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  • Tackling unemployment among disadvantaged young people

    Research for Centrepoint

    Buzzeo J, Marvell R, Everett C, Newton B | Mar 2016 | Institute for Employment Studies

    The findings of this research for Centrepoint enables them to offer constructive advice on how new policies on youth employment should be implemented to ensure they make a meaningful contribution towards helping the hardest to reach enter sustained employment.

  • The Effectiveness of Policies to combat Youth Unemployment

    Gonzalez Carreras F, Kirchner Sala L and Speckesser S | Jun 2015 | CROME, University of Brighton

    This study provides quantitative estimates on the impact of Active Labour Market Policy (ALMP) on youth unemployment in Europe based on a macroeconomic panel dataset of youth unemployment, ALMP and education policy variables and further country-specific characteristics on labour market institutions and the broader demographic and macroeconomic environment for all EU Member States.

  • Key Indicators and Drivers of Youth Unemployment

    Hadjivassiliou K, Kirchner Sala L, Speckesser S | May 2015 | CROME, University of Brighton

    This report forms part of the STYLE Working Papers 3 series and looks at how labour market performance affects young people in Europe. The report aims to create an index measure of labour market performance which will in turn provide a way of comparing relative performance of European countries.

  • Policy learning and innovation processes drawing on EU and national policy frameworks on youth – Synthesis Report

    Petmesidou M, González-Menéndez M C | Feb 2016 | Strategic Transitions for Youth Labour in Europe (STYLE)

    Report containing IES research looking at policies to tackle youth unemployment in European countries.

  • Evaluation of the 18-21 Work Skills Pilot 1

    Evaluation of the 18-21 Work Skills Pilot 1

    Final report

    Newton B, Hillage J, Buzzeo J | Sep 2018 | Department for Education

    This report presents the findings of IES' evaluation of the 18-21 Work Skills Pilot 1, a randomised controlled trial conducted with young Jobseeker's Allowance claimants aged 18-21 who could not provide evidence of possessing Level 2 Maths and English skills.

  • Final evaluation of the ReAct programme 2008-2014: Final report

    Jul 2016 | Welsh Government

    This report, containing IES research, evaluates the Redundancy Action Scheme (ReAct). The scheme aims to prevent long-term unemployment by providing pathways to employment for those recently or about to become unemployed. IES contributed quantitative data analysis to the research.

  • Final Evaluation of the ReAct programme 2008-2014: Final Report Summary

    Jul 2016 | Welsh Government

    This report summary, containing IES research, offers an overview of the evaluation of the ReAct programme. The Redundancy Action Scheme (ReAct) aims to prevent long-term unemployment by providing pathways to employment for those recently or about to become unemployed.

  • Weekly vacancy analysis: Vacancy trends in week-ending 14 June 2020

    Williams M, Papoutsaki D, Wilson T | Jun 2020 | Institute for Employment Studies

    This is the tenth in a series of weekly briefings exploring changes in vacancies since the Covid-19 crisis began. The work is funded by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and uses vacancy data collected by Adzuna (www.adzuna.co.uk) – one of the largest online job search engines in the UK. This briefing covers vacancies up to Sunday 14 June 2020 and includes new analysis of the changes in unemployment claims per vacancy.

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    Employers, Recruitment and the Unemployed

    Atkinson J, Giles L, Meager N | Nov 1996 | Institute for Employment Studies

    How do employers regard the unemployed jobseeker? Do they treat unemployed applicants any differently from employed ones? As the duration of unemployment rises, do long term unemployed applicants face extra barriers to landing a job? This research answers these questions by evaluating employers' attitudes towards, recruitment of, and rejection of, unemployed jobseekers. It is concerned with both the long term unemployed and unemployed people in general. It draws on a representative sample of 800 UK employers, investigated by telephone survey and face-to-face interview.

  • Policy Performance and Evaluation: Synthesis of Country Reports

    Eichhorst W, Hadjivassiliou K, Wazny F | Aug 2015 | CROME, University of Brighton

    This report forms part of the STYLE Working Papers 3 series and offers an overview of the series, summarising eight independent but comparative country reports, of which IES offered one. The reports looks at several European countries and assesses the structure of country-specific, youth-related policies using a common systematic framework.