This working paper considers how well coded data from Disability Living Allowance (DLA) adult claim packs can predict the outcome of these claims. The probability of receiving a care or mobility award is estimated. A range of control variables are considered. First using items that reflect the...

Presented at ECERS International Workshop, Berlin, May 2012

This project represents the first of potentially three stages of research on the feasibility of estimating the DLA/AA take-up rate and a complementary study to it. Being methodological in nature, the research does not question the current level of fraud and error. Nor does it aim to suggest...

Presented at ECERS International Workshop, University of Oxford

Seminar at Office for National Statistics, Measuring Outcomes for Public Service Users (MOPSU)launch event

This report is about the employment impacts of National Minimum Wage (NMW) rises in the period 2001-2006. This was a period where the NMW rose substantially in excess of average earnings. The report presents results based on analysis of individual Labour Force Survey (LFS) data and Annual Survey...