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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2013
WP 117 | Analysis of pension reform scenarios in a rational world: An application of the NIBAX behavioural micro-simulation model | by: Justin van de Ven
WP 116 | Predicting likelihood of long-term unemployment: the development of a UK jobseekers’ classification instrument | by: Simon Matty
WP 114 | A survey of childcare and work decisions among families with children | by: Ingun Borg and Andrew Stocks
WP 113 | Provider-led Pathways to Work - Net impacts on employment and benefits | by: Genevieve Knight, Sergio Salis, Francesca Francavilla, Dragos Radu, Debra Hevenstone, Elisabetta Mocca and Brittainy Tousley
WP 112 | Wellbeing and civil society: Estimating the value of volunteering using subjective wellbeing data | by: Daniel Fujiwara, Paul Oroyemi and Ewen McKinnon
WP 111 | Journey from education to work | by: Anne-Marie Hamer
2012
Helping Families Thrive: Lessons learned from the Child Poverty Pilot Programme 
|By: Paul Mason|
WP 110 | Evaluating approaches to Family Resources Survey data linking | read synopsis | By: Stephen McKay|
WP 109 | How can we incentivise pension saving? A behavioural perspective | read synopsis | By: Rob Hardcastle|
WP 108 | Trust and confidence in pensions: A literature review | read synopsis | By: Sarah Vickerstaff, Jan Macvarish, Peter Taylor-Gooby, Wendy Loretto and Tina Harrison|
WP 107 | Processes and costs of transferring a pension scheme: Qualitative research with pension providers and third-party administrators | read synopsis | By: Andrew Wood, Peggy Young, Naomi Crowther and Annalise Toberman|
WP 106 | A validation of the methodology
used in the Department for Work and Pensions’ Ipen model | read synopsis | By: John Adams and Chris Curry|
2011
WP 105 | In-work support for lone parents:
Using the UK ERA demonstration to examine cross-office variation in effectiveness | read synopsis | By: Richard Dorsett and Philip K. Robins|
WP 104 | Pension, Disability and Carers Service Customer Satisfaction Survey: Interim results from 2010/11 | read synopsis | By: Nick Howat, Erica Garnett and Oliver Norden|
WP 103 | Exploring poverty gaps among children in the UK | read synopsis | By: Karen Gardiner and Martin Evans|
Valuation Techniques for Social
Cost-Benefit Analysis: Stated Preference, Revealed Preference and Subjective Well-Being Approaches - A Discussion of the Current Issues | read synopsis | By: Daniel Fujiwara and Ross Campbell|
WP 102 | Research exploring the effect of uprating by CPI on occupational pension schemes | read synopsis | By: Lorna Adams, Rob Warren and Alistair Kuechel|
WP 101 | An international comparison
of approaches to assisting partnered women into work | read synopsis | By: Jo Ingold|
WP 100 | Improving DWP assessment of the relative costs and benefits of employment programmes | read synopsis | By: David Greenberg, Genevieve Knight, Stefan Speckesser and Debra Hevenstone|
WP 99 | Predicting the outcome of Disability Living Allowance (DLA) adult claims | read
synopsis | By: Diana Kasparova, Karen Mackinnon and David Wilkinson|
WP 98 | Assessing the impact of receiving Disability Living Allowance (DLA): Secondary analysis of existing data | read
synopsis | By: Karen Mackinnon, Sergio Salis and David Wilkinson|
WP 97 | Fraud and error in financial, welfare and revenue services: A Systematic Map of the empirical research evidence with particular reference to ‘notification of changes of circumstances’ | read
synopsis | By: Mukdarut Bangpan, Mark Newman, Janice Tripney, Paul Matthews, Claudia Niza and Jennifer Sinclair|
WP 96 | Non-participation in the Employment Retention and Advancement Study: Implications for the experimental fourth-year impact estimates | read
synopsis | By: Haroon Chowdry and Barbara Sianesi|
WP 95 | The macroeconomic impact from extending working lives | read
synopsis | By: Ray Barrell, Simon Kirby and Ali Orazgani |
2010
WP 94 | Population estimates of alcohol misusers who access DWP benefits | read
synopsis | By: Gordon Hay and Linda Bauld |
WP 93 | Lone parents and employment: an exploration of findings from the Families and Children Study 2006-08 | read
synopsis | By: Wojtek Tomaszewski, Jenny Chanfreau and Matt Barnes |
WP 92 | Lone Parent Obligations and New Services for Lone Parents: a feasibility study of an impact assessment | read
synopsis | By: Mike Brewer, James Browne and Tom Crossley |
WP 91 | Pension scheme administration costs | read
synopsis | By: Matthew Chatterton, Emma Smyth and Kirk Darby |
WP 90 | Measuring attitudes to age in Britain: Reliability and validity of the indicators | read
synopsis | By: Christin-Melanie Vauclair, Dominic Abrams and Christopher Bratt |
WP 89 | Using the new Family Resources Survey question block to measure material deprivation among pensioners | read
synopsis | By: Stephen McKay |
WP 88 | Modelling myopic responses
to policy: an enhancement to the NIBAX model | read
synopsis | By: Justin van de Ven and Martin Weale |
WP 87 | Research on predictions of income in retirement | read
synopsis | By: Mehul Kotecha, Rachel Kinsella and Sue Arthur |
WP 86 | The Department for Work
and Pensions Social Cost- Benefit Analysis framework: Methodologies for estimating and
incorporating the wider social and economic impacts of work in Cost- Benefit Analysis of employment programmes | read
synopsis | By: Daniel Fujiwara |
WP 85 | Secondary analysis of lowincome
working households in the private rented sector | read
