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Journal of Economic Geography 2008 8(6):759-778; doi:10.1093/jeg/lbn022
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Evaluating England's ‘New Deal for Communities’ programme using the difference-in-difference method

Roxana Gutiérrez Romero* and Michael Noble**

*Department of International Development, University of Oxford, Queen Elizabeth House, Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TB.
email <roxana.gutierrezromero{at}qeh.ox.ac.uk>
**Department of Social Policy and Social Work, University of Oxford, Barnett House, Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2ER, England and University of Fort Hare Bhisho Eastern Cape South Africa.
email <michael.noble{at}socres.ox.ac.uk>

JEL classifications: H43, R58, J64, O21

The New Deal for Communities (NDC) programme was designed to bridge the gap in living standards between 39 of the most deprived neighbourhoods in England and the rest of the country. This article assesses whether the NDC programme has affected the likelihood that recipients of worklessness benefits, like the Job Seeker's Allowance (JSA) or Incapacity Benefit/Severe Disablement Allowance (IB/SDA), will leave worklessness. This article shows that after the NDC programme began, JSA and IB/SDA recipients living in NDC areas were more likely to exit worklessness than JSA and IBS/SDA recipients living in control areas characterized by having same levels of deprivation as the NDC areas but not included in the programme.

Keywords: area-based initiatives, programme evaluation, regional development policy and worklessness
Date submitted: 24 August 2006     Date accepted: 10 June 2008


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