DWP Working Age Reports 1999
This page gives links directly to the full text and summaries of our Working Age reports from 1999.
Working age research and analysis publications: 1999
| No. | Report | Brief summary | Date | Summaries | Full report |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34 | The New Deal for Young People: Early Findings from the Pathfinder Areas | An early indication of the impact of the New Deal for Young People aged 18-24 years on unemployment stocks and flows in the pathfinder areas | 12/99 | 4 page summary – 34 (16KB)  |
Full report – 34 (289KB) |
| 33 | The New Deal for Young People: First Year Analysis of Implications for the Macroeconomy | A summary of results from the macro evaluation of the New Deal for Young People aged 18-24 years in the first year after its national roll-out. The purpose of the macro evaluation was to assess the overall impact of the New Deal on youth unemployment and employment, on unemployment of other groups in the labour market, and on the wider economy | 12/99 | 4 page summary – 33 (122KB) |
Full report – 33 (122KB) |
| 32 | A Review of Thirty New Deal Partnerships: Part of the Case Study Evaluation of New Deal for Young Unemployed People (NDYP) | The case study evaluation of New Deal for Young Unemployed People (ESR 30) examined the different partnership models. This extends case study understandings to a further thirty units of delivery | 11/99 | 4 page summary – 32 (10KB) |
Full report – 32 (120KB) |
| 31 | Case Study Evaluation of New Deal for the Long Term Unemployed | Findings are based on additional fieldwork in five of the case study areas where research was also undertaken for the New Deal for Young People aged 18-24 years. (Read in conjunction with the report of New Deal for Young Unemployed People: National Case Studies of Delivery and Impact (ESR 30)) | 11/99 | 4 page summary – 31 (19KB) |
Full report – 31 (60KB) |
| 30 | New Deal for Young Unemployed People: National Case Studies of Delivery and Impact | Eight case studies carried out to consider the effectiveness of New Deal delivery arrangements in areas where New Deal was rolled out nationally in April 1998. A follow-up to New Deal for Young People Case Studies of Delivery and Impact in Pathfinder Areas (ESR7) | 11/99 | 4 page summary – 30 (23KB) |
Full report – 30 (6.7MB) |
| 29 | New Deal for Young People: Pathfinder Follow Through. Findings from a qualitative study amongst individuals | Impact of New Deal on individuals. Individuals’ views about the structure and delivery of Follow-through, key difficulties or suggestions for development, impact of Follow-through on jobsearch, employability and employment decision-making | 10/99 | 4 page summary – 29 (26KB) |
Full report – 29 (350KB) |
| 28 | Employers as Customers | A study into employers’ use of Jobcentre services, identifying what employers experience, like, don’t like and would want to see in using Jobcentres | 11/99 | 4 page summary – 28 (16KB) |
Full report – 28 (162KB) |
| 27 | JSA Evaluation: Summary of ES and BA Staff opinion about the operation of aspects of the benefit system, pre- and post- introduction of the jobseekers allowance | How well the Jobseeker’s Allowance system meets its policy objectives and its impact on a range of other areas of policy interest | 09/99 | 4 page summary – 27 (68KB) |
Full report – 27 (334KB) |
| 26 | Open Access Kiosks: Their impact on jobcentre performance. A Pilot Study | Impact of Employment Service Open Access Kiosks on Jobcentre performance | 09/99 | 4 page summary – 26 (17KB) |
Full report – 26 (95KB) |
| 25 | New Deal for Young People: The Pathfinder Options | Draws on the experiences of 87 young people during the Options stage of New Deal for Young People aged 18 to 24 years and the experiences of a further 20 young people who had been interviewed once already during the Gateway stage, to establish what changes had occurred for them in relation to both New Deal and finding employment since they were last interviewed six months previously | 08/99 | 4 page summary – 25 (39KB) |
Full report – 25 (513KB) |
| 24 | The New Deal Gateway: A Labour Market Assessment | A short, focused study examining the issues behind the co-existence of notified vacancies and unemployed young people on New Deal’s Gateway in the Birmingham labour market | 08/99 | 4 page summary – 24 (917KB) |
Full report – 24 (199KB) |
