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  • Literature review and methodological background to the Employment Data Lab

    Cockett J, Gray H, Papoutsaki D | Nov 2022 | Department for Work and Pensions

    In this report IES reviews the literature (available at the time) on methods for investigating the causal impact of policy interventions before identifying those most likely to be relevant to the DWP Employment Data Lab.

  • 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.

  • Maximising Adviser Impact

    Supporting workforce development

    Krishnan M, Mansour J, Wilson T, Mason D, Kramers E | Sep 2024 | Institute for Employment Studies

    This report explores the current challenges and opportunities for developing and supporting employment advisers on Restart.

  • 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.