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Working age research and analysis publications - publications archive

Published 7 May 2013

Documents in the publications archive are at least 2 years old. They do not necessarily reflect current DWP policies or procedures.

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A

Title	Report number	Year	Reference number
Adviser discretion fund evaluation: New Deal for Lone Parents	165	2003	66598

B

Title	Report number	Year	Reference number
Baseline jobseeker traffic: survey report 2001	108	2002	66248

C

Title	Report number	Year	Reference number
Case studies on delivery: phase 1	77	2001	66123
Case study evaluation of New Deal for the Long Term Unemployed: national provision for those aged 25 and over a review of progress in five units of delivery	31	1999	65429
Creating local opportunity: self-employment and labour market outcomes from DHP business start-up programmes in Barnsley, Doncaster and Sheffield	177	2003	66918

E

Title	Report number	Year	Reference number
Early evaluation of jobpoint pathfinders	76	2001	66117
Early findings from lone parent personal advisor meetings: qualitative research with clients and case studies on delivery	132	2002	66365
Early lessons from the evaluation of New Deal programmes: a review of the emerging lessons from the monitoring and evaluation of the New Deal for Young People, Long Term Unemployed People, Lone Parents and Disabled People	49	2000	65863
Employers and the employment option of the New Deal for Young Unemployed People: employment additionality and its measurement	14	1999	65328
Employers and the New Deal for Disabled People: qualitative research: first wave	145	2003	66495
Employers as customers	28	1999	65419
Employers, lone parents and the work-life balance	64	2001	66040
Employers, young people and the unemployed: a review of research	12	1999	65318
Employment Service national customer satisfaction survey: on behalf of the Employment Service	80	2001	65967
Evaluating the impact of access to work: a case study approach	138	2002	66403
Evaluation of 6 and 12 month enhanced JSA process	133	2002	66366
Evaluation of action teams for jobs	114	2002	66265
Evaluation of an enhanced matching service	4	1998	65262
Evaluation of centralised vacancy taking and marketing report	2	1998	65233
Evaluation of decision making and appeals report	83	2001	66131
Evaluation of employment zones: report on a cohort survey of long-term unemployed people in the zones and a matched set of comparison areas	176	2003	66910
Evaluation of Jobcentre Plus contracted basic skills provision 8 week SIBS pilots	149	2003	66503
Evaluation of Jobcentre Plus contracted basic skills provision national model areas	148	2003	66501
Evaluation of lone parent personal adviser meetings interim findings from administrative data analysis	159	2003	66557
Evaluation of lone parent personal advisor meeting pathfinders	90	2001	66179
Evaluation of lone parents and partners outreach service final report	179	2003	66920
Evaluation of MES	158	2003	66555
Evaluation of MES early views on the internet job bank	109	2002	66249
Evaluation of MES Jobcentre case studies (combined report sweep 1 and sweep 2)	122	2002	66287
Evaluation of MES: jobcentre case studies	144	2003	66475
Evaluation of New Deal 25 Plus: qualitative interviews with ES staff, providers, employers and clients	127	2002	66312
Evaluation of New Deal 50 Plus: qualitative evidence from ES and BA staff first phase	56	2000	65901
Evaluation of New Deal 50 Plus: qualitative evidence from ES and BA staff: second phase	68	2001	66046
Evaluation of New Deal 50 Plus: qualitative evidence from clients: first phase	52	2000	65871
Evaluation of New Deal 50 Plus – qualitative evidence from clients: third phase	99	2001	66209
Evaluation of New Deal 50 Plus – qualitative evidence from clients: second phase (summary only)	70	2001	66048
Evaluation of New Deal for Lone Parents (Phase 3): New Deal for Lone Parents, case studies on delivery	85	2001	66138
Evaluation of New Deal for Lone Parents: report on qualitative studies with individuals	55	2000	65892
Evaluation of New Deal for Long Term Unemployed people enhanced national programme (summary only)	82	2001	66129
Evaluation of occupational skills pilots	97	2001	66203
Evaluation of re-engineered New Deal 25 Plus	111	2002	66257
Evaluation of soft skills pilots: a final report to the Employment Service	96	2001	66199
Evaluation of the 1997 to 1998 national development programme: phase one	15	1999	65331
Evaluation of the national disability development initiative (NDDI): a final report to the Employment Service	54	2000	65886
Evaluation of the New Deal 50 Plus: research with individuals (wave 2)	92	2001	66183
Evaluation of the New Deal 50 Plus: research with individuals (wave 1)	91	2001	66180
Evaluation of the New Deal 50 Plus: summary report	103	2001	66011
Evaluation of the New Deal for Lone Parents: technical report for the quantitative survey	146	2003	66498
Evaluation of the New Deal for Partners of Unemployed People: pathfinders report of the qualitative study	35	1999	65439
Evaluation of the north west disability service pilot	48	2000	65855
Evaluation of the progress pilot projects from recovery into work	87	2001	66143
Evaluation of the remote jobpoints: experiment in Port Talbot and Luton survey results from stage 1 and stage 2	123	2002	66293
Evaluation of the travel to interview scheme (TIS) pilot	93	2001	66186
Evaluation of the work based learning for adults (WBLA) qualitative research with non JSA clients	131	2002	66362
Evaluation of the work based learning for adults programme since April 2001 qualitative interviews with ES staff, providers and employers	128	2002	66319
Experiences of New Deal qualitative profiles of young participants	71	2001	66053
Extended project work pilots evaluation: report on qualitative research (summary only)	11	1999	65317

