for Employment Studies (IES) and Marc Cowling of the London Business School (LBS).

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  New Deal for Disabled People

  Survey of Employers

  Dewson S, Ritchie H, Meager N | Oct 2005 | Department for Work and Pensions

  This report presents the main findings from a representative national survey of nearly 1,500 employers who had recruited individuals registered under the New Deal for Disabled People (NDDP) during the period July 2002 to July 2003. It aimed to provide a quantitative assessment of the nature and scale of employer involvement with the programme, as a complement to two waves of qualitative research with employers (undertaken in 2002 and 2003).