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Investing in mental health: the economic benefits of NHS talking therapies

What are the effects of psychological therapies on patients? employment and earnings? In the first analysis of this question using nationally representative data, Klaudia Rzepnicka, Emma Sharland, Marta Rossa, Ted Dolby,...Read more...

CVER Research Paper

The long-term impact of improving non-cognitive skills of adolescents: Evidence from an English remediation programme

In this paper, we estimate the long-term labour market effects of Entry to Employment (E2E), an intervention designed to improve the non-cognitive skills of low-achieving adolescents in England. Using an instrumental var...Read more...

CVER Research Paper

The longer the better? The impact of the 2012 apprenticeship reform in England on achievement and other outcomes

In this paper, we estimate the effect of a reform of apprenticeships in England in 2012, which changed the duration for Intermediate Apprenticeships in many industries, while other sectors already exceeded the incoming m...Read more...

CVER Briefing Note

An analysis of the duration and achievement of apprenticeships in England

For the cohort of all 516,880 intermediate and advanced apprenticeships starting in England in 2011/12, we find that one third were withdrawn and a further 10 per cent were not completed within 36 months. We find that c...Read more...

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The benefits of intermediate level skills

Using findings from a study of all countries of the European Union, CVER's Vah?? Nafilyan and Dr Stefan Speckesser look at new evidence on the economic and social cost of low skills A new major study by the European Cent...Read more...

CVER Research Paper

Young people in low level vocational education: characteristics, trajectories and labour market outcomes

Although 10% of school leavers in England start low level vocational education (normally below Level 2, `BL2?), very little is known about the characteristics of learners, their participation in vocational education and ...Read more...