F

Title	Report number	Year	Reference number
Finding the right job: the role of the standard occupational classification in matching jobseekers to vacancies	104	2001	66015
First project work pilots: a quantitative evaluation	10	1999	65313

G

Title	Report number	Year	Reference number
Good practice in work preparation lessons from research	135	2002	66391

I

Title	Report number	Year	Reference number
Impact of the 26 Week Sanctioning Regime	100	2001	65986
Intermediate labour markets in Britain and an international review of transitional employment programmes	173	2003	66899
Internet access for jobcentre staff pilot evaluation (summary only)	110	2002	66052

J

Title	Report number	Year	Reference number
Jobcentre Plus national customer satisfaction survey 2003	168	2003	66868
JobcentrePlus performance targets: a review of the evidence, 2000 to 2002 (summary only)	153	2003	66509
Jobfinders grant research among lone parents (summary only)	74	2001	66071
Jobseeker direct customer satisfaction survey	126	2002	66303
Jobseeker traffic survey: year 2	143	2003	66472
Jobseeker’s Allowance delivery evaluation client exit survey: report of findings	3	1998	65242
Joint claims for jobseekers Allowance: qualitative research with potential joint claimants	75	2001	66107
Joint claims for JSA case studies of delivery	102	2001	66000
Joint claims for JSA: a summary of qualitative research	125	2002	66299
Joint claims for JSA: qualitative research with joint claimants a report to the Employment	106	2002	66229
Joint claims for JSA: quantitative evaluation of labour market effects	117	2002	66268
Joint claims for JSA: quantitative survey stage 1	95	2001	66198
Joint claims for JSA: quantitative survey stage 1 potential claimants	94	2001	66189
Joint claims for JSA: quantitative survey stage 2 prepared	118	2002	66275
JSA evaluation: summary of ES and BA staff opinion about the operation of aspects of the benefit system, pre- and post- introduction of the Jobseeker’s Allowance	27	1999	65410

L

Title	Report number	Year	Reference number
Leavers from New Deal for Musicians	65	2001	66116
Lone parent personal adviser meetings: qualitative evaluation and case studies on delivery of six monthly review meetings	178	2003	66919
Lone parents and employment international comparisons of what works	181	2002	66923
Lone parents and the labour market: results from the 1997 labour force survey and review of research report	23	1999	65391
Longitudinal study of basic skills client outcomes	167	2003	66601

M

Title	Report number	Year	Reference number
MES evaluation report of qualitative employer survey and qualitative employer direct CSC case studies	121	2002	66286
MFA post implementation review qualitative research report prepared	105	2002	66217
Modernising the Employment Service: summary report, year 1	120	2002	66283

