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Intergenerational transmission of worklessness

About this study

We're going to examine what affect living in a workless household has on a young person's attitude and aspirations, especially towards work and education and their experiences in the transition from school to work.

Our findings will identify which factors help or prevent a young person from breaking the cycle of worklessness and could inform family and youth service policy, and employment and training policy.

We will be using data from the Longitudinal Study of Young People in England and the Millennium Cohort.

The study will look in detail at the impact and relationship of factors such as family and school, peers, social activities and regional characteristics.

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Potential policy impact

The evidence from this study will have direct bearing on Child Tax Credits, services giving young people information, advice and guidance such as Connexions and current anti-poverty policies focusing on the importance of work as a route out of poverty. It also builds on the Frank Field Review of life chances for children.

Method

This research will involve two main stages. They are:

• descriptive analysis to establish the prevalence of worklessness and clustering of risk factors by region
• multivariate modelling to look at associations between parental worklessness and young people's early education and employment outcomes.

Researchers

 Matt Barnes

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