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Pathways to work from incapacity benefits: a study of experience and use of return to work credit
- Authors:
- CORDEN Anne, NICE Katharine
- Publisher:
- Corporate Document Services; Great Britain. Department for Work and Pensions
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 78p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Leeds
This report presents analysis of depth interviews conducted with 35 Return to Work Credit (RTWC) recipients. The discussion explores people's knowledge and awareness of RTWC in making decisions about work, experiences of using RTWC and the impact it made, and expectations and experiences of the end of RTWC.
Early quantitative evidence on the impact of the pathways to work pilots
- Authors:
- ADAM Stuart, et al
- Publisher:
- Corporate Document Services; Great Britain. Department for Work and Pensions
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 72p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Leeds
This report focuses on the differences in some early quantitative outcomes between pathways and non-pathways areas. Two empirical techniques are used to investigate the early impact of the pilots on employment, earnings, receipt of incapacity benefits, and a potential indicator of the extent to which individuals' health affects their everyday activities.
Handbook of aging and the social sciences
- Editors:
- BINSTOCK Robert H., GEORGE Linda K., et al
- Publisher:
- Academic Press
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 552p.,tables,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- San Diego, CA
Contains sections on: research directions and unresolved issues in ageing and the social sciences; the state of theory in ageing and the social sciences; ageing and human development; economic and social implications of demographic patterns; disability trends; age, ageing and culture; historical perspective on ageing; race, ethnicity and ageing; gender age and the life course; social factors and illness; families and ageing; caregiving and social support; housing; work and retirement; the political economy of ageing; ageing and politics; the financing and health care of older Americans; social protection and services; ageing and the law; and ethics and ageing.