N

Title	Report number	Year	Reference number
National evaluation of lone parent personal adviser meetings: findings from a longitudinal survey of clients	172	2003	66897
Net costs and individual benefits of the supported employment programme	152	2003	66506
New Deal 50 Plus regional marketing evaluation prepared	130	2002	66349
New Deal 50 Plus: quantitative analysis of job retention	151	2003	66504
New Deal 50 Plus: sustainability of employment report prepared	142	2003	66468
New Deal for Disabled People national extension: first wave of the first cohort of the survey of registrants	180	2003	66921
New Deal for Disabled People: evaluation eligible population survey wave one interim report	170	2003	66893
New Deal for Disabled People: national extension findings from the first wave of qualitative research with clients, job brokers and Jobcentre Plus staff	169	2003	66878
New Deal for Lone Parents: an evaluation of the innovation fund 2001 to 2002	156	2003	66549
New Deal for Lone Parents evaluation: findings from the quantitative survey	147	2003	66499
New Deal for Lone Parents: first synthesis report of the national evaluation	116	2002	66250
New deal for Lone Parents second synthesis report of the national evaluation	163	2003	66571
New Deal for Lone Parents: a qualitative evaluation of the in-work training grant pilot (IWTG)	119	2002	66282
New Deal for Lone Parents: a review of evaluation evidence: a summary of evidence from the monitoring and evaluation of NDLP	51	2000	65868
New Deal for Lone Parents: an evaluation of the innovative pilots	89	2001	66151
New Deal for Long Term Unemployed People: case studies to evaluate the pilots	43	2000	65841
New Deal for Long Term Unemployed People: qualitative work with individuals: stage 1	38	2000	65737
New deal for Long Term Unemployed People: findings from a qualitative study amongst participants	60	2000	65930
New Deal for Musicians: qualitative evaluation: phase 1	57	2000	65903
New Deal for Musicians: qualitative evaluation: phase 2	66	2001	66042
New Deal for Partners: case studies on delivery: phase 2	88	2001	66149
New Deal for Partners: characteristics and labour market transitions of eligible couples	134	2002	66368
New Deal for Partners: qualitative research (summary only)	112	2002	66069
New Deal for People aged 25 and over: synthesis report	161	2003	66583
New Deal for the Long Term Unemployed pilots: quantitative evaluation using stage 2 survey	81	2001	66128
New Deal for the Long Term Unemployed: a comparison of provision in pilot and national areas	69	2001	65945
New Deal for the Long Term Unemployed pilots: baseline report	59	2000	65925
New Deal for the Long Term Unemployed: a summary of progress: a review of the emerging evidence from the monitoring and evaluation of the NDLTU	46	2000	65850
New Deal for Young People introducing a more tailored approach	164	2003	66575
New Deal for Young New quantitative survey of participants stage 2	70	2001	66067
New Deal for Young People young rough sleepers awareness and attitude survey	61	2000	65931
New Deal for Young People 2 years on: a review of the emerging evidence from the monitoring and evaluation of the New Deal for Young People	41	2000	65836
New Deal for Young People : delivery and performance in private sector lead areas	53	2000	65878
New Deal for Young People : early findings from the pathfinder areas	34	1999	65437
New Deal for Young People : first year analysis of implications for the macroeconomy	33	1999	65434
New Deal for Young People : implications for employment and public finances	62	2000	65941
New Deal for Young People : intensive gateway trailblazers (summary only)	50	2000	65864
New Deal for Young People : leavers with unknown destinations	21	1999	65380
New Deal for Young People : national follow through findings from a qualitative study amongst individuals	47	2000	65852
New Deal for Young People : national survey of participants: stage 1	44	2000	65844
New Deal for Young People : pathfinder follow through: findings from a qualitative study amongst individuals	29	1999	65423
New Deal for Young People : striking a deal with employers findings from a qualitative study amongst employers	36	2000	65442
New Deal for Young People : survey of leavers to unknown destinations	63	2001	66038
New Deal for Young People : the national options: findings from a qualitative study amongst individuals	37	2000	65733
New Deal for Young People : the pathfinder options findings from a qualitative study amongst individuals	25	1999	65404
New Deal for Young Unemployed People: a good deal for employers? findings from preliminary qualitative research with employers	6	1998	65298
New Deal for Young Unemployed People: a summary of progress (summary only)	13	1999	65324
New Deal for Young Unemployed People: case studies of delivery and impact in pathfinder areas	7	1998	65307
New Deal for Young Unemployed People: national case studies of delivery and impact	30	1999	65426
New Deal for Young Unemployed People: the gateway (summary only)	16	1999	65336
New Deal for Young Unemployed People: the gateway SCPR	8	1998	65309
New Deal gateway: a labour market assessment final report	24	1999	65399
New Deal innovation fund rounds 1 and 2 (summary only)	86	2001	66139
New Deal for Young People and for the long-term unemployed: survey of employers	58	2000	65922
Northern region call centre pilot employers and jobseekers report	84	2001	66136

