This report summarises evidence on living together fraud and error (LTFE) and the social and economic context in which LTFE is embedded, with a view to informing DWP's living together policy and its application to reserved GB benefits.
RAND Europe conducted preliminary research to understand to what extent recruitment and retention of people aged 50+ may be an issue in the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough area, what challenges this demographic experience, and what support is available. Unique to this area is the high rate of socioeconomic and health related inequalities, and also skills gaps in new growth sectors (e.g. technology) that may impact employment of people aged 50+.
This research generates evidence and learning on how infrastructure organisations (IOs) in England support the youth employment space and effect change.
This report summarises published scientific evidence on how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted key workers in healthcare, construction, education, transport and public services with work-related musculoskeletal disorders.
This report summarises and synthesises the evidence from the Health-led Trials, a large scale trial of Individual Placement and Support for people with moderate to mild mental and physical health conditions in primary care.
Organised crime poses a threat to the security of our societies and the integrity of public administration. This study responds to a call from the Research and Documentation Centre (Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek- en Documentatiecentrum, WODC) to gather insights into the effectiveness of preventative instruments in the field of organised crime, drawing on a review of the literature and expert interviews.
This essay explores the emerging field of rapid evaluation in health and social care, drawing out the ways in which it is distinctive from or similar to other forms of applied research.
The events of 2022 underscore the continuous nature of change and the constant need for policy informed by evidence. Spotlight 2022-2023 highlights selected projects that we undertook in our 30th anniversary year to address some of today's most pressing policy issues.
This report presents findings from a review commissioned by the Department for Work and Pensions to investigate how high-income OECD countries change State Pension age (SPa) and the variables considered when they changed the SPa.
This study assesses the landscape of longitudinal data collection on gambling in the UK. This includes identifying data sources, scoping opportunities to add questions on gambling to existing studies and assessing the feasibility and cost of setting up a new longitudinal study on gambling.
This European Platform for Investing in Children research note examines the medium- and long-term impact of early childhood education and care provision on education and labour market outcomes for children and parents, as well as the indicators employed for these measurements.
This case study explores the ways in which infrastructure organisations collect, analyse and disseminate data to support frontline organisations helping young people into employment.
This report explored green jobs and skills development for people from disadvantaged groups in 10 European cities. The study identifies relevant occupations, sectors, training opportunities, and interventions to help support people into green jobs.
RAND Europe, with support from JPMorgan Chase, explored the current situation of green opportunities for disadvantaged groups, in particular for people with low qualifications, in 10 European Regions.
This case study explores the ways in which infrastructure organisations network and collaborate in their efforts to improve employment outcomes for young people in England.
This research draws on expert interviews and workshops to answer the question how skills needs will change in the four priority areas (health, science and technology, managers, and skilled trades) over the next 5–10 years.
This case study aims to understand how infrastructure organisations in England support frontline organisations through capacity building, the challenges and facilitators involved, the impact on FOs and their work, and any lessons learnt.
The objective of this case study is to explore how infrastructure organisations across England work to effect change at various levels of policymaking as part of their mission to improve youth employment outcomes.
This case study aims to understand how infrastructure organisations support frontline organisations through embedding youth voices in their own work and championing youth voices in interactions with other stakeholders.
This report outlines existing evidence about the experiences of working parents and families in Europe during the COVID-19 outbreaks in 2020 and reviews the policies set out by 10 selected EU member states in response to these challenges.
IPS supports people with serious mental illness into employment. IPS Grow supports IPS services. We use a theory-based approach and a logic model to examine IPS Grow's impact on funded IPS services. The study aimed to examine the uptake of support from IPS Grow by IPS services, explore the perceptions of IPS Grow by key audiences, and examine the impact that different elements of support from IPS Grow had on services.
This analysis discusses evidence on the expected impact of AI on jobs, the potential for AI to create decent jobs, and the extent to which AI offers opportunities and poses risks to working conditions.
This report examines the infiltration of organized crime into legitimate European businesses, and its involvement in various illegal markets, including drugs and human trafficking.
This annex provides a description of the cross-cutting data-collection activities that were undertaken to address the research questions and the major outputs of the study.
Additional funding will be needed to meet the growing demand for health and social care in the UK. What is the most acceptable way to raise it? Options range from taxation to mandatory insurance, voluntary insurance and user charges. We sought to analyse the preferences of the UK general public.