| 23 | Lone Parents and the Labour Market: Results from the 1997 Labour Force survey and review of research. | Analysis of Spring 1997 Labour Force Survey trends from 1990 to 1997 and a review of research covering national large-scale data sets and purposively designed studies of lone parents | 08/99 | 4 page summary – 23 (1.26MB) |
Full report – 23 (741KB) |
| 22 | SOC Matching: A report to the Employment Service following Stage 1 of the research investigation in 1998/99 | How the Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) is used to match jobseeker’s to vacancies and ways in which matching may be improved | 07/99 | 4 page summary – 22 (744KB) |
Full report – 22 (2.65MB) |
| 21 | New Deal for Young People: leavers with unknown destinations | Establishes economic activities in which these people were engaged and provides an assessment of the extent to which the New Deal had met the needs of these people, in particular those from disadvantaged groups | 06/99 | 4 page summary – 21 (23KB) |
Full report – 21 (171KB) |
| 20 | A Review of US and European Literature on the Microeconomic Effects of Labour Market Programmes for Young People | A review informing parallel strands of evaluation research which are taking place for the New Deal for Young People aged 18-24 years | 07/99 | 4 page summary – 20 (18KB) |
Full report – 20 (257KB) |
| 19 | Young Unemployed People: (A) Characteristics of the New Deal Target Group (B) Labour market Characteristics and Outcomes | A national survey of unemployed claimants conducted as part of an evaluation of Jobseeker’s Allowance | 07/99 | 4 page summary – 19 (24KB) |
Full report – 19 (192KB) |
| 17 | A Report on Open Access Evaluation | The impact of open access on jobseeker’s, staff and employers | 09/99 | 4 page summary – 17 (109KB) |
Full report – 17 (452KB) |
| 16 | New Deal for Young Unemployed People: National Gateway | Participants’ experiences and views of New Deal, impact of the programme on participants’ aspirations and employment or educational outcomes and reasons for leaving New Deal and/or the unemployment register, an understanding of the ability of New Deal to meet the needs and aspirations of different groups within the population of young people and changes in delivery or emphasis between the Pathfinder and National programmes | 04/99 | 4 page summary – 16 (806KB) |
Full report – 16 (4.9MB) |
| 15 | Evaluation of The 1997/1998 National Development Programme, Phase One | An evaluation of fourteen Phase One projects which focused on reducing labour market barriers for unemployed people and other disadvantaged groups in the labour market | 05/99 | 4 page summary – 15 (15KB) |
Full report – 15 (97KB) |
| 14 | Employers and the Employment Option of The New Deal for Young Unemployed People: Employment Additionality and Its Measurement | A contribution to the national evaluation of the New Deal for Young Unemployed People aged 18-24 years. Relates specifically to the strand of evaluation focusing on the impact of New Deal on participating employers and is concerned with the assessment of the impact of the New Deal (and the subsidised employment option) on employers’ recruitment and employment practices and with changes in the level and composition of their employment | 04/99 | 4 page summary – 14 (30KB) |
Full report – 14 (231KB) |
| 13 | The New Deal for Young Unemployed People: A Summary of Progress | A summary of the development of New Deal for Young Unemployed People aged 18-24 years in November 1998, eight months after its national roll out | 03/99 | 4 page summary – 13 (7KB) |
Full report – 13 (160KB) |
| 12 | Employers, Young People and The Unemployed: A Review of Research | One element of a broad programme of evaluation relating to the New Deal for Young Unemployed People aged 18-24 years, it forms an early stage in the assessment of the impact of the New Deal on participating employers | 03/99 | 4 page summary – 12 (34KB) |
Full report – 12 (506KB) |
| 11 | Extended Project Works Pilots Evaluation: report on The Qualitative Research | Reactions of Employment Service staff, training and placement providers and programme participants to the extended pilots (see also ESR10) | 02/99 | 4 page summary – 11 (794KB) |
Full report – 11 (7.7MB) |
| 10 | The First Project Work Pilots: a Quantitative Evaluation. | A study for the first Project Work pilots to quantify any effect on the number of people leaving the register, the number taking up full-time and part-time employment, job search activity and wages. See also ESR11. | 02/99 | 4 page summary – 10 (17KB) |
Full report – 10 (309KB) |