O

Title	Report number	Year	Reference number
Open access kiosks: their impact on Jobcentre performance: a pilot study	26	1999	65406

P

Title	Report number	Year	Reference number
Partners of non-JSA benefit recipients	115	2002	66266
Pathways to work from incapacity benefits: a pre-pilot exploration of staff and customer attitudes	162	2003	66567
Personal Advisers in New Deal 25 Plus and Employment Zones Z	139	2002	66406
Process evaluation of post 16 equal opportunities pilots (summary only)	113	2002	66263
Processes involved in implementing the national basic skills programme (summary only)	129	2002	66360

Q

Title	Report number	Year	Reference number
Qualitative evaluation of employment zones a study of local delivery agents and area case studies	124	2002	66290
Quantitative baseline employer survey	107	2002	66247
Quantitative employer survey 2001 to 2002	154	2003	66510

R

Title	Report number	Year	Reference number
Re-engineered New Deal 25 Plus: a summary of recent evaluation evidence	137	2002	66398
Report on Jobseekers Allowance delivery survey	42	2000	65837
Report on Lone Parent Client satisfaction survey: part of evaluation of NDLP Phase 3	39	2000	65781
Report on open access evaluation	17	1999	65358
Report: Employment Service “obtaining results” pilot	1	1998	65228
Research summary lone parents work focused interviews final findings from administrative data analysis (summary only)	182	2003	66924
Results based funded supported employment avoiding disincentives to serving people with greatest need	160	2003	66558
Review of thirty New Deal partnerships: part of the case study evaluation of New Deal for Young Unemployed People (NDYP)	32	1999	65432
Review of US and European literature on the microeconomic effects of labour programmes for young people	20	1999	65378
Review of ‘what works’ for clients aged over 50	174	2003	66901

S

Title	Report number	Year	Reference number
SOC matching: a report to the Employment Service following stage I of a research investigation (summary only)	22	1999	65390
Statistical and econometric analysis of the impact of MES on Jobcentre Plus performance and the labour market	157	2003	66552
Synthesising the evidence on flexible delivery: a report to the Department for Work and Pensions	171	2003	66896

T

Title	Report number	Year	Reference number
Technical report for the New Deal for Lone Parents evaluation: a quantitative survey of lone parents on income support	101	2001	65992
Tests of non-experimental methods for evaluating the impact of the New Deal for Disabled People by Larry L Orr, Stephen H Bell and Robert Kornfel	198	2004	59777

U

Title	Report number	Year	Reference number
User views of supported employment	40	2000	65787
Users’ views of access to work: final report of a study for the Employment Service	72	2001	66055

W

Title	Report number	Year	Reference number
Wider labour market impact of employment zones	175	2003	66903
Work based learning for adults: the selection process	141	2003	66467
Work preparation and vocational rehabilitation a literature review	136	2002	66396
Workless couples modelling labour market transitions	98	2001	66206
Workless couples: characteristics and labour market transitions	79	2001	66126

Y

Title	Report number	Year	Reference number
Young unemployed people. Characteristics of the New Deal target group and labour market characteristics and outcomes	19	1999	65374