Work Patterns After Paid Parental Leave

This paper uses longitudinal data from the Linked Employer-Employee Dataset to describe the employment and earnings patterns of people who first received paid parental leave between 1 July 2002 and 30 June 2005. Recipients were observed for at least 36 months before starting leave and at least 18 months afterwards. We focused on whether and when recipients returned to work, whether recipients returned to the same employer or not, and changes in earnings before and after taking leave. We also explored associations between prior earnings, the likelihood of returning to work, experiencing a change in earing’s and starting a new employment relationship. We found that -10 percent of recipients were working six months after starting parental leave, and nearly 70 percent were working 13- 18 months later. Qverall three-quarters of recipients returned to work within 12 months of starting parental leave, and two-thirds of those returned to work after taking six months leave or less. Many people reduced their earnings after returning to work, with around one-third earning considerably less than before. Most people who returned to worked within 12 months of starting leave returned to the same employer, while one-fifth started a new employment relationship. Those who did not return to the same employer, but started a new job, were much more likely to have reduced their earnings. Until the majority of recipients who returned to work changed their working arrangements, most commonly by reducing their earnings, or in some cases starting a new job, around one-fifth were working for the same employer and had similar earnings 12-18 months after starting parental leave

The Longer-Term Employment Outcomes of People Who Move from a Working-Age Benefit to Employment

This paper reports results from a study that used linked Employer-Employee Data (LEED) to examine the longer-term employment outcomes of people who moved from government income support benefit to employment during 2001/02. The study population was observed for two years before and after the benefit-to-work transition. The study described short-term and longer-term employment retention rates and earnings growth patterns, and compared the outcomes of the benefit-to-work study population with those of non-beneficiaries who began a job in the same year. It investigated some of the factors associated with more or less ‘successful’ outcomes, including personal characteristics, prior employment experiences, the timing and nature of the benefit-to-work transition, and the characteristics of post-transition employers

Evaluation of Flora Fit street : a community-based living initiative. Final report

This report is an evaluation of Flora Fit Street (FFS) based in Clapham Park London. FFS was launched in June 2004 as a 12 month public private partnership between Flora and Clapham Park New Deal for Communities (NDC). Its purpose was to improve the local community&rsquo;s heart health byproviding a whole range of activities, information and events that focused on increasing physical activity, improving nutrition and smoking cessation.<br /

Work Patterns After Paid Parental Leave

This paper uses longitudinal data from the Linked Employer-Employee Dataset to describe the employment and earnings patterns of people who first received paid parental leave between 1 July 2002 and 30 June 2005. Recipients were observed for at least 36 months before starting leave and at least 18 months afterwards. We focused on whether and when recipients returned to work, whether recipients returned to the same employer or not, and changes in earnings before and after taking leave. We also explored associations between prior earnings, the likelihood of returning to work, experiencing a change in earing’s and starting a new employment relationship. We found that -10 percent of recipients were working six months after starting parental leave, and nearly 70 percent were working 13- 18 months later. Qverall three-quarters of recipients returned to work within 12 months of starting parental leave, and two-thirds of those returned to work after taking six months leave or less. Many people reduced their earnings after returning to work, with around one-third earning considerably less than before. Most people who returned to worked within 12 months of starting leave returned to the same employer, while one-fifth started a new employment relationship. Those who did not return to the same employer, but started a new job, were much more likely to have reduced their earnings. Until the majority of recipients who returned to work changed their working arrangements, most commonly by reducing their earnings, or in some cases starting a new job, around one-fifth were working for the same employer and had similar earnings 12-18 months after starting parental leave

Horticultural Protocols to Aid the Conservation of Melampyrum sylvaticum, Orobanchaceae (Small Cow-Wheat), an Endangered Hemiparasitic Plant

Small cow-wheat is an annual, hemiparasitic plant that is endangered in the UK. Attempts at restoration have been hampered by a lack of species-specific horticultural knowledge. This paper outlines the methods used to collect, store and germinate small cow-wheat seed, and to cultivate the plant at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. The germination rates achieved using two different approaches are reported and the factors potentially influencing germination and establishment success are discussed

The Longer-Term Employment Outcomes of People Who Move from a Working-Age Benefit to Employment

This paper reports results from a study that used linked Employer-Employee Data (LEED) to examine the longer-term employment outcomes of people who moved from government income support benefit to employment during 2001/02. The study population was observed for two years before and after the benefit-to-work transition. The study described short-term and longer-term employment retention rates and earnings growth patterns, and compared the outcomes of the benefit-to-work study population with those of non-beneficiaries who began a job in the same year. It investigated some of the factors associated with more or less ‘successful’ outcomes, including personal characteristics, prior employment experiences, the timing and nature of the benefit-to-work transition, and the characteristics of post-transition employers

The Impact of Wage Subsidies on Jobseekers' Outcomes and Firm Employment

Wage subsidies are commonly used to assist disadvantaged jobseekers into employment. If effective they can contribute to reducing long-term benefit dependence. The study examines the impact of wage subsidies on assisted jobseekers and on the firms that employ them. It focuses on hiring subsidies granted over the period of January 2003 to December 2007 and outcomes up to December 2010, and draws on administrative and tax data held by Statistics New Zealand as part of the ‘Integrated Data Infrastructure’ prototype. Outcomes for assisted jobseekers are compared to those of comparable jobseekers using propensity matching methods. Similarly, propensity-matching is used to compare employment and earnings growth in firms that hire subsidised workers to growth in otherwise comparable firms. Overall we find that starting a subsidised job leads to significant employment and earning benefits for assisted jobseekers over several years. Subsidised workers are disproportionately hired into expanding firms, though we cannot determine whether the expansion would have occurred in the absence of the subsidy