What is most effective in preventing people from falling out of the labour market? Does this differ for different groups? Who is best placed to deliver support?
Background
This encompasses priorities around:
- supporting the economy and ensuring the UK’s long-term prosperity by delivering the Plan for Jobs
- ensuring that it pays to work, and supporting in-work progression
- supporting those facing barriers to work to reach their potential in the labour market via Sector-based Work Academy Programmes (SWAPs), In-Work Progression, support for older Jobseekers and the Youth Offer
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:
Related UKRI funded projects
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Encouraging the unemployed into sustained work: experimental evidence from the UK and the US
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Why might this be relevant?
The project focuses on encouraging those who enter work to remain in work, which is relevant to preventing people from falling out of the labour market.
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A sociological investigation of underemployment and the lived experiences of underemployed workers
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Why might this be relevant?
The project addresses the issue of underemployment and its impact on vulnerability and inequality in the labour market, which is partially relevant to preventing people from falling out of the labour market.
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Getting Britain back to work Post COVID - Expanding the Grand Challenges
Prosper 4 Group, an innovative UK social enterprise, is aiming to get thousands of unemployed marginalised people into work, and using digital technology to do this. We are all about inclusion and creating opportunity. ...
Funded by: Innovate UK
Why might this be relevant?
The project aims to get unemployed marginalized people into work and uses digital technology for inclusivity, aligning with the goal of preventing people from falling out of the labor market and supporting in-work progression.