This report is concerned with the evaluation of the first two years of the Department for Work and Pension\\\'s (DWP) Ethnic Minority Outreach (EMO) initiative. This was introduced in April 2002, with funding initially running for a two-year period. £15 million was earmarked to support the...

A regression discontinuity approach is used to analyse the effect of the legislated increase in the UK National Minimum Wage (NMW) that occurs at age 22 on various labour market outcomes. Using data from the Labour Force Survey we find a 2-4% point increase in the employment rate of low skilled...

Following recommendations from the Low Pay Commission, the Government is set to introduce a national minimum wage in April 1999. This article provides the latest ONS estimates of the number of employees earning below the national minimum wage rates in sprong 1998 and provides an indication of...

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A general consensus has emerged that while the UK National Minimum Wage (NMW) raised the pay of low wage workers it did little to harm their employment prospects. This is in contrast to the US and other countries where a debate over minimum wage effects still rages on. We re-examine the evidence...

The 2002/03 Student Income and Expenditure Survey, commissioned by the Department for Education and Skills was conducted by Professor Claire Callender of London South Bank University, the Policy Studies Institute, and NOP Research Group Ltd. The survey was based on a representative sample of...

This study examines the differences in full time undergraduates' income, expenditure and debt by comparing the findings of the 2004/05 Scottish and the 2004/05 English student income and expenditure surveys (SIES). In particular, it explores how the divergent student funding systems in England...

This report brings together the available evidence from research into the New Deal for people aged 25 and over (ND25 plus). It covers both qualitative and quantitative analysis and new analysis of administrative data for clients who have participated in ND25 plus over the last four years. ND25...