DWP Research Report 779 by Helen Barnes, Elisabeth Garratt, David McLennan and Michael Noble (Oxford Institute of Social Policy, University of Oxford)
Summary
Research was commissioned to use individual level data from the Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study (WPLS) to try to shed light on some unanswered questions about the dynamics of worklessness in deprived areas.
It has been suggested that in certain deprived neighbourhoods individuals make the transition from worklessness into employment and move away to less deprived areas. As these people move away they are replaced by inflows of other workless people who may themselves find employment and move on in a similar way. Therefore, although people experience positive individual level employment outcomes whilst living in a neighbourhood, the area may change little over time and may appear unresponsive to initiatives aimed at reducing worklessness. This research examines this issue and the associated policy implications.
The research classifies deprived areas according to whether they were an ‘improver’ or ‘non-improver’ area, over the period 2004 to 2007, as well as identifying ‘transition’ areas (a subset of ‘non-improver’ areas characterised by high population churn). We have published a full list of these classifications for each Lower Super Output Area in Great Britain, to enable local partners to conduct their own follow-up research into the issues locally. This has been simultaneously published alongside this report.
Full report published November 2011 (PDF 87 pages)
ISBN 978 1 908523 31 0
LSOA tables for DWP RR779 (Excel (97-2003) 8.79 MB)
Hazel’s comment:
As one does with reports of this nature I looked for my home town and, as expected, Kettering contains some nasty pockets of deprivation. The area in which I live also has some very long-term worklessness into the third generation of “dealers” (not in drugs, although there is some of that, but in anything that can raise a bit of cash).
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