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  • Helping People who are Out Of Work Because of Ill-Health to Return to Work

    A Literature and Programme Review for the Improving Health, Increasing Employment in Birmingham and Solihull Project Board

    Francis R, Barnes H, Lucy D, Savage J, Oakley J | Sep 2008 | Institute for Employment Studies

    This literature and programme review was commissioned by the Improving Health, Increasing Employment Project Board of Birmingham and Solihull (IHIE) to help plan future programmes for existing Incapacity Benefit claimants.

  • Impact of Care to Learn - Tracking the Destinations of Young Parents Funded in 2004/05

    Dench S | Nov 2006 | Institute for Employment Studies

    Care to Learn is a UK government initiative that provides financial support for teenage parents who want to continue in, or return to learning. It helps with the cost of their childcare and travel. As part of the national evaluation of Care to Learn, a telephone survey was conducted of 1,000 of the 3,666 young parents who received Care to Learn funding during the 2004/05 academic year. The survey was conducted during September/October 2005, to allow time after the end of the previous academic year for these young parents to have obtained any examination results and to have moved on, eg to further study, a job, or a period of inactivity.

  • Webinar & slides: Working for the Future

    The Commission on the Future of Employment Support

    Dec 2022 | Institute for Employment Studies

    Slides and a webinar recording that introduces our new Commission on the Future of Employment Support.

  • Labour Market Statistics, February 2021

    Feb 2021 | Institute for Employment Studies

    This briefing note sets out analysis of the Labour Market Statistics published on 23 February 2021.

  • Labour Market Statistics, May 2020: Analysis of Claimant Count data

    Wilson T | May 2020 | Institute for Employment Studies

    This briefing note sets out analysis of the Claimant Count data published this morning (19 May). The Claimant Count is a measure of the number of people claiming benefits principally for the reason of being unemployed. The statistics released today relate to claimants as at 9 April 2020, so approximately three weeks after the Covid-19 crisis began.

  • The Commission on the Future of Employment Support

    Call for evidence: summary of responses

    Campbell B, Patel R, Plowden Roberts C | May 2023 | Institute for Employment Studies

    This document is a summary of the emerging themes from the Commission on the Future of Employment Support Call for Evidence.

  • Labour Market Statistics, April 2021

    Apr 2021 | Institute for Employment Studies

    This briefing note sets out analysis of the Labour Market Statistics published on 20 April 2021.

  • Social dimension of intra-EU mobility: Impact on public services

    Dec 2015 | European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound)

    This report looks at the impact of intra-EU mobility on the public services of Member States of the European Union. The current debate in many Member States centres on the ‘welfare magnet hypothesis’, which holds that migrants, including mobile citizens from the central and eastern European Member States, are attracted by the better quality of these services and easier access to them in the host countries.

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    Measuring Soft Outcomes and Distance Travelled: A Review of Current Practice

    Dewson S, Eccles J, Tackey N D, Jackson A | Jul 2000 | Department for Education and Employment

    Monitoring systems for employment programmes targeting unemployed people have traditionally focused on 'hard', quantitative outcomes such as the numbers going into jobs or gaining qualifications. However, it is often both unlikely and inappropriate for projects to expect to achieve 'hard' outcomes from target groups that are facing multiple barriers to employment. IES was commissioned to look at the use of 'soft', qualitative outcomes on projects funded by the European Social Fund (ESF).

  • What works in youth employment partnerships

    A guide to improve practice and case study collection

    Orlando C | Jun 2021 | Institute for Employment Studies

    The 'What Works in Youth Employment Partnerships’ guide and case study collection are the first outputs from a three-year Health Foundation-funded project led by IES on improving access to good quality work for young people.