synopsis | by Stephen McKay and David Rhodes | see key findings from the LIWH primary research (DWP Research Report 698)
WP 84 | The take-up of Carer’s Allowance: A feasibility study | read
synopsis | By: Richard Berthoud |
WP 83 | Early effects of the economic downturn on the Welfare to Work System in deprived areas | read
synopsis | By: Dr Alex Nunn, Sukky Jassi, Dr Tim Bickerstaffe and Penny Wymer |
WP 82 | The impact of research on the policy process | read
synopsis | By: Iain Boa, Paul Johnson and Suzanne King |
WP 81 | Retirement outcomes and lifetime
earnings: descriptive evidence from linked ELSA – NI data | read
synopsis | By: Antoine Bozio, Rowena Crawford, Carl Emmerson and Gemma Tetlow |
WP 80 | Attitudes towards The Pensions
Advisory Service website: Latest findings from a user testing study | read
synopsis | By: Jamie Wales|
WP 75 | Study of child maintenance arrangements | read
synopsis | By: Mari Toomse and Natalie Maplethorpe |
WP 78 | Evaluation of the Care First Careers Pilot Employer research | read
synopsis | By: Chris Dobson and Yvonne Byrne |
WP 77 | Non-participation in the Employment Retention & Advancement Study: Implications for the experimental first year impact estimates | read
synopsis | By: Barbara Sianesi | read technical annexe
WP 76 | Understanding employer satisfaction with DWP | read
synopsis | By: Suzanne Hall |
2009
WP 74 | Workplace Pension Market model |
WP 73 | Managing investment performance risk in defined contribution occupational pension schemes | read
synopsis
WP 72 | Individuals’ attitudes and behaviours around planning and saving for later life: Findings from qualitative and quantitative research | read
synopsis
WP 71 | The Pensions Advisory Service: Findings from user testing of the website | read
synopsis
WP 70 | Electronic medical certificate (eMed3) Proof of Concept evaluation | read
synopsis
WP 69 | Ethnicity and child poverty feasibility study | read
synopsis
WP 68 | Review of evidence on the impact of economic downturn on disadvantaged groups | read
synopsis
WP 67 | Factors affecting compliance with rules: Understanding the behaviour and motivations behind
customer fraud | read
synopsis
WP 66 | Employers and the workplace pension reforms: Top line findings from desk research conducted in April 2008 | read
synopsis
WP 65 | The impact of Pathways to Work on benefit receipt for the under 25s | read
synopsis
WP 64 | The cost of services and incentives in the UK Employment Retention and Advancement (ERA)
demonstration: Preliminary analysis | read
synopsis
WP 62 | Investment guarantees for personal accounts (large filesize 15MB) | read
synopsis and see smaller files
WP 61 | Investigation of the gaps in individuals' National Insurance records | read
synopsis
WP 60 | Can we estimate the impact of the Choices package in Pathways to Work? | read
synopsis
WP 59 | Active labour market policies in international context: what works best?
Lessons for the UK | read
synopsis
WP 58 | The impact of disability
benefits - A feasibility study | read
synopsis
WP 57 | Pathways to Work from incapacity benefits: A review of research findings
on referral practices and liaison with service providers | read
synopsis
2008
WP 56 | Ending child poverty:
‘Thinking 2020’ | read synopsis
WP 55 | Cognitive testing: older people
and the FRS material deprivation questions | read synopsis
WP 54 | Measuring material deprivation among older people: Methodological study to
revise the Family Resources Survey questions | read synopsis
WP 53 | Access to information and
services for older people – the joined-up approach | read synopsis
WP 52 | The impact of migration from the new European Union Member States on native workers | read synopsis
WP 51 | Net impact evaluation of the Department for Work and Pensions
Working Neighbourhoods Pilot | read synopsis
WP 50 | Evaluating the econometric evaluations of active labour market
programmes using administrative data: evidence from the Jobseeker’s Allowance pilots | read synopsis
WP 49 | Changing economic circumstances in childhood and their effects on
subsequent educational and other outcomes | read synopsis
WP 48 | Wealth and Assets Survey Employer Pensions followup:
Feasibility report | read synopsis
WP 47 | Opportunity Age
information indicators feasibility study | read synopsis
WP 46 | Population estimates of problematic drug users in England who access DWP benefits:
A feasibility report | read synopsis
WP 45 | Understanding the impact of JRRP for people
with mental health conditions | read synopsis
WP 44 | Child Maintenance and Other Payments Bill:
Disclosure of Information to Credit Reference Agencies - exploratory analysis
| read synopsis
WP 43 | Exploring the experimental economics approach
in pensions | read synopsis
WP 23 | The longer-term impact of the New Deal
for Young People | read synopsis
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 | The profile of exits from incapacity-related
benefits over time | read
synopsis
WP 16 | Families and Children Strategic Analysis
Programme (FACSAP) Childcare use and mothers' employment: a review of British
data sources | read
synopsis
WP 15 | Families and Children Strategic Analysis
Programme (FACSAP) Low-moderate income couples and the labour market | read
synopsis
WP 14 | Families and Children Strategic Analysis
Programme (FACSAP) Reviewing approaches to understanding the link between childcare
use and mothers’ employment | read
synopsis
WP 13 | Developing Deprivation Questions for
the Family Resources Survey | read
synopsis
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