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Table 7 Summary of ERA’s cost-benefit results, by target group

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

 

Net present value (£)

Target group

Participants

Exchequer

Society

New Deal for Lone Parents

-37

-124

-161

Working Tax Credit

230

-1,836

-1,606

New Deal 25 Plus

726

1,816

2,542

  1. SOURCES: MDRC calculations
  2. NOTE: Benefits refers to Income Support for New Deal for Lone Parents customers, a combination of Income Support and Jobseeker’s Allowance for Working Tax Credit customers, and Jobseeker’s Allowance for New Deal 25 Plus customers