Study Dorsett & Oswald (2014): study GB 2005

Public

18+ aged unemployed single mothers, UK, followed 5 years. Participants and controls in a program, 2003-2008

Survey name

Unnamed study

Sample

Respondents

N = 3320

Non Response

41

Assessment

Multiple assesment methods
Telephone (CAT) and face-to-face interviews T1 (2 Years) after the initial policy intervention T2 (5 Years) after the initial policy intervention

Correlate

Authors's Label

Participation in ERA program

Our Classification

Remarks

In year 2 the participants were treated In year 5 all treatments had stopped

Distribution

N = 1: 1723, 0:

Related specification variables

Operationalization

The ERA program aims at bringing unemployed single mothers to full-time employment  and  involved:
a: job-coaching by a specialist
b: strong financial incentives to work
c: training opportunities

Eligible single mothers were randomly assigned to either:
1:  experimentals (participants)
0:  controls (no treatment)

Observed Relation with Happiness