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Table 5 ERA participants’ receipt of ERA training fee assistance and training completion bonuses

From: Breaking the low pay, no pay cycle: the effects of the UK Employment Retention and Advancement programme

Outcome

NDLP

WTC

ND25+

Training/tuition fee assistance

 Received tutition fee assistance (%)

15.5

33.8

10.8

 Average number of payments received among participants with any payments

2.0

2.3

1.8

 Number of payments received among participants with any payments (%)

  One

54.7

47.1

58.0

  Two

21.6

21.3

23.6

  Three

10.9

13.8

10.6

  Four or more

12.8

17.8

7.9

 Average amount of each payment among participants with any payments (£)

383

291

431

 Average total amount of payments among participants with any payments (£)

579

510

616

Training completion bonus

 Received bonus (%)

14.1

34.1

7.4

 Average number of bonuses received among participants with any bonuses

2.0

2.2

1.6

 Number of bonuses received among participants with any bonuses (%)

  One

55.3

48.1

65.5

  Two

22.7

25.3

18.4

  Three

11.6

12.9

10.2

  Four or more

10.5

13.7

5.9

 Average amount of each bonus among participants with any bonuses (£)

394

402

345

 Average total amount of bonuses among participants with any bonuses (£)

586

633

492

Sample size

3,365

1,415

3,424

  1. SOURCE: MDRC calculations primarily from DWP financial incentives data
  2. NOTE: The sample for this table consists of all those randomly assigned to the ERA programme group between October 2003 and April 2005