Project Leader: Richard Dorsett
Sponsor: Employment Service
Period: November 2000 to August 2001
Collaborators: None
Background
The aim of this study is to explore the inter-relationship between partners' employment statuses. This is directly relevant to two major government policies: the New Deal for Partners of Unemployed people (introduced in April 1999) and Joint Claims for JSA (scheduled for introduction in March 2001). In addition to allowing a fuller understanding of unemployed couples and the individuals within them, the study will focus on the extent to which one partner moving into work acts as a spur to the other partner doing likewise. All analysis will be based on the Labour Force Survey.
Publications
Dorsett, R. (2001a) Workless couples: characteristics and labour market transitions, Employment Service Report ESR79
Dorsett, R. (2001b) Workless couples: modelling labour market transitions, Employment Service Report ESR98