Summary information

Study title

Restart Cohort Study, 1989-1991

Creator

Hales, J. M., Social and Community Planning Research

Lakey, J., Policy Studies Institute

White, M., Policy Studies Institute

Study number / PID

3695 (UKDA)

10.5255/UKDA-SN-3695-1 (DOI)

Data access

Restricted

Series

Not available

Abstract

Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.

The Restart counselling programme was started in mid-1986 with the aim of helping the long-term unemployed to get back into work. The survey was organised to assess the programme, once sufficient time had elapsed for it to have become established.
The aims of the survey were to describe and measure the impact of Restart on its clients, on the operation of the labour market and the institutions of the labour market, and to describe how Restart was achieving changes.
A key point of the survey design was a random control sample, that is people eligible for a Restart counselling interview on reaching six months of claimant unemployment, who were not invited for interview.
Main Topics:

The key topics covered by this study were work history; job search behaviour; employment details (hours, wages, occupation, industry etc.); training programmes; educational and vocational qualifications; attitudes to unemployment; reactions to Restart interviews.

Unemployment

Data collection period

01/01/1989 - 01/01/1991

Country

Great Britain

Time dimension

Longitudinal/panel/cohort

Analysis unit

Individuals

National

Unemployed

Universe

Adults in Great Britain, having a National Insurance Number (NINO) with a specific pattern of digits (corresponding to those used for the Employment Department's JUVOS database), who reached six months of continuous claiming of unemployment benefit in spring 1989.

Sampling procedure

One-stage stratified or systematic random sample

within outcome categories recorded by the Employment Service

Kind of data

Not available

Data collection mode

Face-to-face interview

Telephone interview

Postal survey

Self-completion

Publisher

UK Data Service

Publication year

1999

Terms of data access

The Data Collection is available to UK Data Service registered users subject to the End User Licence Agreement.

Commercial use of the data requires approval from the data owner or their nominee. The UK Data Service will contact you.

Lakey, J. and White, M. (1992) The Restart effect :: does active labour market policy reduce unemployment? [Research report], London: Policy Studies Institute.
O'Neill, D. and Dolton, P. (1995) 'The impact of Restart on reservation wages and long-term unemployment', Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 451–470