Net impact evaluation of the Department for Work and Pensions Working Neighbourhoods Pilot
Working Paper No. 51
by Paul Selby
This working paper uses a propensity score matching and difference-in-differences methodology to evaluate the net impact of the Department for Work and Pensions Working Neighbourhoods Pilot (WNP). The net impact estimates show that, overall, WNP had a statistically significant positive impact on the total benefit rate, centred around four per cent, and persisting over the 39 weeks after participation covered by the analysis. The paper also reports a number of sub-group and individual pilot district impact estimates.
August 2008
ISBN 978 1 84712 398 5
Net impact evaluation of the Department for Work and Pensions Working Neighbourhoods Pilot
