Families and work: revisiting barriers to employment
Bashir, Nadia ; Crisp, Richard ; Gore, Tony ; Reeve, Kesia ; Robinson, David
Department for Work and Pensions, London
Crown - London
2011
81 p.
child care ; family responsibilities ; job searching ; parent ; return to work
Research report
729
Labour market
English
Bibliogr.
978-1-84712-953-6
"In recent years, considerable effort has been put into supporting parents to make the transition into work. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) commissioned the Centre for Regional Economic and Social Research (CRESR) at Sheffield Hallam University to undertake a study to explore whether these incentives were helping parents to overcome the barriers known to impede their engagement in the formal labour market. The research focused on two main tasks:
the re-analysis of in-depth qualitative interviews of parents from a previous study commissioned by DWP (Fletcher et al., 2008) focusing on the interaction between parenthood and work
a series of additional interviews to explore issues not covered by the original interviews.
The report outlines findings and policy implications on the following issues:
full-time parenting and decisions about returning to work
job search and important considerations for parents
easing the transition to work - transitional and in-work benefits
experiences of work."
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