Breaking the low pay, no pay cycle: The effects of the UK Employment Retention and Advancement programme

Artikel

This paper presents the final economic results of the UK Employment Retention and Advancement (ERA) programme. ERA's distinctive combination of post-employment advisory support and financial incentives was designed to help low-income individuals who entered work sustain employment and advance in the labour market. ERA targeted three groups. ERA produced short-term earnings gains for two lone parent target groups. However, these effects generally faded after the programme ended, largely because the control group caught up with the ERA group. For the New Deal 25 Plus target group (mostly long term unemployed men), ERA produced modest but sustained increases in employment and earnings.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Journal: IZA Journal of Labor Policy ; ISSN: 2193-9004 ; Volume: 4 ; Year: 2015 ; Pages: 1-32 ; Heidelberg: Springer

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty: Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs ; Demographic Economics: Public Policy ; Field Experiments
• Subject: Financial incentives ; Welfare-to-work ; Long term unemployed ; Field experiment

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Hendra, Richard ; Riccio, James ; Dorsett, Richard ; Robins, Philip
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Springer
• (where): Heidelberg
• (when): 2015

Further information

• DOI: doi:10.1186/s40173-015-0042-9
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/154712
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:46 AM CET