DWP Working Papers
This page gives links directly to the full text and abstracts of all our published Methodological Working Papers. They are listed by Date, most recent first.
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2008
WP 53 | Access to information and
services for older people – the joined-up approach 
| read
summary
WP 52 | The impact of migration from the new European Union Member States on native workers | read
summary
WP 51 | Net impact evaluation of the Department for Work and Pensions
Working Neighbourhoods Pilot | read
summary
WP 49 | Changing economic circumstances in childhood and their effects on
subsequent educational and other outcomes | read
summary
WP 48 | Wealth and Assets Survey Employer Pensions followup:
Feasibility report | read
summary
WP 47 | Opportunity Age
information indicators feasibility study | read
summary
WP 46 | Population estimates of problematic drug users in England who access DWP benefits:
A feasibility report | read
summary
WP 45 | Understanding the impact of JRRP for people
with mental health conditions | read
summary
WP 44 | Child Maintenance and Other Payments Bill:
Disclosure of Information to Credit Reference Agencies - exploratory analysis
| read
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WP 43 | Exploring the experimental economics approach
in pensions | read
summary
WP 23 | The longer-term impact of the New Deal
for Young People | read
summary
2007
WP 42 | Towards
a Business Case for LinkAge Plus | read
summary | LinkAge Plus National Evaluation
Team Interim findings –September 2007
WP 41 | Child maintenance: The eligible population
in Great Britain | read
summary
WP 40 | Review of the DWP Cost Benefit Framework
and how it has been applied | read
summary
WP 39 | Non-participation in the Employment Retention
and Advancement Study: A quantitative descriptive analysis | read
summary
WP 38 | Impact of rents on Housing Benefit and
work incentives | read
summary
WP 37 | Experience of work and job retention
among lone parents: An evidence review | read
summary
WP 36 | 2.5 million more jobs | read
summary
2006
WP 35 | ‘Work
Works’ final evaluation report | read
summary
WP 34 | Lone parents and work: developing new
survey measures of the choices and constraints | read
summary
WP 33 | Clusters of couples with children: An
exploration of their profile and transitions into work | read
summary
WP 32 | Employment Retention and Advancement
demonstration project and Pathways to Work for Incapacity Benefit customers
Costing for staff time – ERA and IB cost study | read
summary
WP 31 | ‘Bucking the trend’: What enables those
who are disadvantaged in childhood to succeed later in life? | read
summary
WP 30 | Work Focused Interviews for Partners
and Enhanced New Deal for Partners: A Technical Report on the Quantitative Survey
Research | read
summary
WP 29 | The impact of free movement of workers
from Central and Eastern Europe on the UK labour market | read
summary
WP 28 | Measuring child poverty using material
deprivation: possible approaches | read
summary
WP 27 | Sanctions: Qualitative summary report
on lone parent customers | read
summary
WP 26 | Incapacity Benefit reforms - Pathways
to Work Pilots performance and analysis | read
summary
2005
WP 25 | The
Consistency and Reliability of the Activity History Data in the Families and
Children Study FACS | read
summary
WP 24 | Partners who care - An evidence paper
| real
summary
WP 22 | Joint claims for JSA extension: A technical
report on the quantitative evaluation of labour market effects | read
summary
WP 21 | Review of existing research on the extra
costs of disability | read
summary
WP 20 | Feasibility study into the effects of
low income, material deprivation and parental employment on outcomes for children
both in adulthood and as children | read
summary
WP 19 | Best Value User Satisfaction Surveys
2003/2004 | read
summary
WP 18 | The Impact of Free Movement of Workers
from Central and Eastern Europe on the UK Labour Market: Early Evidence
| read
summary
2004
WP 17 | Determining Children's Life Chances: Methodological
Challenges and Strategies | read
summary
WP 16 | Doing the Right Thing: Outlining the
DWP's approach to ethical and legal issues in social research | real
summary
WP 15 | Low income and deprivation in British
families | read
summary
WP 14 | Comparing strategies for collecting information
on personal assets | read
summary
WP 13 | Developing Deprivation Questions for the Family Resources Survey | read
summary
2003
WP 12 | Determining Children's Life Chances: Methodological
Challenges and Strategies | read
summary
WP 11 | Doing the Right Thing: Outlining the
DWP's approach to ethical and legal issues in social research | real
summary
WP 10 | Low income and deprivation in British
families | read
summary
WP 9 | Comparing strategies for collecting information
on personal assets | read
summary
WP 8 | Measuring soft outcomes and distance travelled
: A methodology for developing a guidance document
Annexe: Existing models for measuring
soft outcomes and distance travelled |
read
summary
2002
WP 7 | Longitudinal qualitative research approaches
in evaluation studies | read
summary
WP 6 | Encouraging and Maintaining Participation
in the Families and Children Survey: Understanding why people take part
| read
summary
WP 5 | Researchers Guide to Using the British
Household Panel Survey and other International, Longitudinal Datasets | read
summary
WP 4 | The Use of Propensity score matching in
the Evaluation of Active Labour Market Policies | read
summary
WP 3 | Estimating the Impact of Labour Market
Programmes | read
summary
2001
WP 2 | Research Methods for Policy Outcomes | read
summary
WP 1 | Linking Child Poverty and Child Outcomes: Exploring
data and Research Strategies | read
summary