Making Random Assignment Happen: Evidence from the UK Employment Retention and Advancement (ERA) Demonstration

Publication Date: March 2006

Publisher: MDRC (Organization)

Author(s): Robert Walker; Lesley Hoggart; Gayle Hamilton; Susan Blank

Research Area: Social conditions

Keywords: United Kingdom; Anitpoverty Policy; Welfare-to-work

Type: Report

Coverage: Great Britain

Abstract:

The largest ever random assignment test of a social policy in Britain is being applied in a demonstration of the Employment Retention and Advancement (ERA) program. This report, written by MDRC and British colleagues as part of a consortium of social policy research firms and produced for the UK Department for Work and Pensions, examines how well random assignment worked.