Archived

How does DWP support for housing costs influence the geographical distribution of employment, progression opportunities, labour market flexibility and commuting patterns? How can DWP support for housing costs better incentivise increased supply of quality housing?

Background

We want to better understand how and why the labour market is changing and the implications for the number and types of people who need different support. We would like to improve our understanding of what determines the transitions people make between welfare and work and how DWP can support people to progress in work. We want to learn more about what works for whom, when, where, why, and under what circumstances. We would like to develop a richer picture of how disadvantages and barriers combine, reinforce each other, and manifest themselves throughout someone’s life, and how this affects their opportunities and outcomes.

Next steps

Send correspondence and further questions to evidence.strategyteam@dwp.gov.uk.

Source

This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:

DWP Areas of Research Interest 2019 GOVUK

Related UKRI funded projects

  • Modelling housing career trajectories in Great Britain

    1. Aims This project aims to develop our understanding of how people's pathways through the housing market are changing in 21st Century Britain. 2. Background The 2017 Housing White Paper noted that many Britons cannot ...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: University College London

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project aims to develop understanding of how people's pathways through the housing market are changing in Britain, which directly addresses the question.

  • Housing matters: A comparative study of the relationship between housing and poverty in Europe

    This research will examine how the relationship between housing conditions and costs and poverty outcomes in Europe has changed over the past decade. Despite the significance of housing for the study of poverty, debates ...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: CARDIFF UNIVERSITY

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project examines the relationship between housing conditions and poverty in Europe, which is related to the question but does not directly address it.

  • NIESR Living Standards Evaluation Project

    We propose a interdisciplinary research project into the key drivers of Living Standards, in pro-bono partnership with the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF). Context and challenges Based on our extensive experience acro...

    Funded by: UKRI

    Lead research organisation: National Institute of Economic and Social Research

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project evaluates the impact of DWP support for housing costs on living standards, poverty, and welfare generosity, directly addressing the question.

  • Levelling Up through Changing Working Patterns and High Skilled Labour Mobility?

    In the face of mounting policy concerns around regional inequalities, productivity weakness and the under-performance of the UK's second-tier cities, this project seeks to understand changing mobility patterns of high-sk...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: University of Southampton

  • Welfare integration, labour supply and take-up

    Context Benefits systems are crucial in protecting families and individuals from deprivation, supporting those with health conditions, and reducing inequality, as the covid-19 crisis underlines. As in many other countri...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: Institute for Fiscal Studies

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project focuses on the impacts of welfare integration and does not directly address the question about DWP support for housing costs.

  • EqualHouse - From Housing Inequality to Sustainable, Inclusive and Affordable Housing Solutions

    Highly ambitious in its objectives and scope and innovative in its focus, conceptualisation and methodology, EqualHouse is the first research project to integrate all dimensions of housing inequality into one transdiscip...

    Funded by: Horizon Europe Guarantee

    Lead research organisation: UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW

  • Intergenerational worklessness in an international context: the role of labour markets, welfare systems and education

    Intergenerational worklessness, the association in workless spells across generations, is a new and important topic of increasing interest in academia, political circles and the public domain. The research fits well with...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: University College London

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project focuses on intergenerational worklessness and its impact on labour markets and welfare systems, partially addressing the question on DWP support for housing costs.

  • Spatial Economics Research Centre Proposal

    Economic prosperity in the UK is very unevenly distributed across space. Tackling these persistent disparities is a key policy objective. Providing a rigorous understanding of the nature, extent, causes and consequences ...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: London School of Economics and Political Science

  • Enhancing housing affordability and social care in Japan and UK - comparative evaluation of policy and practice

    The rapid increase in house prices and resultant worsening affordability in urban areas have become common challenges in many advanced economies, including Japan and the UK. Accordingly, an extensive body of academic lit...

    Funded by: FIC

    Lead research organisation: Oxford Brookes University

  • Internal migration of young adults and social mobility

    Young adulthood is the period of life when rates of residential mobility are the highest. Understanding migration patterns and how they change in response to economic opportunities is crucial to capture the full conseque...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: University College London