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.
Send correspondence and further questions to evidence.strategyteam@dwp.gov.uk.
This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:
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
The project partially answers the question by examining intergenerational worklessness and its association with labour market factors and welfare systems. The authors have the necessary expertise to competently answer the question.
Intergenerational socio-economic mobility has re-emerged as one of the key issues in academic, media and political discourse over the last decade, following from academic research, including contributions from the applic...
Funded by: ESRC
Lead research organisation: University of Bath
The project partially answers the question by exploring intergenerational socio-economic mobility and its measurement. The authors have the necessary expertise to competently answer the question.
Funding is requested for a three-year research programme led by the Centre for Longitudinal Studies (CLS) that will seek to improve our understanding of the intergenerational transmission of economic and health inequalit...
Funded by: ESRC
Lead research organisation: University College London
The project partially answers the question by investigating the intergenerational transmission of economic and health inequalities. The authors have the necessary expertise to competently answer the question.