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Exploring the effects of integrated benefit systems and active labour market policies: evidence from Jobcentre Plus in the UK

Karagiannaki, Eleni (2007) Exploring the effects of integrated benefit systems and active labour market policies: evidence from Jobcentre Plus in the UK. Journal of Social Policy, 36 (02). pp. 177-195. ISSN 0047-2794

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Identification Number: 10.1017/S0047279406000559

Abstract

In April 2002 Jobcentre Plus started to operate in the UK, bringing together the service of the Benefits Agency and the Employment Service. Offering a fully integrated benefit-claiming and work placement/job-seeking service for people of working age, this new organisation aims to strengthen the link between welfare and work. Due to the magnitude of the associated organisational change, the national roll out of the new organisation is being implemented gradually over a transitional period ending in 2006. During this transitional period some local offices are fully integrated while others' functions remain split between pre-existing Benefits Agency and Employment Service offices. In this article we examine how changes in the level of integration within districts over time affected performance with respect to job entries, customer service and benefit service delivery. Our analysis suggests that Jobcentre Plus has a clear positive effect on job entry outcomes for all client groups, a negative effect on business delivery, while it has neither a positive nor a negative effect on customer service outcomes.

Item Type: Article
Official URL: http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJourna...
Additional Information: © 2007 Cambridge University Press
Divisions: Centre for Economic Performance
Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor
H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology
JEL classification: I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I3 - Welfare and Poverty > I38 - Government Policy; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
Date Deposited: 17 May 2012 13:11
Last Modified: 13 Sep 2024 22:20
URI: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/43706

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